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Numerical approach for signal delay in general distributed networks
2003
The authors consider a general network with telegraph equations modelling distributed elements and having, additionally, nonlinear capacitors. A global asymptotic exponential stability of the solution is given. A simple computable upper bound of the delay time is given. Numerical examples illustrate the usefulness of the results. >
Stochastic Differential Calculus
1993
In many cases of engineering interest it has become quite common to use stochastic processes to model loadings resulting from earthquake, turbulent winds or ocean waves. In these circumstances the structural response needs to be adequately described in a probabilistic sense, by evaluating the cumulants or the moments of any order of the response (see e.g. [1, 2]). In particular, for linear systems excited by normal input, the response process is normal too and the moments or the cumulants up to the second order fully characterize the probability density function of both input and output processes. Many practical problems involve processes which are approximately normal and the effect of the…
Fractional differential calculus for 3D mechanically based non-local elasticity
2011
This paper aims to formulate the three-dimensional (3D) problem of non-local elasticity in terms of fractional differential operators. The non-local continuum is framed in the context of the mechanically based non-local elasticity established by the authors in a previous study; Non-local interactions are expressed in terms of central body forces depending on the relative displacement between non-adjacent volume elements as well as on the product of interacting volumes. The non-local, long-range interactions are assumed to be proportional to a power-law decaying function of the interaction distance. It is shown that, as far as an unbounded domain is considered, the elastic equilibrium proble…
ON THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS FOR FRACTAL SETS
2015
The aim of this paper is to formulate the best version of the Fundamental theorem of Calculus for real functions on a fractal subset of the real line. In order to do that an integral of Henstock–Kurzweil type is introduced.
What is Differential Stochastic Calculus?
1999
Some well known concepts of stochastic differential calculus of non linear systems corrupted by parametric normal white noise are here outlined. Ito and Stratonovich integrals concepts as well as Ito differential rule are discussed. Applications to the statistics of the response of some linear and non linear systems is also presented.
A physical approach to the connection between fractal geometry and fractional calculus
2014
Our goal is to prove the existence of a connection between fractal geometries and fractional calculus. We show that such a connection exists and has to be sought in the physical origins of the power laws ruling the evolution of most of the natural phenomena, and that are the characteristic feature of fractional differential operators. We show, with the aid of a relevant example, that a power law comes up every time we deal with physical phenomena occurring on a underlying fractal geometry. The order of the power law depends on the anomalous dimension of the geometry, and on the mathematical model used to describe the physics. In the assumption of linear regime, by taking advantage of the Bo…