We present an experimental demonstration of phase conjugation using nonlinear metamaterial elements. Active split-ring resonators loaded with varactor diodes are demonstrated theoretically to act as phase-conjugating or time-reversing discrete elements when parametrically pumped and illuminated with appropriate frequencies. The metamaterial elements were fabricated and shown experimentally to p...

The paper provides conditions for constrained dynamic output feedback controller to be cost guaranteeing and assuring asymptotic stability for both continuous and discrete-time systems with quadratically constrained nonlinear/uncertain elements. The conditions are formulated in the form of matrix inequalities, which can be rendered to be linear fixing one of the scalar parameters. An abstract m...

This paper deals with the hydrodynamic and thermal analysis of a new type of porous heat exchanger (PHE). This system operates based on energy conversion between gas enthalpy and thermal radiation. The proposed PHE has one high temperature (HT) and two heat recovery (HR1 and HR2) sections. In HT section, the enthalpy of flowing high temperature gas flow that is converted to thermal radiation em...

The locally modified finite element method, which is introduced in Frei and Richter [ SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 52 (2014) 2315–2334], a simple fitted method that able to resolve weak discontinuities interface problems. based on fixed structured coarse mesh, then refined into sub-elements an interior interface. In this work, we extend the two space dimensions second order using isoparametric approach...

Diagnostics of rolling elements under varying operational conditions, where disturbances and other rotating elements have strong influence on correctness of analysis, requires engagement of advanced signal processing techniques. Extraction of signal components generated by bearing faults has been proven to be an exceptionally promising method for rolling element bearing fault detection. In this...

This paper is devoted to "Some Discrete Distributions Generated by Standard Stable Densities" (in short, Discrete Stable Densities). The large-sample properties of M-estimators as obtained by the "Generalized Method of Moments" (GMM) are discussed for such distributions. Some corollaries are proposed. Moreover, using the respective results we demonstrate the large-sample pro...

Gamification is an approach to motivate users of information systems by implementing game elements. Despite its potentials, the use of gamification in practice has also received criticism because most gamification elements are integrated into systems without considering the preferences of the respective users and without considering contextual aspects. Hence, we aim at identifying which element...