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Lattice Boltzmann without coordinates

Gamma-Convergence of the Heitmann-Radin Sticky Disc Energy to the Crystalline Perimeter

We consider low-energy configurations for the Heitmann-Radin sticky discs functional, in the limit of diverging number of discs. More precisely, we renormalize the Heitmann-Radin potential by subtracting the minimal energy per particle, i.e. the so-called kissing number. For configurations whose…

Coupling of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics with Finite Volume method for free-surface flows

A new algorithm for the solution of free surface flows with large front deformation and fragmentation is presented. The algorithm is obtained by coupling a classical Finite Volume (FV) approach, that discretizes the Navier-Stokes equations on a block structured Eulerian grid, with an approach based…

“Hollow-fiber enzyme reactor operating under nonisothermal conditions”

A hollow-fiber enzyme reactor, operating under isothermal and nonisothermal conditions, was built employing a polypropylene hollow fiber onto which â-galactosidase was immobilized. Hexamethylenediamine and glutaraldehyde were used as spacer and coupling agent, respectively. Glucose production was…

Taub-NUT spinless particles and Schwarzschild spinning particles

The effect of a small gravitomagnetic monopole on (accelerated) circular orbits in the equatorial plane of the Taub-NUT spacetime is compared to the corresponding (accelerated) orbits pushed slightly off the equatorial plane in the absense of the monopole (Schwarzschild spacetime).

On the regularity of solutions to a class of degenerate PDE's with lower order terms

In this paper we establish the boundedness and the higher differentiability of solutions to the {div(A(x,Du))+b(x)|u(x)|u(x)=fin ?u=0on ?? under a Sobolev assumption on the partial map x->A(x,?). The novelty here is that we deal with degenerate elliptic operator A(x,?) with p-growth, p>=2,…

Integration of InSAR Analysis and Numerical Modeling for the Assessment of Ground Subsidence in the City of Lisbon, Portugal

In this work, we exploit the integration of an advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry technique and the application of the finite-element method for the assessment and the interpretation of a localized subsidence phenomenon that took place within a specific area of Lisbon, Portugal…

Acceleration and vortex filaments in turbulence

We report recent results from a high-resolution numerical study of fluid particles transported by a fully developed turbulent flow. Single-particle trajectories were followed for a time range spanning more than three decades, from less than a tenth of the Kolmogorov timescale up to one large-eddy…

Multiphase semiclassical approximation of an electron in a one-dimensional crystalline lattice, III. From ab-initio models to WKB for Schrodinger-Poisson

This work is concerned with the semiclassical approximation of the Schro¨dinger-Poisson equation modeling ballistic transport in a 1D periodic potential by means of WKB techniques. It is derived by considering the mean-field limit of a N-body quantum problem, then K-multivalued solutions are…

Interpolation-based, minimum-time piecewise constant control of linear continuous-time SISO systems

We present a novel approach to the system inversion problem for linear, scalar (i.e. single-input, single-output, or SISO) plants. The problem is formulated as a constrained optimization program, whose objective function is the transition time between the initial and the final values of the system'…