Reports03

2003 CRSC Technical Reports

CRSC-TR03-01

A FREE ENERGY MODEL FOR HYSTERESIS IN FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS

R.C. Smith, S. Seelecke, Z. Ounaies and J. Smith

January, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-02

MODELING AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES WITH POTENTIAL FOR APPLICATION IN BIOTERRORISM

H.T. Banks, D.M. Bortz, G.A. Pinter and L.K. Potter

January, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-03

A FREE ENERGY MODEL FOR THIN-FILM SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS

J.E. Massad, R.C. Smith, G.P. Carman

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-04

A SEMIPARAMETRIC CLASS OF GENERALIZED SKEW-ELLIPTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Y. Ma and M.B. Genton

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-05

ROBUST CONTROL OF A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR

J.M. Nealis and R.C. Smith

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-06

DESIGN OF A MEMBRANE APERTURE DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE

J. Enders, S. Kas-Danouche, W. Liao, B. Rasmussen, T. Anh Vo, K. Yokley, L. Robertson and R.C. Smith

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-07

A DYNAMIC HYSTERESIS MODEL FOR THUNDER TRANSDUCERS

B.L. Ball, R.C. Smith and Z. Ounaies

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-08

SOLUTION OF A WELL-FIELD DESIGN PROBLEM WITH IMPLICIT FILTERING

K.R. Kavanagh, C.T. Kelley, C.T. Miller, M.S.C. Reed, C.E. Kees, and R.W. Darwin

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-09

WELL-POSEDNESS FOR A NONSMOOTH ACOUSTIC SYSTEM

H.T. Banks and J.K. Raye

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-10

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF COMPOSITES UNDER DIFFERENT HEATING SCENARIOS

H.T. Banks, J.H. Hogan, R.E. Tirpak and S. Wynne

February, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-11

DIRECT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM USER GUIDE

D.E. Finkel

March, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-12

POPULATION DYNAMICS MODELS IN PLANT-INSECT HERBIVORE-PESTICIDE INTERACTIONS

B.M Adams, H.T. Banks, J.E. Banks and J.D. Stark

March, 2003; Revised, August, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-13

ANALYSIS OF HYBRID PMN/TERFENOL BROADBAND TRANSDUCERS IN MECHANICAL SERIES CONFIGURATION

P.R. Downey, M.J. Dapino and R.C. Smith

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-14

A UNIFIED MODEL FOR HYSTERESIS IN FERROIC MATERIALS

R.C. Smith, S. Seelecke, M.J. Dapino and Z. Ounaies

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-15

OPTIMAL CONTROL OF PIEZOCERAMIC ACTUATORS

J. Zhong, S. Seelecke, R.C. Smith and C. Buskens

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-16

ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ISSUES IN Ni-Mn-Ga TRANSDUCERS

L. Faidley, M.J. Dapino, G.N. Washington, T. Lograsso and R.C. Smith

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-17

PRE-STRESSED CURVED ACTUATORS: CHARACTERIZATON AND MODELING OF THEIR PIEZOELECTRIC BEHAVIOR

K. Mossi, Z. Ounaies, R.C. Smith and B. Ball

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-18

ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF UNSTEADY ACOUSTIC WAVES

S. Tsynkov

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-19

ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF UNSTEADY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

S. Tsynkov

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-20

STABILITY OF SHEAR BANDS IN AN ELASTOPLASTIC MODEL FOR GRANULAR FLOW: THE ROLE OF DISCRETENESS

M. Shearer, D.G. Schaeffer and T.P. Witelski

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-21

EXISTENCE-UNIQUENESS AND MONOTONE APPROXIMATION FOR AN ERYTHROPOIESIS AGE-STRUCTURED MODEL

A.S. Ackleh, K. Deng, C.E. Cole and H.T. Tran

April, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-22

A DIRECT METHOD AND CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS FOR SOME SYSTEM OF SINGULAR INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

I. Caraus and Z. Li

May, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-23

NUMERICAL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF INSTABILITIES WITHIN THE POSITIVE-DIFFERENTIAL-RESISTANCE REGIONS OF TUNNELING DEVICES

M.L. Lasater, P. Zhao, C.T. Kelley and D.L. Woolard

June, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-24

VOLUME DETERMINATION FOR BULK MATERIALS IN BUNKERS

S.A. Ahmed, R. Buckingham, P.A. Gremaud, C.D. Hauck, C.M. Kuster, M. Prodanovic, T.A. Royal and V. Silantyev

June, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-25

MODEL-BASED ROBUST CONTROL DESIGN FOR MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCERS OPERATING IN HYSTERETIC AND NONLINEAR REGIMES

J.M. Nealis and R.C. Smith

June, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-26

NONLINEAR FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS AND COMPENSATORS: A STATE-DEPENDENT RICCATI EQUATION APPROACH

H. T. Banks, B. M. Lewis, and H. T. Tran

July, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-27

WELLPOSEDNESS FOR SYSTEMS ARISING IN TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICS IN DIELECTRICS

H. T. Banks and J. M. Bardsley

July, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-28

DEPARTURE FROM NORMALITY AND EIGENVALUE PERTURBATION BOUNDS

Ilse C. F. Ipsen

July, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-29

PSEUDO-TRANSIENT CONTINUATION FOR NONSMOOTH NONLINEAR EQUATIONS

K. R. Kavanagh and C. T. Kelley

July, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-30

DETERMINANT APPROXIMATIONS

I. C. F. Ipsen and D. J. Lee

August, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-31

RITZ VALUE BOUNDS THAT EXPLOIT QUASI-SPARSITY

I. C. F. Ipsen

August, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-32

SEMIPARAMETRIC EFFICIENCY BOUNDS FOR GENERALIZED SKEW-ELLIPTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Y. Ma, M. G. Genton, and A. A. Tsiatis

August, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-33

ZONE DETERMINANT EXPANSIONS FOR NUCLEAR LATTICE SIMULATIONS

D. J. Lee and I.C.F. Ipsen

August, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-34

FIDDLING WITH PAGERANK

A. N. Langville and C. D. Meyer

August, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-35

CONTROL DESIGN FOR A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCER

J. Nealis and R. C. Smith

September, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-36

MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR PIEZOCERAMIC NANOPOSITIONER

R. C. Smith, A. Hatch and T. De

September, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-37

2002 INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS MODELING WORKSHOP FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

P.A. Gremaud, Z. Li, R.C. Smith and H.T. Tran

September, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-38

OPTIMIZATION OF POWER IN THE PROBLEMS OF ACTIVE CONTROL OF SOUND

L. Loncaric and S. V. Tsynkov

September, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-39

HIGH FREQUENCY PULSE PROPOGATION IN NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC MATERIALS

H. T. Banks and G. A. Pinter

September, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-40

ELECTROMAGNETIC CRACK DETECTION INVERSE PROBLEMS USING TERAHERTZ INTERROGATING SIGNALS

H. T. Banks, N. L. Gibson, and W. P. Winfree

September, 2003; Revised, October, 2003

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GAP DETECTION WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC TERAHERTZ SIGNALS

August, 2004

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  • CRSC-TR03-41

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF AN SI EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH PULSE REMOVAL

K. M. Fuhrman, I. G. Lauko, and G. A. Pinter

September, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-42

MULTISCALE CONSIDERATIONS IN MODELING OF NONLINEAR ELASTOMERS

H. T. Banks, N. G. Medhin and G. A. Pinter

October, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-43

DESIGN OF AN ELECTRON GUN USING COMPUTER OPTIMIZATION

B. M. Lewis, H. T. Tran, M. E. Read and R. L. Ives

November, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-44

MODELING CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW CONTROL DURING POSTURE CHANGE FROM SITTING TO STANDING

M. Olufsen, H. T. Tran and J. Ottesen

December, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-45

NONLINEAR REPTATION IN MOLECULAR BASED HYSTERESIS MODELS FOR POLYMERS

H. T. Banks, N. G. Medhin and G. A. Pinter

December, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-46

ON THE COMPUTATION OF STEADY HOPPER FLOWS II : VON MISES MATERIALS IN VARIOUS GEOMETRIES

P. A. Gremaud, J. V. Matthews and M. O'Malley

December, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-47

SIMULATION OF NONDIFFERENTIABLE MODELS FOR GROUNDWATER FLOW AND TRANSPORT

C. T. Kelley, K. R. Fowler and C. E. Kees

December, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-48

PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION FOR A DISPERSIVE DIELECTRIC IN 2D ELECTROMAGNETICS: FORWARD AND INVERSE METHODOLOGY WITH STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

H. T. Banks and J. M. Bardsley

December, 2003

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  • CRSC-TR03-49

MODELING AND OPTIMAL REGULATION OF ERYTHROPOIESIS SUBJECT TO BENZENE INTOXICATION

H. T. Banks, C. E. Cole, P. M. Schlosser, and H. T. Tran

December, 2003

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