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This paper presents a generalized weak Galerkin (gWG) finite element method for linear elasticity problems on general polygonal and polyhedral meshes. The proposed framework is flexible and efficient, allowing for the use of nonpolynomial…

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For a wide class of curvature energy functionals defined for planar curves under the fixed-length constraint, we obtain optimal necessary conditions for global and local minimizers. Our results extend Maddocks' and Sachkov's rigidity…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Tatsuya Miura , Kensuke Yoshizawa

The Generalized Elastic Model is a linear stochastic model which accounts for the behaviour of many physical systems in nature, ranging from polymeric chains to single-file systems. If an external perturbation is exerted \emph{only} on a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-14 Alessandro Taloni , Aleksei Chechkin , Joseph Klafter

Variational methods have proven to be excellent tools to approximate ground states of complex many body Hamiltonians. Generic tools like neural networks are extremely powerful, but their parameters are not necessarily physically motivated.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-04 Agnes Valenti , Eliska Greplova , Netanel H. Lindner , Sebastian D. Huber

A general expression for the elastic potential energy of a helical spring is derived using the basic concepts of elasticity theory and geometry. Both the translational and the rotational displacement of the spring's moving ends are…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Saša Ilijić , Ana Babić , Dora Ivrlač , Andrew DeBenedictis

We derive a model for the finite motion of a magneto-elastic rod reinforced with isotropic (spherical) or anisotropic (ellipsoidal) inclusions. The particles are assumed weakly and uniformly magnetised, rigid and firmly embedded into the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Jacopo Ciambella , Antonino Favata , Giuseppe Tomassetti

We use a three-dimensional formulation of the cell vertex model to describe the mechanical properties of a confluent planar monolayer of prismatic cells. Treating cell height as a degree of freedom, we reduce the model to a two-dimensional…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Natasha Cowley , Sarah Woolner , Oliver E. Jensen

In their textbook, Suzuki and Varga [Y. Suzuki and K. Varga, {\em Stochastic Variational Approach to Quantum-Mechanical Few-Body Problems} (Springer, Berlin, 1998)] present the stochastic variational method with the correlated Gaussian…

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We propose a framework employing stochastic differential equations to facilitate the long-term stability analysis of power grids with intermittent wind power generations. This framework takes into account the discrete dynamics which play a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-10 Xiaozhe Wang , Tao Wang , Hsiao-Dong Chiang , Jianhui Wang , Hui Liu

Because of the finiteness of the life span and boundedness of the physical space, the more reasonable or physical choice is the tempered power-law instead of pure power-law for the CTRW model in characterizing the waiting time and jump…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Weihua Deng , Zhijiang Zhang

Dimensionality reduction algorithms like principal component analysis (PCA) are workhorses of machine learning and neuroscience, but each has well-known limitations. Variants of PCA are simple and interpretable, but not flexible enough to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 John J. Vastola , Samuel J. Gershman , Kanaka Rajan

We present a variational reduced-order model for three-dimensional coplanar propagation of sharp cracks in heterogeneous perfectly brittle solids under mixed-mode I+II+III loading. The approach connects the variational fracture formulation…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-14 Serafim Egorov , Antoine Sanner , Jean Sulem , Lars Pastewka , Mathias Lebihain

We present a unified framework that fully represents electromagnetic potentials, fields, and sources in vacuum, based on a reinterpretation of the classical Hertz-potential formalism. In this construction, $\phi$, $A$, $E$, $B$, $\rho$, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Ting Yi

The generalized elastic model encompasses several physical systems such as polymers, membranes, single file systems, fluctuating surfaces and rough interfaces. We consider the case of an applied localized potential, namely an external force…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-03-16 Alessandro Taloni , Aleksei Chechkin , Joseph Klafter

This paper presents a multi-temporal formulation for simulating elastoplastic solids under cyclic loading. We leverage the proper generalized decomposition (PGD) to decompose the displacements into multiple time scales, separating the…

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A variational method is used to derive a self-consistent macro-particle model for relativistic electromagnetic kinetic plasma simulations. Extending earlier work [E. G. Evstatiev and B. A. Shadwick, J. Comput. Phys., vol. 245, pp. 376-398,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-04-22 A. B. Stamm , B. A. Shadwick , E. G. Evstatiev

A collective-variable approach for the study of non-linear dynamics of magnetic textures in planar nano-magnets is proposed. The variables are just arbitrary parameters (complex or real) in the specified analytical function of a complex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Konstantin L. Metlov

We propose an extension of the classical variational theory of evolution equations that accounts for dynamics also in possibly non-reflexive and non-separable spaces. The pivoting point is to establish a novel variational structure, based…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Alexander Menovschikov , Anastasia Molchanova , Luca Scarpa

While extensive studies have been conducted on purely elastic ribbons, in this paper we explore the influence of magnetisation on the deformation of planar ferromagnetic elastic ribbons. We begin the investigation by deriving the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-30 G R Krishna Chand Avatar , Vivekanand Dabade

This work presents a generalized physical interpretation of unconventional dispersion asymmetries associated moving elastic solids. By shifting the notion from systems with time-variant material fields to physically traveling materials, the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-01-15 M. A. Attarzadeh , M. Nouh