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Workflow-based Collaborative Decision Support for Flood Management Systems
AbstractSimulation-based decision making is the one of prospective applications of computational sciences which is central to advances in many scientific fields. The complexity and interdisciplinarity of scientific problems lead to the new technologies of simulation software implementation based on cloud computing, workflow tools and close interaction between experts and decision-makers. The important challenge in this field is to combine simulation scenarios, expert decisions and distributed environment to solve the complex interdisciplinary problems. In this paper, we describe a way to organize the collaborative decision support on the basis of e-Science platform CLAVIRE with the emphasis on urgency. A case study on decision making is the gates maneuvering for the flood prevention in Saint-Petersburg as a part of flood management system
Urgent Computing for Operational Storm Surge Forecasting in Saint-Petersburg
AbstractThe accurate forecasting of storm surges and decision support for gates maneuvering is an important issue in Saint-Petersburg. The evolution of the numerical hydrodynamic models, hardware performance and computer technologies allow to make Flood Warning System (FWS) in Saint-Petersburg more reliable and appropriate to the real needs. This article describes the key solutions of the development and the present operational set-up of FWS with emphasis on computational issues and decision support on the basis of urgent computing paradigm. It includes a brief description data-assimilation techniques, such as Kalman filtering, the probabilistic real-data forecasting model, forecast quality control, distributed computing of different scenarios and decision support for gates maneuvering
From Intramolecular (Circular) in an Isolated Molecule to Intermolecular Hole Delocalization in a Two‐Dimensional Solid‐State Assembly: The Case of Pillarene
To achieve long‐range charge transport/separation and, in turn, bolster the efficiency of modern photovoltaic devices, new molecular scaffolds are needed that can self‐assemble in two‐dimensional (2D) arrays while maintaining both intra‐ and intermolecular electronic coupling. In an isolated molecule of pillarene, a single hole delocalizes intramolecularly via hopping amongst the circularly arrayed hydroquinone ether rings. The crystallization of pillarene cation radical produces a 2D self‐assembly with three intermolecular dimeric (sandwich‐like) contacts. Surprisingly, each pillarene in the crystal lattice bears a fractional formal charge of +1.5. This unusual stoichiometry of oxidized pillarene in crystals arises from effective charge distribution within the 2D array via an interplay of intra‐ and intermolecular electronic couplings. This important finding is expected to help advance the rational design of efficient solid‐state materials for long‐range charge transfer
Potentials in N=4 superconformal mechanics
Proceeding from nonlinear realizations of (super)conformal symmetries, we
explicitly demonstrate that adding the harmonic oscillator potential to the
action of conformal mechanics does not break these symmetries but modifies the
transformation properties of the (super)fields. We also analyze the possibility
to introduce potentials in N=4 supersymmetric mechanics by coupling it with
auxiliary fermionic superfields. The new coupling we considered does not
introduce new fermionic degrees of freedom - all our additional fermions are
purely auxiliary ones. The new bosonic components have a first order kinetic
term and therefore they serve as spin degrees of freedom. The resulting system
contains, besides the potential term in the bosonic sector, a non-trivial
spin-like interaction in the fermionic sector. The superconformal mechanics we
constructed in this paper is invariant under the full
superconformal group. This invariance is not evident and is achieved within
modified (super)conformal transformations of the superfields.Comment: 12 pages, PACS number: 12.60.J
Rotating topological edge solitons
We address the formation of topological edge solitons in rotating
Su-Schrieffer-Heeger waveguide arrays. The linear spectrum of the non-rotating
topological array is characterized by the presence of topological gap with two
edge states residing in it. Rotation of the array significantly modifies the
spectrum and may move these edge states out of the topological gap. Defocusing
nonlinearity counteracts this tendency and shifts such modes back into
topological gap, where they acquire structure of tails typical for topological
edge states. We present rich bifurcation structure for rotating topological
solitons and show that they can be stable. Rotation of the topologically
trivial array, without edge states in its spectrum, also leads to the
appearance of localized edge states, but in a trivial semi-infinite gap.
