Search results for " Deformation"

Numerical simulations supporting process models of chemical engineering: applications for membrane systems

2019

This work presents computational fluid dynamics simulations aimed at characterizing flow and mass/heat transport mechanisms in spacer-filled channels for membrane processes, with particular reference to (reverse) electrodyalisis and membrane distillation.

A process model of electrodialysis including membrane deformation effects

2020

Electrodialysis (ED) is an electro-driven process that makes use of ion exchange membranes (IEMs) under an applied electric field. The main application of ED is the desalination for drinking water production. A transmembrane pressure (TMP) distribution may arise in ED stacks due to an uneven pressure distribution in the two fluid channels, thus causing membrane/channel deformation and flow redistribution. This can occur in large-scale non-parallel configurations, e.g. crossflow arrangements. Detrimental effects of membrane deformation have widely been studied with reference to several membrane processes. However, this aspect has been neglected in ED applications. In this work, a novel proce…

A novel fluid-structure 2D modelling tool for the assessment of membrane deformation effects on electrodialysis units performances

Fuzzy Smoothed Composition of Local Mapping Transformations for Non-rigid Image Registration

2009

This paper presents a novel method for medical image regis- tration. The global transformation is obtained by composing affine trans- formations, which are recovered locally from given landmarks. Transfor- mations of adjacent regions are smoothed to avoid blocking artifacts, so that a unique continuous and differentiable global function is obtained. Such composition is operated using a technique derived from fuzzy C- means clustering. The method was successfully tested on several datasets; results, both qualitative and quantitative, are shown. Comparisons with other methods are reported. Final considerations on the efficiency of the technique are explained.

MR3299506 Reviewed Rădulescu, Florin(I-ROME2) On unbounded, non-trivial Hochschild cohomology in finite von Neumann algebras and higher order Berezin…

2015

If (At)t>1 is a family of finite von Neumann algebras with a Chapman-Kolmogorov set of linear maps (symbol system) (Φs,t), and if αt:A→A are isomorphisms in a finite family of von Neumann algebras, the corresponding Hochschild cocycles are related to an obstruction to the deformation of the set of linear maps (Φs,t) in the corresponding Chapman-Kolmogorov system (Φs,t)˜ of completely positive maps. In this set-up, the author introduces an invariant (c,Z) for a finite von Neumann algebra M, consisting of a 2-Hochschild cohomology cocycle c and a coboundary unbounded operator Z for c. With some assumptions on c and Z=α+X+iY (α>0, Y is antisymmetric), the existence of an unbounded derivation δ…

High accuracy Raman measurements using the Stokes and anti-Stokes lines

1997

We show that by measuring the separation between the Stokes and anti-Stokes peaks excited by two different laser lines we obtain a very precise determination of absolute phonon energies. The method is useful for measuring small changes of these energies with strain, temperature, laser power, etc. It doubles the changes and avoids the necessity of using the reference lines in the Raman spectra. The method can be applied for the determination of phonon deformation potentials, for the characterization of strained heteroepitaxial layers, and for micro-Raman analysis of strain in silicon integrated circuits. We give examples of phonon shifts in Si, Ge, GaAs, InAs, and GaP as a function of applie…

Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) in Pleistocene calcarenites of Favignana island (Sicily, Italy)

2013

Curvilinear constraints for free form deformations on subdivision surfaces

2010

This paper presents a method to deform a subdivision surface with curvilinear constraints. It combines an intuitive free form deformation with a Loop subdivision algorithm. The main advantage of this method of deformation is that it uses only vertices of an object and satisfies the geometrical constraints provided by the user. It permits us to control the final shape of the deformed object, defining the range (i.e. the impact) of the deformation before applying it. The deformation takes into account the Loop properties to follow the subdivision scheme, allowing the user to fix some curvilinear constraints at the subdivision level he works on and to render the final object at the level he wa…

A 3D Cohesive interface for the delamination analysis of a stiff film on a soft elastic substrate and the wrinkling/buckling deformation modes

2018

The paper proposes a finite element systematic study of a mechanical system composed by a soft elastic substrate, subjected to a uniform state of compression, covered by a stiff thin film. This kind of problem is rather common for coating systems where layered materials with severe mismatch of elastic and thermal properties are largely employed. The specific mechanical problem stands on the concomitant competition between elastic wrinkling surface deformation and the nonlinear delamination that can develop at the interface between the thin film and the substrate. Both mechanical phenomena have their source in the nonlinear elastic buckling of the thin stiff film, which can be viewed as a th…

Quantum Simulations of One-Dimensional Nanostructures under Arbitrary Deformations

2016

A powerful technique is introduced for simulating mechanical and electromechanical properties of one-dimensional nanostructures under arbitrary combinations of bending, twisting, and stretching. The technique is based on a novel control of periodic symmetry, which eliminates artifacts due to deformation constraints and quantum finite-size effects, and allows transparent electronic structure analysis. Via density-functional tight-binding implementation, the technique demonstrates its utility by predicting novel electromechanical properties in carbon nanotubes and abrupt behavior in the structural yielding of Au7 and MoS nanowires. The technique drives simulations markedly closer to the reali…