Relevance of angular momentum conservation in mesoscale hydrodynamics simulations

Details Relevance of angular momentum conservation in mesoscale hydrodynamics simulations Relevance of angular momentum conservation in mesoscale hydrodynamics simulations

2007-09-11

arxiv.org/abs/0709.1600v1

Phys. Rev. E 76, 046705 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 11 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.76.046705

The angular momentum is conserved in fluids with a few exceptions such as ferrofluids. However it can be violated locally in fluid simulations to reduce computational costs. The effects of this violation are investigated using a particle-based simulation method, multi-particle collision dynamics, which can switch on or off angular-momentum conservation. To this end, we study circular Couette flows between concentric and eccentric cylinders, where non-physical torques due to the lack of the angular-momentum conservation are found whereas the velocity field is not affected. In addition, in simulations of fluids with different viscosities in contact and star polymers in solvent, incorrect angular velocities occur. These results quantitatively agree with the theoretical predictions based on the macroscopic stress tensor.

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