URANSE simulations of complex moving bodies by means of dynamic overlapping grids

In applied hydrodynamics it is presently a general common task to simulate flow around complex shaped ships with moving appendages. As an example the simulation of a turning circle manoeuvre of a full-appended combatant ship is common in manoeuvrability studies. Nevertheless the accurate numerical simulation of turbulent, unsteady flow around a full appended maneuvering complex-shaped hull is a challenging task, because of the geometrical complexity of the appendages present and their relative movement, generating a very complex hydrodynamic flow.

Dirichlet-to-Neumann mappings and finite-differences for anisotropic diffusion (Reprint from AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL COMPUTERS AND FLUIDS)

A general methodology, which consists in deriving two-dimensional finite-difference schemes which involve numerical fluxes based on Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps (or Steklov-Poincare operators), is first recalled. Then, it is applied to several types of diffusion equations, some being weakly anisotropic, endowed with an external source. Standard finite-difference discretizations are systematically recovered, showing that in absence of any other mechanism, like e.g.

The QR Steps with Perfect Shifts

In this paper we revisit the problem of performing a QR-step on an unreduced Hessenberg matrix H when we know an "exact" eigenvalue ?0 of H. Under exact arithmetic, this eigenvalue will appear on diagonal of the transformed Hessenberg matrix H~ and will be decoupled from the remaining part of the Hessenberg matrix, thus resulting in a deflation. But it is well known that in finite precision arithmetic the so-called perfect shift can get blurred and that the eigenvalue ?0 can then not be deflated and/or is perturbed significantly.

Modal analysis of the wake past a marine propeller

Modal decomposition techniques are used to analyse the wake field past a marine propeller achieved by previous numerical simulations (Muscari et al. Comput. Fluids, vol. 73, 2013, pp. 65-79). In particular, proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) are used to identify the most energetic modes and those that play a dominant role in the inception of the destabilization mechanisms. Two different operating conditions, representative of light and high loading conditions, are considered.

Some Remarks about the Hilbert Transform

In this poster we present some remarks about the Hilbert transform on the real line, in connection with its application in signal processing [1, 2]. References [1] M.R. Capobianco, G. Criscuolo, Convergence and stability of a new quadrature rule for evaluating Hilbert transform, Numer. Algor., 60 (2012) 579-592 [2] C. Zhou, L. Yang, Y. Liu, Z. Yang, A novel method for computing the Hilbert transform with Haar multiresolution approximation,Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 223 (2009), 585-597

Combining pathway identification and breast cancer survival prediction via screening-network methods

Breast cancer is one of the most common invasive tumors causing high mortality among women. It is characterized by high heterogeneity regarding its biological and clinical characteristics. Several high-throughput assays have been used to collect genome-wide information for many patients in large collaborative studies. This knowledge has improved our understanding of its biology and led to new methods of diagnosing and treating the disease. In particular, system biology has become a valid approach to obtain better insights into breast cancer biological mechanisms.