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Reduced-order modeling lies at the interface of numerical analysis and data-driven scientific computing, providing principled ways to compress high-fidelity simulations in science and engineering. We propose a training framework that…

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A range of optimization cases of two-dimensional Stefan problems, solved using a tracking-type cost-functional, is presented. A level set method is used to capture the interface between the liquid and solid phases and an immersed boundary…

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In this work, we utilize new coil objectives for stellarator optimization with autodifferentiation, including pointwise and net coil-coil forces and torques. We use these methods to perform the first large-scale optimization of planar…

Recently, gradient-based discrete sampling has emerged as a highly efficient, general-purpose solver for various combinatorial optimization (CO) problems, achieving performance comparable to or surpassing the popular data-driven approaches.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-03-07 Muheng Li , Ruqi Zhang

In this paper we design and construct gradient coils for a Halbach permanent magnet array magnetic resonance (MR) scanner. The target field method, which is widely applied for the case of axial static magnetic fields, has been developed for…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Bart de Vos , Patrick Fuchs , Thomas O'Reilly , Andrew Webb , Rob Remis

We introduce a continuous global optimization method to the field of surface reconstruction from discrete noisy cloud of points with weak information on orientation. The proposed method uses an energy functional combining flux-based…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Rongjiang Pan , Vaclav Skala

Purpose: Despite decades of collective experience, radiofrequency coil optimization for MR has remained a largely empirical process, with clear insight into what might constitute truly task-optimal, as opposed to merely 'good,' coil…

We propose Dirichlet Winding Reconstruction (DiWR), a robust method for reconstructing watertight surfaces from unoriented point clouds with non-uniform sampling, noise, and outliers. Our method uses the generalized winding number (GWN)…

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A method is demonstrated to optimize a stellarator's geometry to eliminate magnetic islands and achieve other desired physics properties at the same time. For many physics quantities that have been used in stellarator optimization,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-09-22 Matt Landreman , Bharat Medasani , Caoxiang Zhu

Wind farm flow control aims to improve wind turbine performance by reducing aerodynamic wake interaction between turbines. Dynamic, physics-based models of wind farm flows have been essential for exploring control strategies such as wake…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-15 Maarten J. van den Broek , Delphine De Tavernier , Benjamin Sanderse , Jan-Willem van Wingerden

The adjoint method is an efficient way to numerically compute gradients in optimization problems with constraints, but is only formulated to differentiable cost and constraint functions on real variables. With the introduction of complex…

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The sharp increasing in fabrication capabilities of nanomaterials, and complex structures such as meta-surfaces and metalens, has opened to the possibility of employing them for accurately control the electromagnetic field, beyond the…

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We consider smooth stochastic convex optimization problems in the context of algorithms which are based on directional derivatives of the objective function. This context can be considered as an intermediate one between derivative-free…

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In this paper, single-stage stellarator optimization is combined with stochastic coil optimization to improve the robustness of the stellarator as compared to deterministic methods. The plasma boundary, solved with an MHD solver in…

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In this paper, we design constant modulus probing waveforms with good correlation properties for collocated multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar systems. The main content is as follows: first, we formulate the design problem as a fourth…

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This paper presents an adjoint-assisted, topology-optimization-inspired approach for analyzing topological sensitivities in fluid domains based on porous media formulations -- without directly utilizing the porosity field as a design…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-09 Niklas Kühl

Access to the plasma chamber in a stellarator reactor is essential for maintenance and diagnostics. However, the complex geometry of stellarator coils, often characterized by their strong twisting, can severely limit the space available for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 A. Baillod , E. J. Paul , T. Elder , J. M. Halpern

We present an explicit theoretical framework for constructing artificial modular coils based solely on equilibrium properties, achieved through the formulation of a current potential defined on flux surfaces. We demonstrate that key…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Eduardo Rodriguez , Wrick Sengupta

For designing high-field electromagnets, the Lorentz force on coils must be computed to ensure a support structure is feasible, and the inductance should be computed to evaluate the stored energy. Also, the magnetic field and its variation…

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