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Hsieh-Chen Tsai

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Compressible solved-volatility stochastic fluid thermodynamics: source-consistent energy, finite-correlation reservoirs, entropy admissibility and boundary conditions

A variable-density thermodynamic extension is developed for the solved-volatility stochastic-fluid formulation of arXiv:2607.25536. Source-inclusive stochastic transport separates mass, momentum and total-energy conservation into time-evolution partial differential equations and martingale compatibility constraints. Density and temperature are the primitive thermodynamic fields: mass conservation determines density, internal energy determines temperature, and the equation of state determines pressure evolution along stochastic particle paths. The resolved kinetic-energy identity is combined with a finite-correlation reservoir, Green--Kubo calibration, an equilibrium counterterm and adjoint resolved-unresolved exchange. A stochastic Gibbs identity and Gaussian relative entropy yield a conditional entropy-admissibility result for a Hencky-reservoir formulation. Equation-of-state pressure fluctuations are distinguished from mechanical stress impulses; regular finite-Mach fluctuations produce no independent white-noise bulk pressure impulse, while fast mechanical pressure is represented by a causal finite-correlation carrier. Conservative boundary conditions and a calorically perfect ideal-gas specialization are given. In the zero-volatility limit, the classical compressible Navier--Stokes--Fourier equations are recovered. A frozen descriptor analysis identifies a mixed hyperbolic--parabolic drift subsystem coupled to algebraic martingale constraints, with closure-dependent elliptic blocks and a singular low-Mach pressure limit. Canonical calculations verify the pressure carrier, acoustic dispersion, viscous-thermal energy balance and low-Mach scaling. Nonlinear well-posedness, shock admissibility and developed turbulence are not claimed.

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Foundations of a solved-volatility stochastic turbulence closure: Itô--Hencky kinematics, source-consistent momentum and finite-correlation realisation

Most stochastic closures prescribe a covariance tensor, a noise basis or an eddy-viscosity field. This paper develops a different framework in which the displacement-volatility field is solved together with the resolved velocity. The starting point is a one-channel Itô configuration map. A local matrix-logarithm expansion gives distinct material and spatial Hencky increments, their quadratic-variation drifts and the exact pathwise volume constraint. Under constant density, one Brownian channel, pathwise isochoricity and no independent martingale in the resolved Eulerian drift, the material pull-back momentum equation is shown to be the on-shell form of the full stochastic Reynolds transport balance when the momentum-source covariation is retained. The resulting velocity--volatility--pressure system has an index-one differential--algebraic structure. Virtual power fixes the mechanical type of the stress impulse and separates work from quadratic covariation. A finite-correlation precursor then gives a Green--Kubo realisation of the solved displacement covariance. State dependence adds a Lyapunov noise-induced drift, while dynamic boundaries add reaction work and active/passive covariance compatibility conditions. The analysis also gives four limits: a non-zero Brownian transport limit cannot retain finite ordinary unresolved kinetic energy; total energy alone does not fix entropy production; wall tangency limits covariance rank rather than the number of stochastic modes; and a homogeneous decoupled Helmholtz--Stokes equation has only the trivial periodic solution. The result is a theory-complete, testable closure architecture. Developed turbulent statistics, logarithmic wall scaling and computational-fluid-dynamics validation are deliberately left to the expanded fluid-mechanics study.

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A target-fixed immersed-boundary formulation for rigid bodies interacting with fluid flow

We present an immersed boundary projection method formulated in a body-fixed frame of reference for flow-structure interaction (FSI) problems involving rigid bodies with complex geometries. The body-fixed formulation is aimed at maximizing the accuracy of surface stresses on the FSI body (the target) on during spatial and temporal discretization. The incompressible vorticity equations and Newton's equations of motion are coupled implicitly so that the method remains stable for low solid-to-fluid mass ratios. The influence of fictitious fluid inside the rigid bodies is considered and the spurious oscillations in surface stresses are filtered to impose physically correct rigid body dynamics. Similar to many predecessors of the immersed boundary projection method, the resulting discrete system is solved efficiently using a block-LU decomposition. We then validate the method with two-dimensional test problems of a neutrally buoyant cylinder migrating in a planar Couette flow and a freely falling or rising cylindrical rigid body.

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