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A mathematical framework for inverse wave problems in heterogeneous media
This paper provides a theoretical foundation for some common formulations of
inverse problems in wave propagation, based on hyperbolic systems of linear
integro-differential equations with bounded and measurable coefficients. The
coefficients of these time-dependent partial differential equations respresent
parametrically the spatially varying mechanical properties of materials. Rocks,
manufactured materials, and other wave propagation environments often exhibit
spatial heterogeneity in mechanical properties at a wide variety of scales, and
coefficient functions representing these properties must mimic this
heterogeneity. We show how to choose domains (classes of nonsmooth coefficient
functions) and data definitions (traces of weak solutions) so that optimization
formulations of inverse wave problems satisfy some of the prerequisites for
application of Newton's method and its relatives. These results follow from the
properties of a class of abstract first-order evolution systems, of which
various physical wave systems appear as concrete instances. Finite speed of
propagation for linear waves with bounded, measurable mechanical parameter
fields is one of the by-products of this theory
Review of analysis methods for rotating systems with periodic coefficients
Two of the more common procedures for analyzing the stability and forced response of equations with periodic coefficients are reviewed: the use of Floquet methods, and the use of multiblade coordinate and harmonic balance methods. The analysis procedures of these periodic coefficient systems are compared with those of the more familiar constant coefficient systems
Mobile impurities in integrable models
We use a mobile impurity or depleton model to study elementary excitations in
one-dimensional integrable systems. For Lieb-Liniger and bosonic Yang-Gaudin
models we express two phenomenological parameters characterising renormalised
inter- actions of mobile impurities with superfluid background: the number of
depleted particles, and the superfluid phase drop in terms of the
corresponding Bethe Ansatz solution and demonstrate, in the leading order, the
absence of two-phonon scattering resulting in vanishing rates of inelastic
processes such as viscosity experienced by the mobile impuritiesComment: 25 pages, minor corrections made to the manuscrip
Analysis of large power systems
Computer-oriented power systems analysis procedures in the electric utilities are surveyed. The growth of electric power systems is discussed along with the solution of sparse network equations, power flow, and stability studies
Modeling tensorial conductivity of particle suspension networks
Significant microstructural anisotropy is known to develop during shearing
flow of attractive particle suspensions. These suspensions, and their capacity
to form conductive networks, play a key role in flow-battery technology, among
other applications. Herein, we present and test an analytical model for the
tensorial conductivity of attractive particle suspensions. The model utilizes
the mean fabric of the network to characterize the structure, and the
relationship to the conductivity is inspired by a lattice argument. We test the
accuracy of our model against a large number of computer-generated suspension
networks, based on multiple in-house generation protocols, giving rise to
particle networks that emulate the physical system. The model is shown to
adequately capture the tensorial conductivity, both in terms of its invariants
and its mean directionality
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