# gst: hierarchical crack patterns; identification of crack generations.

<< ️Hierarchical crack patterns of various origins are ubiquitous in the world around us. (AA) reduce the problem of classifying crack generations in an image of a part of the entire hierarchical crack pattern to the well-known topological sorting of a directed acyclic graph. The classification demonstrates robustness to reasonable shifts in the pattern image boundaries. >>

Yuri Yu. Tarasevich, Andrei S. Burmistrov, Andrei V. Eserkepov. Hierarchical crack patterns: Identification of crack generations. arXiv: 2606.03473v1 [cond-mat.dis-nn]. Jun 2, 2026.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03473

Also: crack, fracture, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, crack, fracture, fragment of hierarchical crack pattern, topological sorting, root cracks, network 

fragment, hierarchical network structure.

# gst: percolation criticality of amorphous-amorphous transitions (in compressed glasses).

<< ️The low-to-high-density transition in compressed silica glass is investigated using percolation theory. Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of SiO glasses, (..) were carried out (by AA) to investigate the emergence of structural motifs and their growth to system-spanning length scales under compression. >>

<< ️Taken together, these results underline the consistency between the bonded and non-bonded approaches. Native tetrahedral clusters, (..) collapse according to a process close to the random percolation model. >>

<< ️For all other percolation transitions, i.e. involving clusters with higher coordination number and connectivity, the deviation of the exponents instead suggests a different universality class. It can be argued that for these structures, the transition occurs in a medium where the percolating cluster is surrounded by an infinite cluster of lower coordination and connectivity, alongside emerging clusters with higher coordination and connectivity, resulting in topological, and hence elastic, heterogeneities. This behavior recalls topological constraint theory, also known as percolation rigidity, that arises from a flexible to a rigid network as local connectivity changes >>.

Julien Perradin, Simona Ispas, Ricardo V. Paredes, et al. Percolation Criticality of Amorphous-Amorphous Transitions in Compressed Glasses. arXiv: 2606.04748v1 [cond-mat.dis-nn]. Jun 3, 2026.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04748

Also: random, fluctuations, collapse, transition,  in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, randomness, fluctuations, collapse, transitions, percolation theory, random percolation, rigidity percolation, critical percolation, bonded and non-bonded approaches, topological constraint theory, amorphous structures, crystalline polymorphs, origin of plasticity.

# gst: effective synchronization amid noise-induced chaos.

<< ️Two remote agents with synchronized clocks may use them to act in concert and communicate. This necessitates some means of creating and maintaining synchrony. One method, not requiring any direct interaction between the agents, is to expose them to a common, environmental, stochastic forcing. This “noise-induced synchronization” occurs only under sufficiently mild forcing; stronger forcing disrupts synchronization. >>

<< ️(AA) investigate the regime of strong noise, where the clocks' relative phases evolve chaotically. Using a simple realization of disruptive noise, (They) demonstrate effective synchronization. First, although the relative phases of the two clocks varied erratically, (They) confirm that they became statistically independent of initial conditions and hence equivalent after a well-defined timescale. Second, (They) show that an agent can estimate an effective phase that closely agrees with the other's phase. Thus, synchronization is practically attainable beyond the regime of conventional noise-induced synchronization. >>

Benjamin Sorkin, Thomas A. Witten. Effective synchronization amid noise-induced chaos. Phys. Rev. E 113, 054215. May 19, 2026.

https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/rqgs-99d9

arXiv: 2505.08942v3 [cond-mat.stat-mech]. Feb 22, 2026.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08942

Also: noise, chaos, transition,  in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, noise, chaos, transitions, noise-induced transitions, noise-induced synchronization, noise-induced chaos, synchronization transition, kick, kicked trajectory.

# gst: superflows around corners.

<< ️(AA) investigate analytically and numerically the dynamics of a two-dimensional superflow governed by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation passing over finite-size rectangular obstacles: an impenetrable wall and an impenetrable rectangular well. >>

<< ️Extending classical studies of vortex nucleation around smooth obstacles, (They) focus on the role of sharp corners in determining the onset of vortex nucleation. Using a combination of analytical techniques based on the Schwarz-Christoffel methods for potential flow and on numerical simulations, (They) show that local velocity amplification near sharp corners crucially controls the critical flow velocity for vortex nucleation. For both wall and well configurations, (They) identify analytically and theoretically the critical velocities as a function of the obstacle width and its height or depth, finding excellent agreement between the theory and numerical simulations. >>

<< ️(Their) results provide a simple  framework for understanding superflow stability past finite-size obstacles with sharp features, and they are directly relevant to experimentally realizable configurations in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates and related superfluid systems. >>

Thomas Frisch, Christophe Josserand, Sergio Rica. Superflows around corners. Phys. Rev. Fluids 11, 054703. May 20, 2026.

https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/77hn-2hqf

arXiv:2602.18876v1 [cond-mat.quant-gas]. Feb 21, 2026.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18876

Also: vortex, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, vortex, vortex nucleation, two-dimensional superflow. 

