Microscopic derivation of a one-dimensional lubrication model with roughness

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Main Authors: Lefebvre-Lepot, Aline, Mehmood, Muhammed Ali, Perrin, Charlotte, Zatorska, Ewelina
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author Lefebvre-Lepot, Aline
Mehmood, Muhammed Ali
Perrin, Charlotte
Zatorska, Ewelina
author_facet Lefebvre-Lepot, Aline
Mehmood, Muhammed Ali
Perrin, Charlotte
Zatorska, Ewelina
contents We derive a hydrodynamic model for the motion of inertial particles with a spherical hard core, interacting through lubrication forces and pairwise repulsive forces. The repulsion arises from the assumption that each particle is surrounded by a thin rough layer of reduced permeability. We prove that, as the number of particles tends to infinity (and their size tends to 0), the microscopic dynamics converges to a macroscopic hydrodynamic model in which congestion effects are encoded directly into the macroscopic interaction forces, depending on a local critical density transported by the flow. In particular, we extend the work of Lefebvre-Lepot and Maury where non-inertial particles, submitted to only a lubrication force were considered, and present the convergence proof when inertial effects and roughness are taken into account.
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spellingShingle Microscopic derivation of a one-dimensional lubrication model with roughness
Lefebvre-Lepot, Aline
Mehmood, Muhammed Ali
Perrin, Charlotte
Zatorska, Ewelina
Analysis of PDEs
35Q92, 74Q05, 74Q15, 35B40, 76M50
We derive a hydrodynamic model for the motion of inertial particles with a spherical hard core, interacting through lubrication forces and pairwise repulsive forces. The repulsion arises from the assumption that each particle is surrounded by a thin rough layer of reduced permeability. We prove that, as the number of particles tends to infinity (and their size tends to 0), the microscopic dynamics converges to a macroscopic hydrodynamic model in which congestion effects are encoded directly into the macroscopic interaction forces, depending on a local critical density transported by the flow. In particular, we extend the work of Lefebvre-Lepot and Maury where non-inertial particles, submitted to only a lubrication force were considered, and present the convergence proof when inertial effects and roughness are taken into account.
title Microscopic derivation of a one-dimensional lubrication model with roughness
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q92, 74Q05, 74Q15, 35B40, 76M50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11999