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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
81

A New Approach to Model Order Reduction of the Navier-Stokes Equations

Balajewicz, Maciej January 2012 (has links)
<p>A new method of stabilizing low-order, proper orthogonal decomposition based reduced-order models of the Navier Stokes equations is proposed. Unlike traditional approaches, this method does not rely on empirical turbulence modeling or modification of the Navier-Stokes equations. It provides spatial basis functions different from the usual proper orthogonal decomposition basis function in that, in addition to optimally representing the solution, the new proposed basis functions also provide stable reduced-order models. The proposed approach is illustrated with two test cases: two-dimensional flow inside a square lid-driven cavity and a two-dimensional mixing layer.</p> / Dissertation
82

Some results on the 1D linear wave equation with van der Pol type nonlinear boundary conditionsand the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation

Feng, Zhaosheng 15 November 2004 (has links)
Many physical phenomena can be described by nonlinear models. The last few decades have seen an enormous growth of the applicability of nonlinear models and of the development of related nonlinear concepts. This has been driven by modern computer power as well as by the discovery of new mathematical techniques, which include two contrasting themes: (i) the theory of dynamical systems, most popularly associated with the study of chaos, and (ii) the theory of integrable systems associated, among other things, with the study of solitons. In this dissertation, we study two nonlinear models. One is the 1-dimensional vibrating string satisfying wtt &#8722; wxx = 0 with van der Pol boundary conditions. We formulate the problem into an equivalent &#64257;rst order hyperbolic system, and use the method of characteristics to derive a nonlinear re&#64258;ection relation caused by the nonlinear boundary conditions. Thus, the problem is reduced to the discrete iteration problem of the type un+1 = F (un). Periodic solutions are investigated, an invariant interval for the Abel equation is studied, and numerical simulations and visualizations with di&#64256;erent coe&#64259;cients are illustrated. The other model is the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers (KdVB) equation. In this dissertation, we proposed two new approaches: One is what we currently call First Integral Method, which is based on the ring theory of commutative algebra. Applying the Hilbert-Nullstellensatz, we reduce the KdVB equation to a &#64257;rst-order integrable ordinary di&#64256;erential equation. The other approach is called the Coordinate Transformation Method, which involves a series of variable transformations. Some new results on the traveling wave solution are established by using these two methods, which not only are more general than the existing ones in the previous literature, but also indicate that some corresponding solutions presented in the literature contain errors. We clarify the errors and instead give a re&#64257;ned result.
83

On the Possibility of Husserl's Theory of Intersubjectivity: Return from Ideas II to Cartesian Meditations

Tsao, Ming-chi 11 August 2009 (has links)
The main research work in this thesis is to organize the intersubjectivity of Husserl¡¦s theory and to study the two documents of ¡§Ideas II¡¨ and ¡§Cartesian Meditations¡¨ which translate and reorganize the part of intersubjectiveity. The author talks about the ¡§Cartesian Meditations¡¨ first, the late publication, then ¡§Ideas II¡¨ and try to use a reverse method, form transcendental to empiricial, to explore the possibility of intersubjectivity and the trace of the phenomenology in French toward ethics and aesthetics. In addition, author organizes Schutz¡¦s criticism of intersubjectivity of the transcendental theory to contrast with the Husserl¡¦s viewpoint and poses the refutation of Schutz¡¦s criticism in the final part of this thesis. What is the possibility of intersubjectivity? This thesis itself has not been able to provide the concrete opinion. The author poses the "less then contented" as a basis of intersubjectivity, but it only retains in the appendix for the purposes of reference because of its lack of theoretical basis and the persuasiveness.
84

Post-Charley Evaluation of Undamaged Homes in Punta Gorda Isles

Pierrissaint, Virgilet 01 January 2006 (has links)
Hurricane Charley was the third named storm and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. At that time, it was also the strongest hurricane to strike the US coast since 1992. Charley made landfall on Friday, August 13, 2004 on the barrier islands off Lee County, Florida whence it moved rapidly inland towards Port Charlotte, DeSoto and Hardee counties. The purpose of this study was to understand the performance of undamaged residential home in Punta Gorda Isles (PGI) in Port Charlotte County that was crossed by Charley’s eye shortly after it made landfall. To achieve this goal, a representative sample of 20 undamaged residential homes (out of 210 identified in an earlier study) in PGI were selected from aerial photographs for detailed analysis. Unfortunately, information on dimensions of these buildings could not be obtained despite repeated attempts over a 6-month period. Consequently, a parametric study was conducted using an idealized building following procedures consistent with current practice. In the analysis, parameters such as wind velocity, exposure and building geometry were varied to assess the range of design forces. The maximum wind velocity was taken as 160 mph, based on findings reported in FEMA 488. Two idealized roof systems – a gable and hip – on a rectangular plan form were analyzed using ASCE 7-98’s Method 2. Both Main Wind Force Resisting System (MWFRS) and Components and Cladding (C&C) were evaluated. The results showed that forces resisted were significantly (over 70%) higher than those designed for. Since 210 out of 425 homes studied earlier were undamaged it suggests that properly constructed structures automatically have adequate reserve capacity to withstand higher-than-designed for lateral loads. If changes are needed, it should focus on inspection and construction rather than wind provisions in existing code.
85

