1. Self-organized hydrodynamics with congestion and path formation in crowds
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Degond, Pierre and Hua, Jiale
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HYDRODYNAMICS , *NUMERICAL analysis , *SYSTEMS theory , *STIFFNESS (Engineering) , *APPROXIMATION theory , *COMPUTER simulation - Abstract
Abstract: A continuum model for self-organized dynamics is numerically investigated. The model describes systems of particles subject to alignment interaction and short-range repulsion. It consists of a non-conservative hyperbolic system for the density and velocity orientation. Short-range repulsion is included through a singular pressure which becomes infinite at the jamming density. The singular limit of infinite pressure stiffness leads to phase transitions from compressible to incompressible dynamics. The paper proposes an Asymptotic-Preserving scheme which takes care of the singular pressure while preventing the breakdown of the Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy (CFL) stability condition near congestion. It relies on a relaxation approximation of the system and an elliptic formulation of the pressure equation. Numerical simulations of impinging clusters show the efficiency of the scheme to treat congestions. A two-fluid variant of the model provides a model of path formation in crowds. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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