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Sara Xhahysa

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arXiv2026

Energy dissipation and stability of a finite-volume scheme for two-phase flow models with dynamic capillary pressure

An implicit Euler finite-volume scheme for degenerate pseudo-parabolic cross-diffusion equations is proposed and analyzed. The system describes the dynamics of an unsaturated two-phase flow mixture with dynamic capillary pressure in a porous medium. The numerical scheme is based on a two-point flux approximation that preserves the energy structure, ensures the conservation of total mass, and guarantees strict positivity and boundedness of the water saturation. These properties rely on carefully selected mean functions for the nonlinear components. The existence and uniqueness of a discrete solution and additional mesh-uniform bounds are proved. Numerical experiments in two space dimensions illustrate the effects of the dynamic capillary pressure.

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arXiv2026

A convergent Scharfetter-Gummel scheme for a three-species drift-diffusion model for memristors

A structure-preserving fully implicit Scharfetter-Gummel finite-volume scheme for a three-species drift-diffusion model for semiconductors is proposed and analyzed. The equations describe the evolution of the electron, hole, and oxygen vacancy densities in a (bounded) memristor device, coupled to the Poisson equation for the electric potential, with mixed-type boundary conditions. Recasting the Scharfetter-Gummel fluxes in an upwind form, a hidden Fisher information component is revealed. Owing to the degeneracy of the Bernoulli function appearing in the fluxes, additional edgewise coercivity estimates are required, leading to refined local and global dissipation estimates. Using these ideas, the existence of a discrete finite-volume solution, a discrete free energy inequality, and the convergence of the numerical scheme are established. Numerical simulations in two space dimensions confirm the structure-preserving properties of the scheme and illustrate the filament formation in a memristor device.

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arXiv2026

Multiphase cross-diffusion models for tissue structures: modeling, analysis, numerics

Volume-filling cross-diffusion equations for the components of a tissue structure are formally derived from mass conservation laws and force balances for the interphase pressures and viscous drag forces in a multiphase approach. The equations include Maxwell-Stefan, tumor-growth, thin-film solar cell models as well as novel volume-filling population systems. The Boltzmann and Rao entropy structures are explored. If the drag coefficients are all equal to one, the global-in-time existence of bounded weak solutions, their long-time behavior, and the weak-strong uniqueness of solutions to a regularized system are proved using entropy methods. In the general case, the resulting diffusion matrix is positively stable, ensuring local-in-time existence of solutions. Global-in-time existence of weak solutions is proved if the drag coefficients are sufficiently close to each other. This restriction is explained by the fact that the pressure forces are of degenerate type, while the drag forces are nondegenerate in the volume fractions. Numerical simulations are presented in one space dimension to illustrate the solution behavior beyond the entropy regime.

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