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A review of fundamental equations of the mixture of a gas with small solid particles
Fluid dynamics of gas-particle flow and solid particle behavior in mixed flo
Identifying Biomagnetic Sources in the Brain by the Maximum Entropy Approach
Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) measurements record magnetic fields generated
from neurons while information is being processed in the brain. The inverse
problem of identifying sources of biomagnetic fields and deducing their
intensities from MEG measurements is ill-posed when the number of field
detectors is far less than the number of sources. This problem is less severe
if there is already a reasonable prior knowledge in the form of a distribution
in the intensity of source activation. In this case the problem of identifying
and deducing source intensities may be transformed to one of using the MEG data
to update a prior distribution to a posterior distribution. Here we report on
some work done using the maximum entropy method (ME) as an updating tool.
Specifically, we propose an implementation of the ME method in cases when the
prior contain almost no knowledge of source activation. Two examples are
studied, in which part of motor cortex is activated with uniform and varying
intensities, respectively.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures. Presented at 25th International Workshop on
Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering,
San Jose, CA, USA Aug 7-12, 200
Similarity laws of lunar and terrestrial volcanic flows
A mathematical model of a one dimensional, steady duct flow of a mixture of a gas and small solid particles (rock) was analyzed and applied to the lunar and the terrestrial volcanic flows under geometrically and dynamically similar conditions. Numerical results for the equilibrium two phase flows of lunar and terrestrial volcanoes under similar conditions are presented. The study indicates that: (1) the lunar crater is much larger than the corresponding terrestrial crater; (2) the exit velocity from the lunar volcanic flow may be higher than the lunar escape velocity but the exit velocity of terrestrial volcanic flow is much less than that of the lunar case; and (3) the thermal effects on the lunar volcanic flow are much larger than those of the terrestrial case
Unified continuum approach to crystal surface morphological relaxation
A continuum theory is used to predict scaling laws for the morphological
relaxation of crystal surfaces in two independent space dimensions. The goal is
to unify previously disconnected experimental observations of decaying surface
profiles. The continuum description is derived from the motion of interacting
atomic steps. For isotropic diffusion of adatoms across each terrace, induced
adatom fluxes transverse and parallel to step edges obey different laws,
yielding a tensor mobility for the continuum surface flux. The partial
differential equation (PDE) for the height profile expresses an interplay of
step energetics and kinetics, and aspect ratio of surface topography that
plausibly unifies observations of decaying bidirectional surface corrugations.
The PDE reduces to known evolution equations for axisymmetric mounds and
one-dimensional periodic corrugations.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Combustion at reduced gravitational conditions
The theoretical structures needed for the predictive analyses and interpretations for flame propagation and extinction for clouds of porous particulates are presented. Related combustion theories of significance to reduced gravitational studies of combustible media are presented. Nonadiabatic boundaries are required for both autoignition theory and for extinction theory. Processes that were considered include, pyrolysis and vaporization of particulates, heterogeneous and homogeneous chemical kinetics, molecular transport of heat and mass, radiative coupling of the medium to its environment, and radiative coupling among particles and volume elements of the combustible medium
Design of Drip Irrigation Lines
This report presents a simple way of estimating friction drop along the lateral line, pressure distribution along the drip line, and variation of emitter discharge along the lateral. Design charts are presented for determining pressure and length of the lateral lines and submains of a drip irrigation system
Trajectory sensitivity analysis of hybrid systems
The development of trajectory sensitivity analysis for hybrid systems, such as power systems, is presented in the paper. A hybrid system model which has a differential-algebraic-discrete (DAD) structure is proposed. This model forms the basis for the subsequent sensitivity analysis. Crucial to the analysis is the development of jump conditions describing the behavior of sensitivities at discrete events, such as switching and state resetting. The efficient computation of sensitivities is discussed. A number of examples are presented to illustrate various aspects of the theory. It is shown that trajectory sensitivities provide insights into system behavior which cannot be obtained from traditional simulation
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