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Meshing complex engineering domains is a challenging task. Arbitrary polyhedral meshes can provide the much needed flexibility in automated discretization of such domains. The geometric property of the polyhedral meshes such as the…

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Complex non-local behavior makes designing high efficiency and multifunctional metasurfaces a significant challenge. While using libraries of meta-atoms provide a simple and fast implementation methodology, pillar to pillar interaction…

We develop a formalism to study the use of Level Set Method (LSM) in the investigation of evolution of observables in terms of parameters of the Hamiltonian, both of the system itself and the control part. A simple example with an analytic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fariel Shafee

For many applications, we need to use techniques to represent convex shapes and objects. In this work, we use level set method to represent shapes and find a necessary and sufficient condition on the level set function to guarantee the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Shousheng Luo , Xue-cheng Tai

Inverse problems occur in a variety of parameter identification tasks in engineering. Such problems are challenging in practice, as they require repeated evaluation of computationally expensive forward models. We introduce a unifying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-02 Simon Weissmann , Ashia Wilson , Jakob Zech

Here a semi-implicit formulation of the gradient augmented level set method is presented. By tracking both the level set and it's gradient accurate subgrid information is provided,leading to highly accurate descriptions of a moving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Ebrahim M. Kolahdouz , David Salac

We implement a shape optimization algorithm for body-assisted light-matter interactions described by the formalism of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics. The approach uses the level-set method to represent and incrementally evolve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-09 Jonas Matuszak , Stefan Yoshi Buhmann , Robert Bennett

As the capabilities of additive manufacturing techniques increase, topology optimization provides a promising approach to design geometrically sophisticated structures which can be directly manufactured. Traditional topology optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Carlos H. Villanueva , Kurt Maute

We propose an efficient numerical method for the simulation of multi-phase flows with moving contact lines in three dimensions. The mathematical model consists of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for the two immiscible fluids with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-08 Quan Zhao , Shixin Xu , Weiqing Ren

This paper presents a planning pipeline framework for locomotion in rope-assisted robots climbing vertical surfaces. The proposed framework is formulated as a bi-level optimization scheme that addresses a mixed-integer problem: selecting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Ruben Malacarne , Ioannis Tsikelis , Enrico Mingo Hoffman , Michele Focchi

Active contour models have been widely used in image segmentation, and the level set method (LSM) is the most popular approach for solving the models, via implicitly representing the contour by a level set function. However, the LSM suffers…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Jun Ma , Dong Wang , Xiao-Ping Wang , Xiaoping Yang

To facilitate widespread adoption of automated engineering design techniques, existing methods must become more efficient and generalizable. In the field of topology optimization, this requires the coupling of modern optimization methods…

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This work focuses on a class of elliptic boundary value problems with diffusive, advective and reactive terms, motivated by the study of three-dimensional heterogeneous physical systems composed of two or more media separated by a selective…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Riccardo Sacco , Aurelio Giancarlo Mauri , Giovanna Guidoboni

Level set method, introduced by Osher and Sethian [1], is a highly robust and accurate computational technique for tracking of moving interfaces in etching, deposition and photolithography processes. It originates from the idea to view the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branislav Radenovic , S. J. Kim , J. K. Lee

We present a strategy for the numerical solution of convection-coupled phase-transition problems, with focus on solidification and melting. We solve for the temperature and flow fields over time. The position of the phase-change interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Leonardo Boledi , Benjamin Terschanski , Stefanie Elgeti , Julia Kowalski

This work introduces a data-driven, non-intrusive reduced-order modeling (ROM) framework that leverages Optimal Transport (OT) for multi-fidelity and parametric problems in two-phase flows modelling. Building upon the success of…

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A level-set method is developed for numerically capturing the equilibrium solute-solvent interface that is defined by the recently proposed variational implicit solvent model (Dzubiella, Swanson, and McCammon, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 104},…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. -T. Cheng , J. Dzubiella , J. A. McCammon , B. Li

Stacked intelligent metasurface (SIM), which consists of multiple layers of intelligent metasurfaces, is emerging as a promising solution for future wireless communication systems. In this timely context, we focus on broadcast…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Nemanja Stefan Perović , Eduard E. Bahingayi , Le-Nam Tran

Collaborative beamforming enables nodes in a wireless network to transmit a common message over long distances in an energy efficient fashion. However, the process of making available the same message to all collaborating nodes introduces…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-01-22 Lun Dong , Athina P. Petropulu , H. Vincent Poor

Structural optimization (topology, shapes, sizing) is an important tool for facilitating the emergence of new concepts in structural design. Normally, topology optimization is carried out at the early stage of design and then shape and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Ghislain Raze , Joseph Morlier