Stability and turbulence characteristics of a spiraling vortex filament using proper orthogonal decomposition

Mula, Swathi Mahalaxmi 03 August 2015 (has links)
The stability and turbulence characteristics of a vortex filament emanating from a single-bladed rotor in hover are investigated using proper orthogonal decomposition. The rotor is operated at a tip chord Reynolds number and a tip Mach number of 218,000 and 0.22, respectively, and with a blade loading of CT /σ = 0.066. In-plane components of the velocity field (normal to the axis of the vortex filament) are captured by way of 2D particle image velocimetry with corrections for vortex wander being performed using the Γ1 method. Using the classical form of POD, the first POD mode alone is found to encompass nearly 75% of the energy for all vortex ages studied and is determined using a grid of sufficient resolution as to avoid numerical integration errors in the decomposition. The findings reveal an equal balance between the axisymmetric and helical modes during vortex roll-up which immediately transitions to helical mode dominance at all other vortex ages. This helical mode is one of the modes of the elliptic instability. While the snapshot POD is shown to reveal similar features of the first few energetic modes, the classical POD is employed here owing to the easier interpretation of the Fourier-azimuthal modes. The spatial eigenfunctions of the first few Fourier-azimuthal modes associated with the most energetic POD mode are shown to be sensitive to the choice of the wander correction technique used. Higher Fourier-azimuthal modes are observed in the outer portions of the vortex and appeared not to be affected by the choice of the wander correction technique used. / text
86

Model order reduction of nonlinear systems: status, open issues, and applications

Striebel, Michael, Rommes, Joost 16 December 2008 (has links) (PDF)
In this document we review the status of existing techniques for nonlinear model order reduction by investigating how well these techniques perform for typical industrial needs. In particular the TPWL-method (Trajectory Piecewise Linear-method) and the POD-approach (Proper Orthogonal Decomposion) is taken under consideration. We address several questions that are (closely) related to both the theory and application of nonlinear model order reduction techniques. The goal of this document is to provide an overview of available methods together with a classification of nonlinear problems that in principle could be handled by these methods.
87

Labels and Tags: A New Look at Naming

Slabey, Margaretta January 2007 (has links)
What meaning does a name have in a sentence? How do we escape the inevitable difficulties that arise in delineating an individual's meaning through one's speech? The need arises for a distinction between proper names on the basis of the kinds of objects to which they refer. This distinction can provide the theoretical tools needed to solve the problems of empty names, negative existential statements, cognitive significance and substitution failure. Through a study of these issues, the fallacies inherent in current theories of meaning for proper names becomes apparent, as they fail to provide adequate or complete solutions. By elucidating a distinction between two kinds of proper names, labels and tags, we are able to provide solutions to the problems of naming where other theories fail.
88

On a PGD model order reduction technique for mid-frequency acoustic

Barbarulo, Andrea 30 November 2012 (has links) (PDF)
In many industrial contexts, such as aerospace applications or cars design, numerical prediction techniquesbecome more and more useful. They restrict the use of real prototypes to a minimum and make easier thedesign phase. In such industries and in the specific for acoustic, engineers are interested in computing theresponses of systems on frequency bands. In order to predict the vibration behavior of systems overfrequency bands, standard numerical techniques usually involve many frequency-fixed computations, atmany different frequencies. Although it is a straightforward and natural mean to answer to the posed problem,such a strategy can easily lead to huge computations, and the amount of data to store often increasessignificantly. This is particularly true in the context of medium frequency bands, where these responses havea strong sensitivity to the frequency. In this work PGD (Proper Generalized Decomposition), in a first time, isapplied to found a separate functional representation over frequency and space of the unknown amplitude ofVTCR (Variational Theory of Complex Rays) formulation on a reduced frequency space. This allows tocalculate an high quality mid-frequency response over a wide band without a fine frequency discretization,saving computational resources. Moreover the PGD representation of the solution allows to save a hugeamount of space in term of stored data. In a second time, PGD technique as been applied to extend itspeculiarity to mid-frequency wide band with uncertainty.
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Dažniausių tikrinių XX a. spaudos žodžių kirčiavimo morfonologiniai principai / The Morphonological Principles of accentuation of the most frequent proper press words of the 20th century

