An efficient formulation for the robust shape optimization of aerodynamic objects is introduced in this paper. The formulation has three essential features. First, an Euler solver based on a second-order Godunov scheme is used for the flow calculations. Second, a genetic algorithm with binary number encoding is implemented for the optimization procedure. The third ingredient of the procedure is...

In the first ‘Wavelets and Statistics’ conference proceedings 1, our group published ‘Wavelab and Reproducible Research’, in which we advocated using the internet for publication of software and data so that research results could be duplicated by others. Much has happened in the last decade that bears on the notion of reproducibility, and we will review our experience. We will also describe a ...

Lots of objects in computer graphics applications are represented by surfaces. It works very well for objects of simple topology, but can get prohibitively expensive for objects with complex small-scale geometrical details. Volumetric textures aligned with a surface can be used to add topologically complex geometric details to an object, while retaining an underlying simple surface structure. T...

Diverse animal species primarily rely on sense (left-right) and egocentric distance (proximal-distal) when navigating the environment. Recent neuroimaging studies with human adults show that this information is represented in 2 scene-selective cortical regions-the occipital place area (OPA) and retrosplenial complex (RSC)-but not in a third scene-selective region-the parahippocampal place area ...

the buckling analysis of annular composite plates reinforced by carbon nanotubes subjected to compressive and torsional loads are studied in this paper. the mori-tanaka method is employed to calculate the effective elastic modulus of composites having aligned oriented straight cnts. the effects of cnts volume fractions, orientation angles, boundary conditions and geometric ratio of plate are di...

A comparison on some facts concerning the geometric quantization of symplectic manifolds is presented here. Criticism and improvements sophisticated theory are touching briefly, all “salient points theory”. The unfamiliar reader can consider this as a “soft” introduction to topic.

Snake robots can contact their environments along their whole bodies. This distributed contact makes them versatile and robust locomotors, but also makes controlling them a challenging problem involving high-dimensional configuration spaces, with no direct way to break their motion down into “driving” and “steering” actions. In this paper, we use concepts from geometric mechanics—e.g., expanded...