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In this paper we derive an obstacle problem with a free boundary to describe the formation of voids at areas of intense geological folding. An elastic layer is forced by overburden pressure against a V-shaped rigid obstacle. Energy…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-03-18 Timothy Dodwell , Mark Peletier , Christopher Budd , Giles Hunt

A new model of quantum mechanics, Classical Quantum Mechanics, is based on the (nearly heretical) postulate that electrons are physical objects that obey classical physical laws. Indeed, ionization energies, excitation energies etc. are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-10-30 Jonathan Phillips

Calculations of elastic and mechanical characteristics of non-crystalline solids are challenging due to high computation cost of $ab$ $initio$ methods and low accuracy of empirical potentials. We propose a computational technique towards…

We present the Neural Approximated Virtual Element Method to numerically solve elasticity problems. This hybrid technique combines classical concepts from the Finite Element Method and the Virtual Element Method with recent advances in deep…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Stefano Berrone , Moreno Pintore , Gioana Teora

The knowledge of vortex nucleation barriers is crucial for applications of superconductors, such as single-photon detectors and superconductor-based qubits. Contrarily to the problem of finding energy minima and critical fields, there are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-05 Andrea Benfenati , Andrea Maiani , Filipp N. Rybakov , Egor Babaev

In this work, we explore advanced machine learning techniques for minimizing Gibbs free energy in full 3D micromagnetic simulations. Building on Brown's bounds for magnetostatic self-energy, we revisit their application in the context of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-09-20 Sebastian Schaffer , Thomas Schrefl , Harald Oezelt , Norbert J Mauser , Lukas Exl

This article proposes a Variational Quantum Algorithm to solve linear and nonlinear thermofluid dynamic transport equations. The hybrid classical-quantum framework is applied to problems governed by the heat, wave, and Burgers' equation in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Sergio Bengoechea , Paul Over , Dieter Jaksch , Thomas Rung

Understanding the long-term transport of hydrogen isotopes in plasma-facing materials, such as tungsten, is critical for the steady-state operation of magnetic confinement fusion reactors. However, dynamically updating the transition…

The simulation of chemical reactions is an anticipated application of quantum computers. Using a Diels-Alder reaction as a test case, in this study we explore the potential applications of quantum algorithms and hardware in investigating…

We present a variational quantum algorithm for structural mechanical problems, specifically addressing crack opening simulations that traditionally require extensive computational resources. Our approach provides an alternative solution for…

In the current research, we investigate the concept of spontaneously nonequilibrium dimension (SND), and show that a SND-based system can break the second law of thermodynamics. The main characteristic of the SND is the inherent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-06-28 Yu Qiao , Zhaoru Shang

Numerical modeling of strength and non-destructive testing of complex structures such as buildings, space rockets or oil reservoirs often involves calculations on extremely large grids. The modeling of elastic wave processes in solids…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Katerina Beklemysheva , Egor Michel , Andrey Ovsiannikov

An energy functional for orbital based $O(N)$ calculations is proposed, which depends on a number of non orthogonal, localized orbitals larger than the number of occupied states in the system, and on a parameter, the electronic chemical…

mtrl-th · Physics 2016-09-07 Jeongnim Kim , Francesco Mauri , Giulia Galli

Energy barriers determine the dynamics in many physical systems like structural glasses, disordered spin systems or proteins. Here we present an approach, which is based on subdividing the configuration space in a hierarchical manner,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Amoruso , A. K. Hartmann , M. A. Moore

Classical and quantum annealing is discussed for a kinetically constrained chain of $N$ non-interacting asymmetric double wells, represented by Ising spins in a longitudinal field $h$. It is shown that in certain cases, where the kinetic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Arnab Das , Bikas K. Chakrabarti , Robin B. Stinhcombe

We discuss how to construct a tight binding model Hamiltonan for the simplest possible solid, composed of hydrogen-like atoms. A single orbital per atom is not sufficient because the on-site electron-electron repulsion mixes in higher…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-09-09 J. E. Hirsch

An outstanding challenge in chemical computation is the many-electron problem where computational methodologies scale prohibitively with system size. The energy of any molecule can be expressed as a weighted sum of the energies of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-01-03 LeeAnn M. Sager-Smith , David A. Mazziotti

Calculating the molecular ground-state energy is a central challenge in computational chemistry. Conventional methods such as the Complete Active Space Configuration Interaction scale exponentially with molecular size, limiting their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Stefano Bruni , Enrico Prati

Anharmonic potential quantum system play crucial role in physics as they provide a more realistic description of oscillatory phenomena, which often deviate from the idealized harmonic model. However, simulating such system on classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Saurav Suman , Bikash K. Behera , Vivek Vyas , Prasanta k. Panigrahi

Harnessing the full power of nascent quantum processors requires the efficient management of a limited number of quantum bits with finite lifetime. Hybrid algorithms leveraging classical resources have demonstrated promising initial results…