Žemaitytė, Oksana 16 August 2007 (has links)
Akcentologijos veikalų, kuriuose aiškinama bendrinės lietuvių kalbos kirčiavimo sistema, nagrinėjami kirčiavimo normos, dėsningumai, objektas yra bendriniai žodžiai. Šiuose darbuose tikrinių vardų kirčiavimas arba visai neanalizuojamas, arba analizuojamas labai fragmentiškai. Šio darbo pagrindinis tikslas – ištirti dažniausių tikrinių XX a. spaudos žodžių kirčiavimo dėsningumus ir aprašyti juos remiantis morfonologiniais kirčiavimo principais. Taip pat darbo autorei rūpi palyginti bendrinių ir tikrinių daiktavardžių kirčiavimo dėsningumus. Šio darbo objektas - 1000 dažniausių tikrinių žodžių, atrinktų iš elektroninio dažninio žodyno „Tikriniai XX a. spaudos žodžiai“ (2005), kirčiavimas. Darbų, parašytų remiantis šiuo visai neseniai pasirodžiusiu šaltiniu, dar nėra. Visi tirti tikriniai daiktavardžiai aptariami atsižvelgiant į jų kilmę ir darybą. Pirmiausia skiriami savos ir svetimos kilmės žodžiai. Savos kilmės žodžiai toliau skiriami į pirminius, darinius (priesaginius, priešdėlinius, galūninius) ir dūrinius. Taip pat minėtini ir sudėtiniai pavadinimai. Svetimos kilmės žodžiai tradiciškai skiriami į dviskiemenius ir daugiaskiemenius, taip pat nekaitomuosius žodžius. Savos kilmės žodžių kirčiavimas yra daug sudėtingesnis nei svetimos kilmės žodžių (pastarieji dažniausiai kirčiuojami pagal dvi kirčiavimo paradigmas), todėl šiame darbe savos kilmės tikrinių žodžių kirčiavimo aptarimas yra daug išsamesnis. Taip pat nuodugnesnę savos kilmės žodžių analizę lėmė ir įvairesnė jų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In paper works of accenthology, where system of accentuation of appellative Lithuanian speech is explained, accentuation of proper names is either not analyzed or analyzed fragmentary. The main purpose of this paper work is to survey the accentuation regularity of the most popular proper press words of the XX century and to describe them according to the morphonological principles of accentuation. Author of this work also pays attention to the comparison of the accentuation regularity of appellative and proper nouns. The material for this work was collected from electronic iterative vocabulary named “Proper press words of the 20th century” (2005). The subject of this work is accentuation of 1000 most popular proper words. There are no paper works yet based on this vocabulary that was recently released. All proper nouns examined are discussed considering their origin and composition. Firstly, local and borrowed origin words are separated. Local origin words then are separated into primary, derivative (suffixal, preffixal, inflexional) and joined words. Integrated names are also mentioned. Borrowed origin words traditionally are separated into dissyllabic and polysyllabic, also uncountable words. Among the most popular proper press words of the XX century 356 local origin proper nouns were found (it is 35,6% from total words analyzed), 644 borrowed origin proper nouns were found (it is 64,4% of total words analyzed). Accentuation of local origin words is more complex than... [to full text]
90

Probleme der deutsch-russischen Transkription von Eigennamen und Empfehlungen für die algorithmusbasierte praktische Anwendung im Rahmen des Übersetzens

