332 research outputs found
Generalized Cloaking and Optical Polyjuice
In this paper, a generalization of cloaking is presented: instead of an empty
region of space, an inhomogeneous structure is transformed via Pendry's map in
order to give, to any object hidden in the central hole of the cloak, a
completely arbitrary appearance.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Co-Simulation of Electromagnetic Transients and Phasor Models: A Relaxation Approach
Co-simulation opens new opportunities to combine mature electromagnetic transients (EMT) and phasor-mode (PM) solvers, and takes advantage of their respective high accuracy and execution speed. In this paper, a relaxation approach is presented, iterating between an EMT and a PM solver. This entails interpolating over time the phasors of the PM simulation, extracting phasors from the time evolutions of the EMT simulation, and representing each subsystem with a proper multiport equivalent when simulating the other subsystem. Various equivalents are reviewed and compared in terms of convergence of the PM-EMT iterations. The paper also considers the update with frequency of the Thévenin impedances involved in the EMT simulation, the possibility to compute the EMT solution only once per time step, and the acceleration of convergence through a prediction over time of the boundary variables. Results are presented on a 74-bus, 23-machine test system, split into one EMT and one PM subsystem with several interface buses
A relaxation scheme to combine Phasor-Mode and Electromagnetic Transients Simulations
This paper deals with a new scheme for coupling phasor-mode and electromagnetic transients simulations. In each simulation, an iteratively updated linear equivalent is used to represent the effect of the subsystem treated by the other simulation. Time interpolation and phasor extraction methods adapted to this scheme are presented and compared to existing methods. Finally, simulation results obtained with a 74-bus test system are reporte
Magnetization structure of a Bloch point singularity
Switching of magnetic vortex cores involves a topological transition
characterized by the presence of a magnetization singularity, a point where the
magnetization vanishes (Bloch point). We analytically derive the shape of the
Bloch point that is an extremum of the free energy with exchange, dipole and
the Landau terms for the determination of the local value of the magnetization
modulus.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
BrainPrint: Identifying Subjects by Their Brain
Introducing BrainPrint, a compact and discriminative representation of anatomical structures in the brain. BrainPrint captures shape information of an ensemble of cortical and subcortical structures by solving the 2D and 3D Laplace-Beltrami operator on triangular (boundary) and tetrahedral (volumetric) meshes. We derive a robust classifier for this representation that identifies the subject in a new scan, based on a database of brain scans. In an example dataset containing over 3000 MRI scans, we show that BrainPrint captures unique information about the subject’s anatomy and permits to correctly classify a scan with an accuracy of over 99.8%. All processing steps for obtaining the compact representation are fully automated making this processing framework particularly attractive for handling large datasets.Alexander von Humboldt-StiftungAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (P41-RR014075)Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (P41-EB015896)National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (U.S.) (U54-EB005149)Neuroimaging Analysis Center (U.S.) (P41-EB015902
Numerical Tool Optimization for Advanced Rocket Nozzle Performance Prediction
A number of Altitude-Compensating Nozzle concepts have been developed through the
years, to reduce nozzle performance losses. One of the most promising concepts is the dual-
bell nozzle, where the flow is capable of auto-adapting at low and high altitude without the
use of mechanical devices. This paper focuses on the optimization and validation of an in-
house solver for the prediction of the flow field in advanced rocket nozzles, with emphasis
on dual-bell rocket nozzles. Numerical efforts are concentrated on predicting transition from
one operating mode to the other, since low and high altitude operating modes are both well
known stable conditions. Both steady state and transient problems are considered and the
performances of different numerical schemes are investigated
A Finite Element Subproblem Method for Position Change Conductor Systems
Abstract Analyses of magnetic circuits with position changes of both massive and stranded conductors are performed via a finite element subproblem method. A complete problem is split into subproblems associated with each conductor and the magnetic regions. Each complete solution is then expressed as the sum of subproblem solutions supported by different meshes. The subproblem procedure simplifies both meshing and solving processes, with no need of remeshing, and accurately quantifies the effect of the position changes of conductors on both local fields, e.g. skin and proximity effects, and global quantities, e.g. inductances and forces. Applications covering parameterized analyses on conductor positions to moving conductor systems benefit from the developed approach
Finite element model with imposed slip surfaces for earth mass safety evaluation
The study of earth masses requires numerical methods that provide the quantification of the safety factor without requiring detrimental assumptions. For that, equilibrium analysis can perform fast computations but require assumptions that limit its potentiality. Limit analysis does not require detrimental assumptions but are numerically demanding. This work provides a new approach that combines the advantage of both the equilibrium method and the limit analysis. The defined hybrid model allows probabilistic analysis and optimization approaches without the assumption of interslice forces. It is compared with a published case and used to perform probabilistic studies in both a homogeneous and a layered foundation. Analyses show that the shape of the density probability functions is highly relevant when computing the probability of failure, and soil elasticity hardly affects the safety of factor of the earth mass.Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade—COMPETE, and by Portuguese Funds through FCT–Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, within the projects PEst –C/MAT/UI0013/2011 and PEst–OE/ECM/UI4047/2011
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