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- Title
Density dependent diffusion models for the interaction of particle ensembles with boundaries.
- Authors
Weissen, Jennifer; Göttlich, Simone; Armbruster, Dieter
- Abstract
The transition from a microscopic model for the movement of many particles to a macroscopic continuum model for a density flow is studied. The microscopic model for the free flow is completely deterministic, described by an interaction potential that leads to a coherent motion where all particles move in the same direction with the same speed known as a flock. Interaction of the flock with boundaries, obstacles and other flocks leads to a temporary destruction of the coherent motion that macroscopically can be modeled through density dependent diffusion. The resulting macroscopic model is an advection-diffusion equation for the particle density whose diffusion coefficient is density dependent. Examples describing ⅰ) the interaction of material flow on a conveyor belt with an obstacle that redirects or restricts the material flow and ⅱ) the interaction of flocks (of fish or birds) with boundaries and ⅲ) the scattering of two flocks as they bounce off each other are discussed. In each case, the advection-diffusion equation is strictly hyperbolic before and after the interaction while the interaction phase is described by a parabolic equation. A numerical algorithm to solve the advection-diffusion equation through the transition is presented.
- Subjects
PARTICLE interactions; ADVECTION-diffusion equations; CONVEYOR belts; DENSITY; BELT conveyors; ALGORITHMS
- Publication
Kinetic & Related Models, 2021, Vol 14, Issue 4, p681
- ISSN
1937-5093
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3934/krm.2021019