Curvature A Variational Approach

Author : A. Agrachev
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470426463
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curvature: A Variational Approach written by A. Agrachev and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The curvature discussed in this paper is a far reaching generalization of the Riemannian sectional curvature. The authors give a unified definition of curvature which applies to a wide class of geometric structures whose geodesics arise from optimal control problems, including Riemannian, sub-Riemannian, Finsler and sub-Finsler spaces. Special attention is paid to the sub-Riemannian (or Carnot–Carathéodory) metric spaces. The authors' construction of curvature is direct and naive, and similar to the original approach of Riemann. In particular, they extract geometric invariants from the asymptotics of the cost of optimal control problems. Surprisingly, it works in a very general setting and, in particular, for all sub-Riemannian spaces.

Author : David V. Wallerstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471395935
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Variational Approach to Structural Analysis written by David V. Wallerstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful examination of the numerical methods used to develop finite element methods A Variational Approach to Structural Analysis provides readers with the underpinnings of the finite element method (FEM) while highlighting the power and pitfalls of virtual methods. In an easy-to-follow, logical format, this book gives complete coverage of the principle of virtual work, complementary virtual work and energy methods, and static and dynamic stability concepts. The first two chapters prepare the reader with preliminary material, introducing in detail the variational approach used in the book as well as reviewing the equilibrium and compatibility equations of mechanics. The next chapter, on virtual work, teaches how to use kinematical formulations for the determination of the required strain relationships for straight, curved, and thin walled beams. The chapters on complementary virtual work and energy methods are problem-solving chapters that incorporate Castigliano's first theorem, the Engesser-Crotti theorem, and the Galerkin method. In the final chapter, the reader is introduced to various geometric measures of strain and revisits straight, curved, and thin walled beams by examining them in a deformed geometry. Based on nearly two decades of work on the development of the world's most used FEM code, A Variational Approach to Structural Analysis has been designed as a self-contained, single-source reference for mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering professionals. The book's straightforward style also provides accessible instruction for graduate students in aeronautical, civil, mechanical, and engineering mechanics courses.

Author : Kevin W. Cassel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107067375
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Variational Methods with Applications in Science and Engineering written by Kevin W. Cassel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a resurgence of applications in which the calculus of variations has direct relevance. In addition to application to solid mechanics and dynamics, it is now being applied in a variety of numerical methods, numerical grid generation, modern physics, various optimization settings and fluid dynamics. Many applications, such as nonlinear optimal control theory applied to continuous systems, have only recently become tractable computationally, with the advent of advanced algorithms and large computer systems. This book reflects the strong connection between calculus of variations and the applications for which variational methods form the fundamental foundation. The mathematical fundamentals of calculus of variations (at least those necessary to pursue applications) is rather compact and is contained in a single chapter of the book. The majority of the text consists of applications of variational calculus for a variety of fields.

Author : Raul Serapioni
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3034892446
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Variational Methods for Discontinuous Structures written by Raul Serapioni and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years many researchers in material science have focused their attention on the study of composite materials, equilibrium of crystals and crack distribution in continua subject to loads. At the same time several new issues in computer vision and image processing have been studied in depth. The understanding of many of these problems has made significant progress thanks to new methods developed in calculus of variations, geometric measure theory and partial differential equations. In particular, new technical tools have been introduced and successfully applied. For example, in order to describe the geometrical complexity of unknown patterns, a new class of problems in calculus of variations has been introduced together with a suitable functional setting: the free-discontinuity problems and the special BV and BH functions. The conference held at Villa Olmo on Lake Como in September 1994 spawned successful discussion of these topics among mathematicians, experts in computer science and material scientists.

Author : Gianpietro Del Piero
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400772262
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Variational Approach to Fracture and Other Inelastic Phenomena written by Gianpietro Del Piero and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book exposes a number of mathematical models for fracture of growing difficulty. All models are treated in a unified way, based on incremental energy minimization. They differ from each other by the assumptions made on the inelastic part of the total energy, here called the "cohesive energy". Each model describes a specific aspect of material response, and particular care is devoted to underline the correspondence of each model to the experiments. The content of the book is a re-elaboration of the lectures delivered at the First Sperlonga Summer School on Mechanics and Engineering Sciences in September 2011. In the year and a half elapsed after the course, the material has been revised and enriched with new and partially unpublished results. Significant additions have been introduced in the occasion of the course "The variational approach to fracture and other inelastic phenomena", delivered at SISSA, Trieste, in March 2013. The Notes reflect a research line carried on by the writer over the years, addressed to a comprehensive description of the many aspects of the phenomenon of fracture, and to its relations with other phenomena, such as the formation of microstructure and the changes in the material’s strength induced by plasticity and damage. Reprinted from the Journal of Elasticity, volume 112, issue 1, 2013.

Author : Jianzhong Wu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811025029
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Variational Methods in Molecular Modeling written by Jianzhong Wu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents tutorial overviews for many applications of variational methods to molecular modeling. Topics discussed include the Gibbs-Bogoliubov-Feynman variational principle, square-gradient models, classical density functional theories, self-consistent-field theories, phase-field methods, Ginzburg-Landau and Helfrich-type phenomenological models, dynamical density functional theory, and variational Monte Carlo methods. Illustrative examples are given to facilitate understanding of the basic concepts and quantitative prediction of the properties and rich behavior of diverse many-body systems ranging from inhomogeneous fluids, electrolytes and ionic liquids in micropores, colloidal dispersions, liquid crystals, polymer blends, lipid membranes, microemulsions, magnetic materials and high-temperature superconductors. All chapters are written by leading experts in the field and illustrated with tutorial examples for their practical applications to specific subjects. With emphasis placed on physical understanding rather than on rigorous mathematical derivations, the content is accessible to graduate students and researchers in the broad areas of materials science and engineering, chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, applied mathematics, condensed-matter physics, without specific training in theoretical physics or calculus of variations.

Author : Jan Lellmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303022368X
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision written by Jan Lellmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2019, held in Hofgeismar, Germany, in June/July 2019. The 44 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. They were organized in topical sections named: 3D vision and feature analysis; inpainting, interpolation and compression; inverse problems in imaging; optimization methods in imaging; PDEs and level-set methods; registration and reconstruction; scale-space methods; segmentation and labeling; and variational methods.

Author : Fiorella Sgallari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540728236
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision written by Fiorella Sgallari and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-23 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2007, emanated from the joint edition of the 4th International Workshop on Variational, Geometric and Level Set Methods in Computer Vision, VLSM 2007 and the 6th International Conference on Scale Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision, Scale-Space 2007, held in Ischia Italy, May/June 2007.

Author : Nickolas S. Sapidis
Publisher : SIAM
ISBN 13 : 0898713323
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Fair Curves and Surfaces written by Nickolas S. Sapidis and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors define fairness mathematically, demonstrate how newly developed curve and surface schemes guarantee fairness, and assist the user in identifying and removing shape aberrations in a surface model without destroying the principal shape characteristics of the model. A valuable resource for engineers working in CAD, CAM, or computer-aided engineering.

Author : Antonio Ambrosetti
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9782881249372
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Variational Methods in Nonlinear Analysis written by Antonio Ambrosetti and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very Good,No Highlights or Markup,all pages are intact.