# gst: describing a universal critical behavior in a transition from order to chaos.

<< ️(AA) present a comprehensive discussion of a transition from integrability to nonintegrability in an oval billiard with a static boundary. This transition is controlled by a deformation parameter 𝜀, which modifies the boundary shape from circular, corresponding to 𝜀=0 and an integrable dynamics, to oval for 𝜀≠0, where nonintegrability emerges. >>

<< ️The deformation of the circular billiard gives rise to a chaotic layer that develops along a well-defined stripe in phase space. By introducing a set of transformations that isolate this chaotic stripe, (They) characterize the diffusive spreading of ensembles of trajectories and identify an observable, 𝜔_(rms,sat), which plays the role of an order parameter for the transition. >>

<< For small deformations, the saturation value of the diffusion obeys the scaling law 𝜔_(rms,sat)∝𝜀^(˜𝛼), with a critical exponent ˜𝛼=0.507⁢(2), vanishing continuously as 𝜀→0. The associated susceptibility, 𝜒=𝑑⁢𝜔_(rms,sat)/𝑑⁢𝜀, diverges in the same limit, signaling the presence of critical behavior analogous to that observed in second-order (continuous) phase transitions in statistical mechanics. >>

Edson D. Leonel, Mayla A. M. de Almeida, Juan Pedro Tarigo, et al. Describing a universal critical behavior in a transition from order to chaos. Phys. Rev. E 113, 054220. May 28, 2026.

https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/7231-j7zv

arXiv: 2602.17810v1 [nlin.CD]. Feb 19, 2026.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17810

Also: billiard, transition, order, disorder, chaos, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, billiard, oval billiard, transitions, order, disorder, elementary excitations, small deformations, topological defects, criticality, chaotic stripes, chaos.

# gst: orbital instability and spanwise vortex structure of unstable periodic orbits in large-eddy simulations of plane Couette flow.

<< ️(AA) perform an unstable periodic orbit (UPO) analysis of moderately developed Couette turbulence with large-eddy simulations (LES) using a static eddy viscosity model. >>

<< ️(They) find that spanwise vortices, stretched between streamwise rolls, approach the walls, over which new spanwise vortices are generated. The stretching of these vortices is driven by strong shear layers induced by the streamwise rolls. This vortex-generation mechanism, as revealed by the LES UPOs, is a significant dynamical process in LES turbulence at high Reynolds numbers. >>

<< ️By computing local Lyapunov exponents, which quantify the least stable perturbation growth rates along the UPOs, (They) show that the stretching process amplifies their growth. The corresponding Lyapunov vectors highlight the instability of prominent shear layers through which the stretched spanwise vortices emerge between the rolls. >>

<< ️(Their) results suggest that high-strain-rate structures in developed turbulence play a central role in shaping the geometrical structure of turbulent orbits in phase space. >>

Eiichi Sasaki, Javier Jiménez, Genta Kawahara. Orbital instability and spanwise vortex structure of unstable periodic orbits in large-eddy simulations of plane Couette flow. Phys. Rev. Fluids 11, 054603. May 14, 2026.

https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/mtw2-29r3

Also: instability, turbulence, vortex, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, instability, turbulence, vortex, spanwise vortices, eddy viscosity model, unstable periodic orbit (UPO), streamwise rolls, stretching process.

# gst: apropos of interfacial contact events, bounce or coalescence, a physical learning frame.

<< ️In this study, (AA) develop an interface-contact simulation framework based on physical criteria and machine-learning-assisted classification to describe coalescence and bouncing within a unified formulation. The framework realizes interfacial coalescence and bouncing through the fusion and generation of multiple volume-of-fluid fields. When adjacent interfaces are predicted to coalesce, multiple VOF fields are collapsed into a single VOF field. When approaching interfaces are predicted to bounce, a single VOF field is regenerated into multiple VOF fields, allowing the interfaces to continue evolving independently. >>

<< With this treatment, the difficulties associated with topological transition, regime-map identification, increasing computational demand, and stochastic behavior during interfacial approach are separated from the interface-tracking procedure. These decisions are instead assigned to a physics-guided machine-learning model with strong adaptability. This strategy avoids the direct resolution of an ultrathin gas film and reduces the dependence on empirical molecular-force parameters. >>

<< ️Simulations of droplet--droplet collisions show that the proposed framework can reproduce both coalescence and bouncing over different impact conditions. By further introducing a drainage-time criterion, the framework is extended to the simulation of droplet impact on a liquid surface. For this problem, the numerical results agree well with both previous experimental observations and the present experiments. >>

<< ️Moreover, the framework captures the complete sequence of bouncing followed by subsequent coalescence within a single simulation, These (AA) results demonstrate that the proposed framework has strong adaptability for interfacial contact problems and provides a unified modeling route for droplet coalescence, bouncing. >>

J.H. Xu, Z.L. Wang. Bounce or coalescence: a physical learning frame. arXiv: 2605.15844v1 [physics.flu-dyn]. May 15, 2026. 

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15844

Also: drop, droplet, droploid, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, drops, droplets, droploids, coalescence, bouncing, volume-of-fluid (VOF) field, transitions, topological transitions, stochasticity, droplet--droplet collisions, interfacial contact events,