@misc{BorciaRichterBorciaetal., author = {Borcia, Ion-Dan and Richter, Sebastian and Borcia, Rodica and Sch{\"o}n, Franz-Theo and Harlander, Uwe and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Wave propagation in a circular channel: sloshing and resonance}, series = {The European Physical Journal Special Topics}, volume = {Vol. 232}, journal = {The European Physical Journal Special Topics}, number = {4}, issn = {1951-6401}, doi = {10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00790-z}, pages = {461 -- 468}, abstract = {Surface wave resonance of a liquid (water) layer confined in a circular channel is studied both experimentally and numerically. For the experiment, eight unevenly distributed ultrasonic distance sensors measure the local height of the wave surface. The resonance curves show maxima only for odd multiples of the fundamental resonance frequency . We explained this behavior using a simple intuitive "ping-pong" like model. Collision of wave fronts can be observed for higher frequencies. Also, the wave reflection on the walls can be treated as wave collision with itself. The non-linearity seems to be weak in our study so the delay in the wave propagation before and after the collision is small. Time-space plots show localized propagating waves with high amplitudes for frequencies near resonance. Between the peaks low amplitude and harmonic patterns are observed. However, for higher frequencies, the frequency band for localized waves becomes wider. In the Fourier space-time plane, this can be observed as a point for the harmonic patterns or a superposition of two lines: one line parallel to wave-vector k axis corresponding to the excitation frequency and a second line with inclination given by wave propagation velocity . For planned future work, this result will help us to reconstruct the whole water surface elevation using time-series from only a few measurement points}, language = {en} } @misc{SchoenBestehorn, author = {Sch{\"o}n, Franz-Theo and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Instabilities and pattern formation in viscoelastic fluids}, series = {The European Physical Journal Special Topics}, volume = {Vol. 232}, journal = {The European Physical Journal Special Topics}, number = {4}, issn = {1951-6401}, doi = {10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00792-x}, pages = {375 -- 383}, language = {en} } @misc{GrangerMichelitschBestehornetal., author = {Granger, T{\´e}o and Michelitsch, Thomas M. and Bestehorn, Michael and Riascos, Alejandro P. and Collet, Bernard A.}, title = {Four-compartment epidemic model with retarded transition rates}, series = {Physical Review E}, volume = {107}, journal = {Physical Review E}, number = {4}, issn = {2470-0045}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.107.044207}, pages = {044207-1 -- 044207-15}, abstract = {We study an epidemic model for a constant population by taking into account four compartments of the individuals characterizing their states of health. Each individual is in one of the following compartments: susceptible S; incubated, i.e., infected yet not infectious, C; infected and infectious I; and recovered, i.e., immune, R. An infection is visible only when an individual is in state I. Upon infection, an individual performs the transition pathway S→C→I→R→S, remaining in compartments C, I, and R for a certain random waiting time tC, tI, and tR, respectively. The waiting times for each compartment are independent and drawn from specific probability density functions (PDFs) introducing memory into the model. The first part of the paper is devoted to the macroscopic S-C-I-R-S model. We derive memory evolution equations involving convolutions (time derivatives of general fractional type). We consider several cases. The memoryless case is represented by exponentially distributed waiting times. Cases of long waiting times with fat-tailed waiting-time distributions are considered as well where the S-C-I-R-S evolution equations take the form of time-fractional ordinary differential equations. We obtain formulas for the endemic equilibrium and a condition of its existence for cases when the waiting-time PDFs have existing means. We analyze the stability of healthy and endemic equilibria and derive conditions for which the endemic state becomes oscillatory (Hopf) unstable. In the second part, we implement a simple multiple-random-walker approach (microscopic model of Brownian motion of Z independent walkers) with random S-C-I-R-S waiting times in computer simulations. Infections occur with a certain probability by collisions of walkers in compartments I and S. We compare the endemic states predicted in the macroscopic model with the numerical results of the simulations and find accordance of high accuracy. We conclude that a simple random-walker approach offers an appropriate microscopic description for the macroscopic model. The S-C-I-R-S-type models open a wide field of applications allowing the identification of pertinent parameters governing the phenomenology of epidemic dynamics such as extinction, convergence to a stable endemic equilibrium, or persistent oscillatory behavior.}, language = {en} } @misc{BestehornMichelitsch, author = {Bestehorn, Michael and Michelitsch, Thomas M.}, title = {Oscillating Behavior of a Compartmental Model with Retarded Noisy Dynamic Infection Rate}, series = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos}, volume = {33}, journal = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos}, number = {5}, issn = {1793-6551}, doi = {10.1142/S0218127423500566}, abstract = {Our study is based on an epidemiological compartmental model, the SIRS model. In the SIRS model, each individual is in one of the states susceptible (S), infected (I) or recovered (R), depending on its state of health. In compartment R, an individual is assumed to stay immune within a finite time interval only and then transfers back to the S compartment. We extend the model and allow for a feedback control of the infection rate by mitigation measures which are related to the number of infections. A finite response time of the feedback mechanism is supposed that changes the low-dimensional SIRS model into an infinite-dimensional set of integro-differential (delay-differential) equations. It turns out that the retarded feedback renders the originally stable endemic equilibrium of SIRS (stable focus) to an unstable focus if the delay exceeds a certain critical value. Nonlinear solutions show persistent regular oscillations of the number of infected and susceptible individuals. In the last part we include noise effects from the environment and allow for a fluctuating infection rate. This results in multiplicative noise terms and our model turns into a set of stochastic nonlinear integro-differential equations. Numerical solutions reveal an irregular behavior of repeated disease outbreaks in the form of infection waves with a variety of frequencies and amplitudes.}, language = {en} } @misc{BorciaPopescuBorcia, author = {Borcia, Rodica and Popescu, Sebastian and Borcia, Ion-Dan}, title = {IMA10: interfacial fluid dynamics and processes}, series = {European Physical Journal Special Topics}, volume = {232}, journal = {European Physical Journal Special Topics}, number = {4}, issn = {1951-6401}, doi = {10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00798-5}, pages = {365 -- 366}, abstract = {MA10-special issue presents recent advances on interfacial fluid dynamics with applications in microfluidics, biology, engineering and geophysics.}, language = {en} } @misc{BestehornOron, author = {Bestehorn, Michael and Oron, Alexander}, title = {Hopf instability of a Rayleigh-Taylor unstable thin film heated from the gas side}, series = {European Physical Journal Special Topics}, volume = {232}, journal = {European Physical Journal Special Topics}, number = {4}, issn = {1951-6401}, doi = {10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00782-z}, pages = {367 -- 374}, abstract = {A thin liquid film located on the underside of a horizontal solid substrate can be stabilized by the Marangoni effect if the liquid is heated at its free surface. Applying long-wave approximation and projecting the velocity and temperature fields onto a basis of low-order polynomials, we derive a dimension-reduced set of three coupled evolution equations where nonlinearities of both the Navier-Stokes and the heat equation are included. We find that in a certain range of fluid parameters and layer depth, the first bifurcation from the motionless state is oscillatory which sets in with a finite but small wave number. The oscillatory branch is determined using a linear stability analysis of the long-wave model, but also by solving the linearized original hydrodynamic equations. Finally, numerical solutions of the reduced nonlinear model equations in three spatial dimensions are presented.}, language = {en} }