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Energy Functional For Nuclear Masses, Michael Giovanni Bertolli
Energy Functional For Nuclear Masses, Michael Giovanni Bertolli
Doctoral Dissertations
An energy functional is formulated for mass calculations of nuclei across the nuclear chart with major-shell occupations as the relevant degrees of freedom. The functional is based on Hohenberg-Kohn theory. Motivation for its form comes from both phenomenology and relevant microscopic systems, such as the three-level Lipkin Model. A global fit of the 17-parameter functional to nuclear masses yields a root- mean-square deviation of χ[chi] = 1.31 MeV, on the order of other mass models. The construction of the energy functional includes the development of a systematic method for selecting and testing possible functional terms. Nuclear radii are computed within …
Transverse Waves In Simulated Liquid Rocket Engines With Arbitrary Headwall Injection, Charles Toufic Haddad
Transverse Waves In Simulated Liquid Rocket Engines With Arbitrary Headwall Injection, Charles Toufic Haddad
Masters Theses
This work introduces a closed-form analytical solution for the transverse vorticoacoustic wave in a circular cylinder with arbitrary headwall injection. This particular configuration mimics the conditions leading to the onset of traveling radial and tangential waves in a simple liquid rocket engine (LRE). Assuming a short cylindrical chamber with an injecting headwall, regular perturbations are used to linearize the problem’s mass, momentum, energy, ideal gas and isentropic relations. A Helmholtz decomposition is subsequently applied to the first-order disturbance equations, thus giving rise to a compressible, inviscid and acoustic set that is responsible for driving the unsteady motion and to an …
Electronic Excitations In Ytio3 Using Tddft And Electronic Structure Using A Multiresolution Framework, William Scott Thornton
Electronic Excitations In Ytio3 Using Tddft And Electronic Structure Using A Multiresolution Framework, William Scott Thornton
Doctoral Dissertations
We performed ab initio studies of the electronic excitation spectra of the ferro- magnetic, Mott-insulator YTiO3 using density functional theory (DFT) and time- dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). In the ground state description, we included a Hubbard U to account for the strong correlations present within the d states on the cation. The excitation spectra was calculated using TDDFT linear response formalism in both the optical limit and the limit of large wavevector transfer. In order to identify the local d-d transitions in the response, we also computed the density response of YTiO3 using a novel technique where the basis …
Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods For A Diffuse Interface Model Of Biological Growth, Andreas C Aristotelous
Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods For A Diffuse Interface Model Of Biological Growth, Andreas C Aristotelous
Doctoral Dissertations
This PhD dissertation concentrates on the development and application of adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element (DG-FE) methods for the numerical solution of a Cahn-Hilliard-type diffuse interface model for biological growth. Models of this type have become popular for studying cancerous tumor progression in vivo. The work in this dissertation advances the state-of-the-art in the following ways: To our knowledge the work here contains the first primitive-variable, completely discontinuous numerical implementations of a 2D scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation as well as a diffuse interface model of cancer growth. We provide numerical evidence that the schemes above are convergent, with the …
Optimal Theory Applied In Integrodifference Equation Models And In A Cholera Differential Equation Model, Peng Zhong
Optimal Theory Applied In Integrodifference Equation Models And In A Cholera Differential Equation Model, Peng Zhong
Doctoral Dissertations
Integrodifference equations are discrete in time and continuous in space, and are used to model the spread of populations that are growing in discrete generations, or at discrete times, and dispersing spatially. We investigate optimal harvesting strategies, in order to maximize the profit and minimize the cost of harvesting. Theoretical results on the existence, uniqueness and characterization, as well as numerical results of optimized harvesting rates are obtained. The order of how the three events, growth, dispersal and harvesting, are arranged also affects the harvesting behavior.
Cholera remains a public health threat in many parts of the world and improved …
A Time-And-Space Parallelized Algorithm For The Cable Equation, Chuan Li
A Time-And-Space Parallelized Algorithm For The Cable Equation, Chuan Li
Doctoral Dissertations
Electrical propagation in excitable tissue, such as nerve fibers and heart muscle, is described by a nonlinear diffusion-reaction parabolic partial differential equation for the transmembrane voltage $V(x,t)$, known as the cable equation. This equation involves a highly nonlinear source term, representing the total ionic current across the membrane, governed by a Hodgkin-Huxley type ionic model, and requires the solution of a system of ordinary differential equations. Thus, the model consists of a PDE (in 1-, 2- or 3-dimensions) coupled to a system of ODEs, and it is very expensive to solve, especially in 2 and 3 dimensions.
In order to …
Development And Analysis Of Onboard Translunar Injection Targeting Algorithms, Phillippe Lyles Winters Reed
Development And Analysis Of Onboard Translunar Injection Targeting Algorithms, Phillippe Lyles Winters Reed
Masters Theses
Several targeting algorithms are developed and analyzed for possible future use onboard a spacecraft. Each targeter is designed to determine the appropriate propulsive burn for translunar injection to obtain desired orbital parameters upon arrival at the moon. Primary design objectives are to minimize the computational requirements for each algorithm but also to ensure reasonable accuracy, so that the algorithm’s errors do not force the craft to conduct large mid-course corrections. Several levels of accuracy for dynamical models are explored, the convergence range and speed of each algorithm are compared, and the possible benefits of the Broyden and trust-region targeters are …
Dynamics Of Mushy Layers On A Finite Domain, Nicholas Ray Gewecke
Dynamics Of Mushy Layers On A Finite Domain, Nicholas Ray Gewecke
Doctoral Dissertations
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Mushy layers are regions of intermixed liquid and solid which can arise during the solidification of binary alloys, generally consisting of dendritic solids with solute-rich liquid in the interstices. They occur due to an instability resulting from the buildup of rejected solute along the solidification front. Liquid ahead of the front becomes supercooled, so disturbances to the interface grow more rapidly than the interface itself. A simple experiment has a tank filled with a uniform solution at uniform temperature being placed upon a cold surface. Early on, a small solid layer forms at the …