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In this paper we obtain approximated numerical solutions for the 2D Helmholtz equation using a radial basis function-generated finite difference scheme (RBF-FD), where weights are calculated by applying an oscillatory radial basis function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Mauricio A. Londoño-Arboleda. , Hebert Montegranario

Obtaining a controlled invariant set is crucial for safety-critical control with control barrier functions (CBFs) but is non-trivial for complex nonlinear systems and constraints. Backup control barrier functions allow such sets to be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-16 David E. J. van Wijk , Samuel Coogan , Tamas G. Molnar , Manoranjan Majji , Kerianne L. Hobbs

This letter studies the dynamical properties of safety filters designed based on Control Barrier Functions (CBF). This mechanism, which is popular in safety-critical applications, takes a nominal controller and minimally modifies it to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Pol Mestres , Shima Sadat Mousavi , Aaron D. Ames

We propose a two-fold approach to model reduction of fluid-structure interaction. The state equations for the fluid are solved with reduced basis methods. These are model reduction methods for parametric partial differential equations using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-05-20 Toni Lassila , Gianluigi Rozza

In this paper we establish a stability barrier of a class of high-order Hermite-type discretization of 1D advection equations underlying the hybrid-variable (HV) and active flux (AF) methods. These methods seek numerical approximations to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-12 Xianyi Zeng

We present a new computational method by extending the Immersed Boundary (IB) method with a spectrally-accurate geometric model based on Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation of the Lagrangian structures. Our specific motivation is the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Varun Shankar , Grady B. Wright , Robert M. Kirby , Aaron L. Fogelson

We consider rotating equilibrium states of fluid deformable surfaces. These states are characterized by a force balance between centrifugal and bending forces, involve surface Killing vector fields and are independent on the surface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-20 Michael Nestler , Axel Voigt

Safety-critical control is a crucial aspect of modern systems, and Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) have gained popularity as the framework of choice for ensuring safety. However, implementing a CBF requires exact knowledge of the true…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Rahal Nanayakkara , Aaron D. Ames , Paulo Tabuada

Guaranteeing safety for robotic and autonomous systems in real-world environments is a challenging task that requires the mitigation of stochastic uncertainties. Control barrier functions have, in recent years, been widely used for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-31 Andrew Singletary , Mohamadreza Ahmadi , Aaron D. Ames

We present a new energy-stable open boundary condition, and an associated numerical algorithm, for simulating incompressible flows with outflow/open boundaries. This open boundary condition ensures the energy stability of the system, even…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-10-08 Suchuan Dong

The rapid rise in inverter-based renewable resources has heightened concerns over subsynchronous resonance and oscillations, thereby challenging grid stability. This paper reviews approaches to identify and mitigate these issues, focusing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-16 Shuvangkar Chandra Das , Lokesh Saravana , Le Minh Vu , Manh Bui , Tuyen Vu , Jianhua Zhang , Thomas Ortmeyer

This paper considers the existence of local and global-in-time strong solutions to the advection-diffusion equation with variable coefficients on an evolving surface with a boundary. We apply both the maximal $L^p$-in-time regularity for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-14 Hajime Koba

Compared to conventional robots, flexible manipulators offer many advantages, such as faster end-effector velocities and less energy consumption. However, their flexible structure can lead to undesired oscillations. Therefore, the applied…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-05 Svenja Drücker , Robert Seifried

In this paper, we present a meshless hybrid method combining the Generalized Finite Difference (GFD) and Finite Difference based Radial Basis Function (RBF-FD) approaches to solve non-homogeneous partial differential equations (PDEs)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-02 Priyal Garg , T. V. S. Sekhar

Measurements and state estimates are often imperfect in control practice, posing challenges for safety-critical applications, where safety guarantees rely on accurate state information. In the presence of estimation errors, several prior…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Ersin Das , Rahal Nanayakkara , Xiao Tan , Ryan M. Bena , Joel W. Burdick , Paulo Tabuada , Aaron D. Ames

In this paper, a novel Hermite radial basis function-based differential quadrature method (H-RBF-DQ) is presented. This new method is designed to treat derivative boundary conditions accurately. The developed method is very different from…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Jianming Liu , Xinkai Li

We study flow driven through a finite-length planar rigid channel by a fixed upstream flux, where a segment of one wall is replaced by a pre-stressed elastic beam subject to uniform external pressure. The steady and unsteady systems are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-11-24 Danyang Wang , Xiaoyu Luo , Peter S. Stewart

In a complex real-time operating environment, external disturbances and uncertainties adversely affect the safety, stability, and performance of dynamical systems. This paper presents a robust stabilizing safety-critical controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-29 Ersin Daş , Richard M. Murray

Radial basis functions are typically used when discretization sche-mes require inhomogeneous node distributions. While spawning from a desire to interpolate functions on a random set of nodes, they have found successful applications in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-20 P. -A. Gourdain , M. B. Adams , M. Evans , H. R. Hasson , J. R. Young , I. West-Abdallah

In this paper, we discuss the application of the Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM) to approximate the solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations with multiple interfaces in one dimensional space. The problem is characterized by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Tilsa Aryeni , Quanling Deng , Victor Ginting