# Fluid Implicit Particles on Coadjoint Orbits

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01936 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.01936/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 4 Jun 2024.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Representing Flow Fields with Divergence-Free Kernels for Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.01913/) (2025)
- [LagrangianSplats: Divergence-Free Transport of Gaussian Primitives for Fluid Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.09299/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We propose Coadjoint Orbit FLIP (CO-FLIP), a high order accurate, structure preserving fluid simulation method in the hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian framework. We start with a Hamiltonian formulation of the incompressible Euler Equations, and then, using a local, explicit, and high order divergence free interpolation, construct a modified Hamiltonian system that governs our discrete Euler flow. The resulting discretization, when paired with a geometric time integration scheme, is energy and circulation preserving (formally the flow evolves on a coadjoint orbit) and is similar to the Fluid Implicit Particle (FLIP) method. CO-FLIP enjoys multiple additional properties including that the pressure projection is exact in the weak sense, and the particle-to-grid transfer is an exact inverse of the grid-to-particle interpolation. The method is demonstrated numerically with outstanding stability, energy, and Casimir preservation. We show that the method produces benchmarks and turbulent visual effects even at low grid resolutions.