Schmiady, Karen 18 October 2013 (has links) (PDF)
Die vorliegende Arbeit fließt mit ein in das Projekt Russisch aktuell – erklärt – geübt – beherrscht, das die umfassende Beschreibung der russischen Gegenwartssprache zum Ziel hat. Dieses Projekt wurde in erster Linie für die Ausbildung von Dolmetschern und Übersetzern am Institut für Angewandte Linguistik und Translatologie an der Universität Leipzig von den Wissenschaftlern und Lehrkräften des Instituts gemeinsam mit ihren Kollegen vom Institut für Slawistik und vom Universitätsrechenzentrum entwickelt und betreut. Es verbindet die wissenschaftliche Analyse und Beschreibung sämtlicher Bereiche der russischen Gegenwartssprache mit der praxisnahen Vermittlung von Lehrinhalten zum Erwerb der russischen Sprache auf hohem Niveau. Es ist in einzelne Teilprojekte untergliedert. Ein Teilprojekt ist das Russische Universalwörterbuch (RUW). Dieses Universalwörterbuch beschränkt sich nicht auf den appellativischen Wortschatz der deutschen und der russischen Sprache, sondern erstreckt sich darüber hinaus weit in den niemals vollständig zu erfassenden Wortschatzbereich der Eigennamen beider Sprachen. Das so entstehende Namenwörterbuch soll perspektivisch einen umfassenden Bestand an russischen und deutschen Eigennamen (Personen- und Ortsnamen) enthalten. Im Rahmen der Wörterbucherstellung haben B. Bendixen und H. Rothe einen Algorithmus für die computergestützte automatische Transkription bzw. Transliteration in der Sprachrichtung russisch-deutsch nach verschiedenen Transliterations- bzw. Transkriptionsnormen (DIN1460, ISO9, ГОСТ bzw. eng., franz. Trans-kription und Dudentranskription) entwickelt. Normen mit ähnlich präskriptiver Wirkung gibt es für die Transkription in der Sprachrichtung deutsch-russisch nicht. Zwar wurde 1974 von der Hauptverwaltung für Geodäsie und Kartographie beim Ministerrat der UdSSR (russ. Главное управление геодезии и картографии при Совете Министров СССР) eine für alle Ämter und Behörden der UdSSR verbindliche Richtlinie für die Wiedergabe deutscher Namen herausgegeben, auf deren Grundlage vom Ministerrat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung eine für die Erstellung zweisprachiger Karten verbindliche Richtlinie erarbeitet wurde, die 1985 in Kraft trat. Doch mit dem Untergang der beiden Regimes verloren beide Richtlinien Transkription deutscher Siedlungsnamen ins Russische ihre Verbindlichkeit, die sich auch zuvor bereits nur auf den amtlichen Bereich erstreckt hatte. Eine allgemeingültige, von Übersetzern, Kartographen, Journalisten und anderen, die mit deutschen Namen in russischen Texten arbeiten, verwendete Norm, wie dies in der Gegenrichtung die Dudentranskription darstellt, existiert nicht. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es daher, einen Überblick über sämtliche für die Praxis der deutsch-russischen Wiedergabe von Siedlungsnamen relevanten Transkriptionsregeln zu geben und die theoretischen Grundlagen für die Automatisierung der Wiedergabe deutscher Siedlungsnamen im Russischen zu legen. Darauf aufbauend soll der von B. Bendixen und H. Rothe entwickelte Pattern-Matching-Algorithmus für die Wiedergabe deutscher Siedlungsnamen in russischer Schrift verifiziert und ausgebaut werden. Eine Darstellung der Theorie und Praxis der deutsch-russischen Transkription von Siedlungsnamen in der angestrebten Beschreibungstiefe liegt bisher nicht vor. Die russischsprachigen Standardwerke zu den Themen Eigennamenwiedergabe in russischen Texten und praktische Transkription Inostrannye imena i nazvanija v russkom tekste von R. S. Giljarevskij (Giljarevskij/Starostin 1985) und Teoretičeskie osnovy praktičeskoj transkripcii von A. V. Superanskaja (Superanskaja, 1978) legen die Grundprinzipien der Eigennamenwiedergabe im Russischen umfassend dar. Diese Prinzipien haben auch heute noch Gültigkeit, nur müssen sie, obgleich sie für den Humanübersetzer formuliert wurden, in einem immer stärker durch Automatisierung geprägten Arbeitsumfeld umgesetzt werden. Praxisorientierte Arbeiten zum Thema automatische Transkription haben die Wissenschaftler um A. V. Bondarenko vorgelegt (Bondarenko et al. 2004). Ihnen ist die Entwicklung eines mehrsprachigen Transkriptionswerkzeugs zu verdanken, das die einheitliche, ausgangssprachenorientierte Wiedergabe von Personennamen ermöglicht. Das Programm CrossTransScriba wurde für die Anwendung in staatlichen Institutionen, im internationalen Grenzverkehr sowie in Wissenschaft und Publizistik entwickelt. Es soll bei der Visavergabe angewendet werden, um sicherzustellen, dass für jeden Menschen, der in die Russische Föderation einreist und dessen amtlicher Name nicht in russischer Kyrilliza geschrieben ist, eine einzige, nach den Ausspracheregeln der entsprechenden Ursprungssprache transkribierte russische Namensform vergeben wird. Folglich ist der von Bondarenko et al. verfolgte Ansatz ausschließlich normativ. Die Umsetzung in kyrillische Schrift erfolgt nicht unmittelbar aus dem Schriftbild, sondern wird durch seine phonetische Umschrift des Namens vermittelt (vgl. Bondarenko et al. 2004:5). Transliterierende Elemente, wie sie bei der Transkription durchaus vorkommen, werden bei dieser rein ausspracheorientierten Wiedergabe nicht mit einbezogen. Im Hinblick auf die Wiedergabe von Siedlungsnamen ist ein ausschließlich normativer Ansatz wenig sinnvoll. Handelt es sich doch bei Siedlungsnamen meist um Eigennamen, für die in der Zielsprache bereits Namensformen existieren. Diese Namensformen müssen selbst dann, wenn sie von den Transkriptionsregeln abweichen, berücksichtigt werden. Der in der vorliegenden Arbeit verfolgte Ansatz verbindet daher sowohl normative als auch deskriptive Elemente.

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