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An Analog Macroscopic Technique for Studying Molecular Hydrodynamic Processes in Dense Gases and Liquids
Published on: December 4, 2017
Mesoscale model of a three-dimensional odd fluid
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Beijing 100190, China, and School of Physical Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Abstract:
Odd fluids are a class of fluids characterized by nonzero antisymmetric transport coefficient tensors induced by broken time-reversal symmetry. In our previous work, a mesoscale simulation model for two-dimensional isotropic odd fluids was developed. Here, we extend the model to the three-dimensional case that corresponds to an anisotropic odd fluid with cylindrical symmetry. Using kinetic theory, we analytically derive the viscosity tensor and Navier-Stokes equation for the three-dimensional mesoscale odd fluid, which we quantitatively verify with simulations. Furthermore, through both simulation and hydrodynamic theory, we demonstrate that the planar Poiseuille flow of the three-dimensional odd fluid exhibits exotic transport behavior. This work thus paves the way for performing large-scale simulations to explore and exploit intriguing phenomena of odd fluids.
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