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3) For a two-layer soil model, additional fictitious current sources are used to simulate the dielectric interface between the two soil layers. Equations are formulated applying boundary conditions at electrode contour points and dielectric interface contour points.
4) The paper also discusses formulas to calculate apparent resistivity for a two-layer soil model
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3) An overview of the solution method which involves differential equations to identify candidate solutions, finite-horizon bounds to characterize performance, and conditions for long-run optimality.
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2. It also covers Maxwell's equations relating changes in temperature, pressure, volume and entropy.
3. Equations are presented for the case of steady-state adiabatic flow in a horizontal pipe, relating changes in pressure, velocity, temperature and entropy to distance along the pipe.
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3. Experimental tests on aluminum-copper thin films found the elastic modulus was independent of length as expected but residual stress was affected by bending behavior and film thickness. The results validated the proposed model and technique.
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2) The method simulates the actual electric field using discrete current sources placed outside the region where the field solution is desired. Values of the current sources are determined by satisfying boundary conditions at contour points.
3) For a two-layer soil model, additional fictitious current sources are used to simulate the dielectric interface between the two soil layers. Equations are formulated applying boundary conditions at electrode contour points and dielectric interface contour points.
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Calculation of grounding resistance and earthiaemedu
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2) The method simulates the actual electric field using discrete current sources placed outside the region where the field solution is desired. Values of the current sources are determined by satisfying boundary conditions at contour points.
3) For a two-layer soil model, additional fictitious current sources are used to simulate the dielectric interface between the two soil layers. Equations are formulated applying boundary conditions at electrode contour points and dielectric interface contour points.
4) The paper also discusses formulas to calculate apparent resistivity for a two-layer soil model
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1) The document summarizes a presentation given at the 2007 ACES Conference on using the Partial Element Equivalent Circuit (PEEC) technique to model frequency dependent phenomena like skin effect.
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Semi-Infinite and Robust Optimization
1. 4th International Summer School
Achievements and Applications of Contemporary
Informatics, Mathematics and Physics
National University of Technology of the Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine, August 5-16, 2009
Motivatio Elements of
Semi-Infinite and Robust Optimization
Gerhard-
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber *, Başak Akteke-Öztürk
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Institute of Applied Mathematics
Programs of Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences and Scientific Computing
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
* Faculty of Economics, Management and Law, University of Siegen, Germany
Center for Research on Optimization and Control, University of Aveiro, Portugal
3. Networks and Optimization
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14. Generalized Semi-Infinite Optimization
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15. Generalized Semi-Infinite Optimization
Ex.: approx. of a thermo-couple characteristic
thermo-couple f (y) : spline of polynomials with deg. 3 – 13, on [a,b]
to be approx. by :
• bounds on error
•
some interpol.
16. Generalized Semi-Infinite Optimization
Ex.: approx. of a thermo-couple characteristic
thermo-couple f (y) : spline of polynomials with deg. 3 – 13, on [a,b]
to be approx. by :
• bounds on error
time •
some interpol.
19. Generalized Semi-Infinite Optimization
numerical methods
by local linearization &
transversal intersection
3
1
reduction ansatz
exchange method O. Stein, G. Still W.
A. Tezel
semismooth Newton’s method
20. Laurent El Ghaoui
Robust Optimization Robust Optimization
and Applications,
IMA Tutorial, March 11, 2003
.