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The enriched Crouzeix-Raviart elements are equivalent to the Raviart-Thomas elements
For both the Poisson model problem and the Stokes problem in any dimension,
this paper proves that the enriched Crouzeix-Raviart elements are actually
identical to the first order Raviart-Thomas elements in the sense that they
produce the same discrete stresses. This result improves the previous result in
literature which, for two dimensions, states that the piecewise constant
projection of the stress by the first order Raviart-Thomas element is equal to
that by the Crouzeix-Raviart element. For the eigenvalue problem of Laplace
operator, this paper proves that the error of the enriched Crouzeix-Raviart
element is equivalent to that of the Raviart-Thomas element up to higher order
terms
Ant colony optimization for scheduling walking beam reheating furnaces
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.This paper presents a new mathematical model for the walking beam reheating furnace scheduling problem (WBRFSP) in an iron and steel plant, which allows the mixed package of hot and cold slabs and aims to minimize the energy consumption and increase the product quality. An ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is designed to solve this model. Simulation results based on the data derived from the field data of an iron and steel plant show the effectiveness of the proposed model and algorithm
Least Squares Shadowing sensitivity analysis of chaotic limit cycle oscillations
The adjoint method, among other sensitivity analysis methods, can fail in
chaotic dynamical systems. The result from these methods can be too large,
often by orders of magnitude, when the result is the derivative of a long time
averaged quantity. This failure is known to be caused by ill-conditioned
initial value problems. This paper overcomes this failure by replacing the
initial value problem with the well-conditioned "least squares shadowing (LSS)
problem". The LSS problem is then linearized in our sensitivity analysis
algorithm, which computes a derivative that converges to the derivative of the
infinitely long time average. We demonstrate our algorithm in several dynamical
systems exhibiting both periodic and chaotic oscillations.Comment: submitted to JCP in revised for
Effect of steam addition on the flow field and NOx emissions for Jet-A in an aircraft combustor
The steam injection technology for aircraft engines is gaining rising importance because of the strong limitations imposed by the legislation for NOx reduction in airports. In order to investigate the impact of steam addition on combustion and NOx emissions, an integrated performance-CFD-chemical reactor network (CRN) methodology was developed. The CFD results showed steam addition reduced the high temperature size and the radical pool moved downstream. Then different post-processing techniques are employed and CRN is generated to predict NOx emissions. This network consists of 14 chemical reactor elements and the results were in close agreement with the ICAO databank. The established CRN model was then used for steam addition study and the results showed under air/steam mixture atmosphere, high steam content could push the NOx formation region to the post-flame zone and a large amount of the NOx emission could be reduced when the steam mass fraction is quite high
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