Showing papers by "Gregory Beylkin published in 2001"

Multiresolution Analysis of Elastic Degradation in Heterogeneous Materials

Abstract: In this study we examine the stiffness properties of heterogeneous elastic materials and their degradation at different levels of observations. To this end we explore the opportunities and limitations of multiresolution wavelet analysis, where successive Haar transformations lead to a recursive separation of the stiffness properties and the response into coarse- and fine-scale features. In the limit, this recursive process results in a homogenization parameter which is an average measure of stiffness and strain energy capacity at the coarse scale. The basic concept of multiresolution analysis is illustrated with one- and two-dimensional model problems of a two-phase particulate composite representative of the morphology of concrete materials. The computational studies include the microstructural features of concrete in the form of a bi-material system of aggregate particles which are immersed in a hardened cement paste taking due account of the mismatch of the two elastic constituents.

Approximations and fast algorithms

Abstract: The key element in the design of fast algorithms in numerical analysis and signal processing is the selection of an efficient approximation for the functions and operators involved. In this talk we will consider approximations using wavelet and multiwavelet bases as well as a new type of approximation for bandlimited functions using exponentials obtained via Generalized Gaussian quadratures. Analytically, the latter approximation corresponds to using the basis of the Prolate Spheroidal Wave functions. We will briefly comment on the future development of approximation techniques and the corresponding fast algorithms.