Families of rotating edge solitons bifurcating from the trivial linear edge
states exist too and sufficiently strong defocusing nonlinearity can also drive
them into the topological gap, qualitatively modifying the structure of their
tails
Light bullets in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger photonic topological insulators
We introduce a different class of thresholdless three-dimensional soliton
states that form in higher-order topological insulators based on a
two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger array of coupled waveguides. The linear
spectrum of such structures is characterized by the presence of a topological
gap with corner states residing in them. We find that a focusing Kerr
nonlinearity allows families of light bullets bifurcating from the linear
corner states to exist as stable three-dimensional solitons, which inherit
topological protection from their linear corner counterparts and, remarkably,
survive even in the presence of considerable disorder. The light bullets
exhibit a spatial localization degree that depends strongly on the array
dimerization and may feature large temporal widths in the topological gap near
the bifurcation point, thus drastically reducing the otherwise strong
instabilities caused by higher-order effects
Comparative assessment of vehicle anti-lock braking system operation using friction brake mechanisms and e-machine in the vehicle with electric drive of traction wheels
Study of the braking process of the vehicle with an electric machine in the traction wheels drive equipped with an anti-lock braking system (ABS), where the actuators are the electric machine and friction brake mechanisms, is a relevant task. This is related to the worldwide trending increase in the share of production of vehicles with an electric machine within the transmission. In this paper, the "traditional" ABS and two systems with different variants of usage of the electric machine and friction brake mechanisms as actuators are compared: 1. The electric machine fulfills the function of the wheel slip regulator; the friction brake mechanisms maintain constant pressure in the brake line, which depends on the tyre-road friction coefficient. 2. The friction brake mechanisms fulfill the function of the wheel slip regulator; the electric machine maintains the set brake torque. According to the study results, usage of the combined actuator system within the ABS allows reducing the braking distance significantly, raising the vehicle deceleration value and improving the driver's and passengers' comfort during braking
Brood cells like conifer cones: the peculiar nesting biology of the osmiine bee Hoplitis (Alcidamea) curvipes (Morawitz, 1871) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
Two nests of Hoplitis curvipes are described from Apulia (Italy) and Dagestan (Russia). Both nests consisted of two brood cells placed side by side under a stone. The cells were neither attached to each other nor to the substrate. They were constructed from leaf fragments, which were imbricately arranged, forming a cone-like structure; each leaf fragment consisted of a basal part that was masticated to leaf pulp and an apical part that protruded freely from the cell wall. The cell wall was formed by the fusion of the masticated basal parts of the leaf fragments and thus entirely consisted of leaf pulp. The cell was sealed with a closing plug made of pure leaf pulp; a few leaf fragments were glued to its outer surface. The cocoon consisted of two layers: the outer layer was restricted to the anterior portion of the cell and had several longitudinal air-exchange slits on its lateral surface, while the inner layer had an air-exchange orifice in its most anterior dome-shaped top. Results of measurements of brood cell dimensions and contents are provided. The nesting biology of species of the H. curvipes group is discussed
Vortex solitons in moire optical lattices
We show that optical moire lattices enable the existence of vortex solitons
of different types in self-focusing Kerr media. We address the properties of
such states both in lattices having commensurate and incommensurate geometries
(i.e., constructed with Pythagorean and non-Pythagorean twist angles,
respectively), in the different regimes that occur below and above the
localization-delocalization transition. We find that the threshold power
required for the formation of vortex solitons strongly depends on the twist
angle and, also, that the families of solitons exhibit intervals where their
power is a nearly linear function of the propagation constant and they exhibit
strong stability. Also, in the incommensurate phase above the
localization-delocalization transition, we found stable embedded vortex
solitons whose propagation constants belong to the linear spectral domain of
the system
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