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    Multigrid Implementation of Cellular Automata for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures

    R. Zakhama1,2,3, M.M. Abdalla2, H. Smaoui1,3, Z. Gürdal2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.51, No.1, pp. 1-26, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.051.001
    Abstract A multigrid accelerated cellular automata algorithm for two and three dimensional continuum topology optimization problems is presented. The topology optimization problem is regularized using the traditional SIMP approach. The analysis rules are derived from the principle of minimum total potential energy, and the design rules are derived based on continuous optimality criteria interpreted as local Kuhn-Tucker conditions. Three versions of the algorithm are implemented; a cellular automata based design algorithm, a baseline multigrid algorithm for analysis acceleration and a full multigrid integrated analysis and design algorithm. It is shown that the multigrid accelerated cellular automata More >

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    Cell Cycle Modeling for Budding Yeast with Stochastic Simulation Algorithms

    Tae-Hyuk Ahn1, Layne T. Watson1,2, Yang Cao1,1, Clifford A. Shaffer1, William T. Baumann3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.51, No.1, pp. 27-52, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.051.027
    Abstract For biochemical systems, where some chemical species are represented by small numbers of molecules, discrete and stochastic approaches are more appropriate than continuous and deterministic approaches. The continuous deterministic approach using ordinary differential equations is adequate for understanding the average behavior of cells, while the discrete stochastic approach accurately captures noisy events in the growth-division cycle. Since the emergence of the stochastic simulation algorithm (SSA) by Gillespie, alternative algorithms have been developed whose goal is to improve the computational efficiency of the SSA. This paper explains and empirically compares the performance of some of these More >

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    Numerical Inversion of Multi-Parameters in Multi-Components Reactive Solutes Transportation in an Undisturbed Soil-Column Experiment

    G.S. Li1, D. Yao2, Y.Z. Wang3, H.Y. Jiang2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.51, No.1, pp. 53-72, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.051.053
    Abstract In this paper, an undisturbed soil-column infiltrating experiment is investigated, and a mathematical model describing multi-components solutes transport behaviors in the column is put forward by combing hydro-chemical analysis with advection dispersion mechanisms, which is a group of advection-dispersion-reaction partial differential equations. Since the model involving six reaction coefficients which can not be obtained directly, an optimal perturbation regularization algorithm of determining these parameters is performed, and numerical simulations under different conditions are carried out. Furthermore, the inversion algorithm is applied to solve the real inverse problem by utilizing the measured breakthrough data. The reconstruction More >

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    The Chebyshev Tau Spectral Method for the Solution of the Linear Stability Equations for Rayleigh-Bénard Convection with Melting

    Rubén Avila1, Eduardo Ramos2, S. N. Atluri3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.51, No.1, pp. 73-92, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.051.073
    Abstract A Chebyshev Tau numerical algorithm is presented to solve the perturbation equations that result from the linear stability analysis of the convective motion of a fluid layer that appears when an unconfined solid melts in the presence of gravity. The system of equations that describe the phenomenon constitute an eigenvalue problem whose accurate solution requires a robust method. We solve the equations with our method and briefly describe examples of the results. In the limit where the liquid-solid interface recedes at zero velocity the Rayleigh-Bénard solution is recovered. We show that the critical Rayleigh number Rac More >

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