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The Advancement and Challenges in
Computational Physics
Dr. Nancy Agnes, Head, Technical Operations Phdassistance, info@phdassistance.co
Keywords
computational physics, theoretical, modelling,
research, Simulation, machine learning, physics-
informed neural networks, mathematical models
INTRODUCTION
For the last five decades, computational physics has
been a valuable scientific instrument in physics. In
comparison to using only theoretical and
experimental approaches, it has enabled physicists to
understand complex problems better. Computational
physics was mostly a scientific activity at the time,
with relatively few organised undergraduate study.
Students were supposed to pick up the requisite
computational skills when they went through with
their studies. This culminated in a small number of
highly qualified computational physics graduates.
This pattern has shifted dramatically in recent years,
with increasingly sophisticated commercial
applications or freeware computer programmes
created by more specialised groups being used by
computational physics research groups. The benefit is
that a larger number of researchers now have access
to more effective codes that integrate more
sophisticated modelling of physical structures of
interest [1]. This post discusses the advancement and
challenges in computational physics.
II. RECENT RESEARCHES IN
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
1. Python framework for computational physics
For rapid prototyping of the latest physics codes, a
newly designed computational system was created.
TurboPy is a lightweight physics simulation
application that is built on the architecture of the
particle-in-cell code turboWAVE. It implements a
Simulation class that drives the simulation and
maintains coordination between PhysicsModule class
that handles the specifics of the dynamics of the
different sections of the problem and a few other
classes, including a Grid class and a Diagnostic class
to handle various ancillary issues that occur
frequently. Figure 1 depicts one possible
implementation of this workflow as turboPy physics
units. The workflow is split into two custom turboPy
physics modules in this implementation [2].
Figure 1. Custom turboPy physics modules and diagnostics are included in this diagram to show one
alternative implementation of the example workflow. Each box in the flow denotes a PhysicsModule
or Diagnostic subclass that has been written to conduct the action mentioned. [2]

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2. Machine Learning in Computational Physics
A new method for sampling training data based on
a Taylor approximation is built to approximate
physical simulation codes in machine learning.
Though not specifically related to Deep Learning,
an approach is used to approximate the solution of
a physical ODE structure using a Deep Neural
Network and improve its precision with the same
model architecture. In addition to the reasons stated
leads, the concept of using numerical simulation
derivatives to improve ML model training should
be investigated. Include derivatives as new
teaching points to have a DNN learn these
derivatives as an example of implementation.
Figure 2 depicts a Taylor sampling algorithm [3],.
Figure 2. A Taylor based sampling algorithm [3]
3. Physics-informed neural networks for the
incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
To overcome the limitations of simulating
incompressible laminar and turbulent flows,
physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are
used, which encode the governing equations
directly into the deep neural network through
automatic differentiation. The Navier-Stokes flow
nets (NSFnets) were created using two different
mathematical formulations of the Navier-Stokes
equations: the velocity-pressure (VP) and the
vorticity-velocity (VV) formulations. Even though
this is a new methodology, a standard benchmark
problem is used to assess the precision,
convergence rate, computational cost, and
flexibility of NSFnets; analytical solutions and
direct numerical simulation (DNS) databases
provide suitable initial and boundary conditions for
NSFnet simulations. The ability to use NSFnets for
applications other than classical CFD was shown in
this study, such as solving ill-posed (noisy or
incomplete boundary conditions) or inverse
problems (unknown fluid properties) that would be
impossible or prohibitively costly to solve using
traditional approaches. We also use a basic
example of transfer learning to demonstrate how
we can reduce NSFnets' comparatively high
computational cost. The velocity-pressure (VP)
form and the vorticity-velocity (VV) form of the
unsteady incompressible three-dimensional Navier-
Stokes equations, as well as their corresponding
physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), were
introduced in this work (Figure 3) [4].

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Fig. 3. A schematic of NSFnets [4]
III. COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS & ITS
CHALLENGES
Despite the “early adopters” of computational
physics described above and individuals' desire to
transform computer science into physics analysis,
society requires a (new) space to share ideas and
insight. Any efforts, such as the Program Library of
Computer Physics Communications, have been
popular today. However, such collections must
expand in-depth, provide more groups, and go
beyond just storing code libraries. Furthermore, the
distance between available and validated statistical
methodologies and their application in
computational physics inevitably expands:
computer scientists and applied mathematicians
have never been more efficient than they are now.
How will the (computational) physics world as a
whole deal with the rapid development in fields
that serve as a methodological foundation? In
physics, the mathematical representation of NP has
long been the basic language. Computation enables
the solution of ever more complicated
mathematical models, reinforcing the mathematical
language's strength. This shows how the synergy
effect enhances a specific region. However, taking
advantage of such an advantage poses a significant
risk in and of itself. The Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change's (IPCC) global weather
simulations is an example of a move above
scientists in either theory or experiments joined by
computation and trying to interact [5].
V. CONCLUSION
The enormous progress made in applied
mathematics, numerics, and computer science is
compared with the progress made in computational
physics. Although physicists are mostly concerned
with their original experiments on physical
problems, they cannot keep up with the latest
developments of numerical analysis on their own.
Consequently, we see a growing difference
between theoretical findings on the one side and the
application and use of analytical methods focused
on those concepts on the other. Closing this gap,
i.e., introducing modern methods faster and more
consistently and integrating them into successful
computational physics science, seems to be one of
the major challenges. A (computational) physicist's
ability to recognise emerging concepts in applied
mathematics, numeric, and computer science and
then convert them into research projects is
particularly difficult. To identify the potential of a
new analytical instrument, a computational
physicist will need to be interested in two different
scientific groups, create benchmarks and other
parameters to judge the applicability of a method,
and then apply and test the findings using his or her
knowledge in a subfield of physics.

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