Merging GPS and Atmospherically Corrected InSAR Data to Map 3-D Terrain Displacement Velocity

A method to derive accurate spatially dense maps of 3-D terrain displacement velocity is presented. It is based on the merging of terrain displacement velocities estimated by time series of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data acquired along ascending and descending orbits and repeated GPS measurements. The method uses selected persistent scatterers (PSs) and GPS measurements of the horizontal velocity. An important step of the proposed method is the mitigation of the impact of atmospheric phase delay in InSAR data.

Turning ability analysis of a fully appended twin screw vessel by CFD. Part II: Single vs. twin rudder configuration

In the present paper, the analysis of the turning capability of the naval supply vessel presented in Part I (Broglia et al., 2015) is continued with different stern appendages, namely twin rudder and centreline skeg. The main purpose of the analysis is to assess the capability of an in-house CFD tool in capturing the different manoeuvring characteristics of the ship hulls; the test case is challenging, as the difference be- tween the two configurations lies in the complex flow structure related to rudder-propeller interactions. Moreover, although the twin rudder solution slightly improves the

A Fast Algorithm to Solve Nonlinear Hypersingular Integral Equations Arising in a Crack Problem

A fast algorithm related to the generalized minimal residual algorithm (GMRES) is proposed to approximate solution of a nonlinear hypersingular integral equation arising in a crack problem. At first, a collocation method is proposed and developed in weighted Sobolev space. Then, the Newton-Kantorovjch method is used for solving the obtained system of nonlinear equations.

Petaflop biofluidics simulations on a two million-core system

We present a computational framework for multi-scale simulations of real-life biofluidic problems. The framework allows to simulate suspensions composed by hundreds of millions of bodies interacting with each other and with a surrounding fluid in complex geometries. We apply the methodology to the simulation of blood flow through the human coronary arteries with a spatial resolution comparable with the size of red blood cells, and physiological levels of hematocrit (the red blood cell volume fraction).

Hydrokinetic approach to large-scale cardiovascular blood flow

We present a computational method for commodity hardware-based clinical cardiovascular diagnosis based on accurate simulation of cardiovascular blood flow. Our approach leverages the flexibility of the Lattice Boltzmann method to implementation on high-performance, commodity hardware, such as Graphical Processing Units. We developed the procedure for the analysis of real-life cardiovascular blood flow case studies, namely, anatomic data acquisition, geometry and mesh generation, flow simulation and data analysis and visualization.

Quantitative morphotectonics of the Pliocene to Quaternary Auletta basin, southern Italy

The geomorphological evolution of the Pliocene-Quaternary Auletta basin, a wide fault-bounded depression of the southern Apennines axial zone, Italy, was reconstructed using both DEM-based morphometric analysis and classical morphotectonic investigations. Morphotectonic analyses have been integrated with geological, structural and paleomagnetic data in order to reconstruct the Quaternary evolution of the area. The Auletta basin coincides with the lower valley of the Tanagro River and is filled by Pliocene to Pleistocene marine and continental sediments.

Numerical simulation of conformational variability in biopolymer translocation through wide nanopores

Numerical results on the translocation of long biopolymers through mid-sized and wide pores are presented. The simulations are based on a novel methodology which couples molecular motion to a mesoscopic fluid solvent. Thousands of events of long polymers (up to 8000 monomers) are monitored as they pass through nanopores. Comparison between the different pore sizes shows that wide pores can host a larger number of multiple biopolymer segments, as compared to smaller pores.

Alterdroid: Differential fault analysis of obfuscated smartphone malware

Malware for smartphones has rocketed over the last years. Market operators face the challenge of keeping their stores free from malicious apps, a task that has become increasingly complex as malware developers are progressively using advanced techniques to defeat malware detection tools. One such technique commonly observed in recent malware samples consists of hiding and obfuscating modules containing malicious functionality in places that static analysis tools overlook (e.g., within data objects).