Advances in Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Balance Laws and Related Problems
Advances in Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Balance Laws and Related Problems

Author: Giacomo Albi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-06-02

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 3031298756

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A broad range of phenomena in science and technology can be described by non-linear partial differential equations characterized by systems of conservation laws with source terms. Well known examples are hyperbolic systems with source terms, kinetic equations, and convection-reaction-diffusion equations. This book collects research advances in numerical methods for hyperbolic balance laws and kinetic equations together with related modelling aspects. All the contributions are based on the talks of the speakers of the Young Researchers’ Conference “Numerical Aspects of Hyperbolic Balance Laws and Related Problems”, hosted at the University of Verona, Italy, in December 2021.

Uncertainty Quantification in Multiscale Materials Modeling
Uncertainty Quantification in Multiscale Materials Modeling

Author: Yan Wang

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2020-03-12

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 0081029411

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Uncertainty Quantification in Multiscale Materials Modeling provides a complete overview of uncertainty quantification (UQ) in computational materials science. It provides practical tools and methods along with examples of their application to problems in materials modeling. UQ methods are applied to various multiscale models ranging from the nanoscale to macroscale. This book presents a thorough synthesis of the state-of-the-art in UQ methods for materials modeling, including Bayesian inference, surrogate modeling, random fields, interval analysis, and sensitivity analysis, providing insight into the unique characteristics of models framed at each scale, as well as common issues in modeling across scales.

Proceedings Of The International Congress Of Mathematicians 2018 (Icm 2018) (In 4 Volumes)
Proceedings Of The International Congress Of Mathematicians 2018 (Icm 2018) (In 4 Volumes)

Author: Boyan Sirakov

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 5393

ISBN-13: 9813272899

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The Proceedings of the ICM publishes the talks, by invited speakers, at the conference organized by the International Mathematical Union every 4 years. It covers several areas of Mathematics and it includes the Fields Medal and Nevanlinna, Gauss and Leelavati Prizes and the Chern Medal laudatios.

Trails in Kinetic Theory
Trails in Kinetic Theory

Author: Giacomo Albi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3030671046

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In recent decades, kinetic theory - originally developed as a field of mathematical physics - has emerged as one of the most prominent fields of modern mathematics. In recent years, there has been an explosion of applications of kinetic theory to other areas of research, such as biology and social sciences. This book collects lecture notes and recent advances in the field of kinetic theory of lecturers and speakers of the School “Trails in Kinetic Theory: Foundational Aspects and Numerical Methods”, hosted at Hausdorff Institute for Mathematics (HIM) of Bonn, Germany, 2019, during the Junior Trimester Program “Kinetic Theory”. Focusing on fundamental questions in both theoretical and numerical aspects, it also presents a broad view of related problems in socioeconomic sciences, pedestrian dynamics and traffic flow management.

Uncertainty Quantification for Hyperbolic and Kinetic Equations
Uncertainty Quantification for Hyperbolic and Kinetic Equations

Author: Shi Jin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 3319671103

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This book explores recent advances in uncertainty quantification for hyperbolic, kinetic, and related problems. The contributions address a range of different aspects, including: polynomial chaos expansions, perturbation methods, multi-level Monte Carlo methods, importance sampling, and moment methods. The interest in these topics is rapidly growing, as their applications have now expanded to many areas in engineering, physics, biology and the social sciences. Accordingly, the book provides the scientific community with a topical overview of the latest research efforts.

Hypocoercivity
Hypocoercivity

Author: CŽdric Villani

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2009-10-08

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0821844989

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This memoir attempts at a systematic study of convergence to stationary state for certain classes of degenerate diffusive equations, taking the general form ${\frac{\partial f}{\partial t}}+ L f =0$. The question is whether and how one can overcome the degeneracy by exploiting commutators.

Rarefied Gas Dynamics
Rarefied Gas Dynamics

Author: Carlo Cercignani

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-02-28

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780521659925

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The aim of this book is to present the concepts, methods and applications of kinetic theory to rarefied gas dynamics. After introducing the basic tools, problems in plane geometry are treated using approximation techniques (perturbation and numerical methods). These same techniques are later used to deal with two- and three-dimensional problems. The models include not only monatomic but also polyatomic gases, mixtures, chemical reactions. A special chapter is devoted to evaporation and condensation phenomena. Each section is accompanied by problems which are mainly intended to demonstrate the use of the material in the text and to outline additional subjects, results and equations. This will help ensure that the book can be used for a range of graduate courses in aerospace engineering or applied mathematics.

Active Subspaces
Active Subspaces

Author: Paul G. Constantine

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 2015-03-17

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1611973864

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Scientists and engineers use computer simulations to study relationships between a model's input parameters and its outputs. However, thorough parameter studies are challenging, if not impossible, when the simulation is expensive and the model has several inputs. To enable studies in these instances, the engineer may attempt to reduce the dimension of the model's input parameter space. Active subspaces are an emerging set of dimension reduction tools that identify important directions in the parameter space. This book describes techniques for discovering a model's active subspace and proposes methods for exploiting the reduced dimension to enable otherwise infeasible parameter studies. Readers will find new ideas for dimension reduction, easy-to-implement algorithms, and several examples of active subspaces in action.

Turbulent Combustion Modeling
Turbulent Combustion Modeling

Author: Tarek Echekki

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-12-25

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9400704127

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Turbulent combustion sits at the interface of two important nonlinear, multiscale phenomena: chemistry and turbulence. Its study is extremely timely in view of the need to develop new combustion technologies in order to address challenges associated with climate change, energy source uncertainty, and air pollution. Despite the fact that modeling of turbulent combustion is a subject that has been researched for a number of years, its complexity implies that key issues are still eluding, and a theoretical description that is accurate enough to make turbulent combustion models rigorous and quantitative for industrial use is still lacking. In this book, prominent experts review most of the available approaches in modeling turbulent combustion, with particular focus on the exploding increase in computational resources that has allowed the simulation of increasingly detailed phenomena. The relevant algorithms are presented, the theoretical methods are explained, and various application examples are given. The book is intended for a relatively broad audience, including seasoned researchers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics and computational science, engine designers and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) practitioners, scientists at funding agencies, and anyone wishing to understand the state-of-the-art and the future directions of this scientifically challenging and practically important field.

Mechanics of Advanced Materials
Mechanics of Advanced Materials

Author: Vadim V. Silberschmidt

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-09

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 3319171186

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The book presents interesting examples of recent developments in this area. Among the studied materials are bulk metallic glasses, metamaterials, special composites, piezoelectric smart structures, nonwovens, etc. The last decades have seen a large extension of types of materials employed in various applications. In many cases these materials demonstrate mechanical properties and performance that vary significantly from those of their traditional counterparts. Such uniqueness is sought – or even specially manufactured – to meet increased requirements on modern components and structures related to their specific use. As a result, mechanical behaviors of these materials under different loading and environmental conditions are outside the boundaries of traditional mechanics of materials, presupposing development of new characterization techniques, theoretical descriptions and numerical tools. The book presents interesting examples of recent developments in this area. Among the studied materials are bulk metallic glasses, metamaterials, special composites, piezoelectric smart structures, nonwovens, etc.