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Polytechnic University of Turin
Education•Turin, Piemonte, Italy•
About: Polytechnic University of Turin is a education organization based out in Turin, Piemonte, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Finite element method & Nonlinear system. The organization has 11553 authors who have published 41395 publications receiving 789320 citations. The organization is also known as: POLITO & Politecnico di Torino.
Topics: Finite element method, Nonlinear system, Population, Energy consumption, Boundary value problem
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TL;DR: The resulting algorithm is suitable for compression of data in band-interleaved-by-line format and outperforms 3-D-CALIC as well as other state-of-the-art compression algorithms.
Abstract: We propose a new lossless and near-lossless compression algorithm for hyperspectral images based on context-based adaptive lossless image coding (CALIC). Specifically, we propose a novel multiband spectral predictor, along with optimized model parameters and optimization thresholds. The resulting algorithm is suitable for compression of data in band-interleaved-by-line format; its performance evaluation on Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) data shows that it outperforms 3-D-CALIC as well as other state-of-the-art compression algorithms.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a refined beam formulation with displacement variables is proposed, in which Lagrange-type polynomials are used to interpolate the displacement field over the beam cross-section.
Abstract: This paper proposes a refined beam formulation with displacement variables only. Lagrange-type polynomials, in fact, are used to interpolate the displacement field over the beam cross-section. Three- (L3), four- (L4), and nine-point (L9) polynomials are considered which lead to linear, quasi-linear (bilinear), and quadratic displacement field approximations over the beam cross-section. Finite elements are obtained by employing the principle of virtual displacements in conjunction with the Unified Formulation (UF). With UF application the finite element matrices and vectors are expressed in terms of fundamental nuclei whose forms do not depend on the assumptions made (L3, L4, or L9). Additional refined beam models are implemented by introducing further discretizations over the beam cross-section in terms of the implemented L3, L4, and L9 elements. A number of numerical problems have been solved and compared with results given by classical beam theories (Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko), refined beam theories based on the use of Taylor-type expansions in the neighborhood of the beam axis, and solid element models from commercial codes. Poisson locking correction is analyzed. Applications to compact, thin-walled open/closed sections are discussed. The investigation conducted shows that: (1) the proposed formulation is very suitable to increase accuracy when localized effects have to be detected; (2) it leads to shell-like results in case of thin-walled closed cross-section analysis as well as in open cross-section analysis; (3) it allows us to modify the boundary conditions over the cross-section easily by introducing localized constraints; (4) it allows us to introduce geometrical boundary conditions along the beam axis which lead to plate/shell-like cases.
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TL;DR: The size of the optimal dismantling set for random networks is given, an efficient dismantling algorithm for general networks that outperforms by a large margin existing strategies is proposed, and additional insights are provided into the dismantling problem.
Abstract: We study the network dismantling problem, which consists of determining a minimal set of vertices in which removal leaves the network broken into connected components of subextensive size. For a large class of random graphs, this problem is tightly connected to the decycling problem (the removal of vertices, leaving the graph acyclic). Exploiting this connection and recent works on epidemic spreading, we present precise predictions for the minimal size of a dismantling set in a large random graph with a prescribed (light-tailed) degree distribution. Building on the statistical mechanics perspective, we propose a three-stage Min-Sum algorithm for efficiently dismantling networks, including heavy-tailed ones for which the dismantling and decycling problems are not equivalent. We also provide additional insights into the dismantling problem, concluding that it is an intrinsically collective problem and that optimal dismantling sets cannot be viewed as a collection of individually well-performing nodes.
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15 Feb 1996
TL;DR: Two versions of a simplified maximum a posteriori decoding algorithm, which work in a sliding window form, like the Viterbi algorithm, and can thus be used to decode continuously transmitted sequences obtained by parallel concatenated codes, without requiring code trellis termination.
Abstract: In this article, we present two versions of a simplified maximum a posteriori decoding algorithm. The algorithms work in a sliding window form, like the Viterbi algorithm, and can thus be used to decode continuously transmitted sequences obtained by parallel concatenated codes, without requiring code trellis termination. A heuristic explanation is also given of how to embed the maximum a posteriori algorithms into the iterative decoding of parallel concatenated codes (turbo codes). The performances of the two algorithms are compared on the basis of a powerful rate 1/3 parallel concatenated code. Basic circuits to implement the simplified a posteriori decoding algorithm using lookup tables, and two further approximations (linear and threshold), with a very small penalty, to eliminate the need for lookup tables are proposed.
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, NH 4 NO 3 was used as an additive to boost the specific surface area of the catalysts, and the results showed that the resulting materials behave practically as the perovskites obtained by the “citrates” method.
Abstract: Combustion synthesis has been applied to LaMnO 3 production with a view to boosting its activity towards natural gas combustion by enhancing its specific surface area. With a highly exothermic and self-sustaining reaction, this oxide can be quickly prepared from an aqueous solution of metal nitrates (oxidisers) and urea (fuel). The favourable conditions for LaMnO 3 formation were sought: only fuel-rich mixtures are effective, but carbonaceous deposits are formed when too much urea is used. In the field of operating conditions in which the combustion synthesis reaction takes place, the specific surface areas were not dramatically higher than those obtained with traditional methods; moreover, even short thermal treatments have been found to rapidly deactivate the catalysts by rapid sintering. With a view to tackling these problems, NH 4 NO 3 was chosen as an additive for its low costs, highly exothermic decomposition and because it generates gaseous products only, without altering the proportion of the other elements in the catalysts. With ammonium nitrate, specific area was enhanced from 4 m 2 /g up to about 20 m 2 /g. A short thermal treatment at 900 °C partially deactivates also the NH 4 NO 3 -derived catalysts. It was found that NH 4 NO 3 -boosted mixtures produce materials whose activity, after a similar thermal treatment, behave practically as the perovskites obtained by the “citrates” method. Combustion synthesis is though rather cheap—in terms of reactants employed—and quick, given that the process requires few minutes at low temperature without successive calcination. However, the main drawback of this method is that hazardous or polluting compounds are emitted during the synthesis (mainly NH 3 or NO x ). The MgO introduction, which should act both as a structural promoter and as a sulphur poisoning limiting agent, has proved to be harmful: since MgO does not physically interpose between perovskite grains, it does not offer resistance to deactivation induced by high temperatures.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Rodney S. Ruoff | 164 | 666 | 194902 |
Silvia Bordiga | 107 | 498 | 41413 |
Sergio Ferrara | 105 | 726 | 44507 |
Enrico Rossi | 103 | 606 | 41255 |
Stefano Passerini | 102 | 771 | 39119 |
James Barber | 102 | 642 | 42397 |
Markus J. Buehler | 95 | 609 | 33054 |
Dario Farina | 94 | 832 | 32786 |
Gabriel G. Katul | 91 | 506 | 34088 |
M. De Laurentis | 84 | 275 | 54727 |
Giuseppe Caire | 82 | 825 | 40344 |
Christophe Fraser | 76 | 264 | 29250 |
Erasmo Carrera | 75 | 829 | 23981 |
Andrea Califano | 75 | 305 | 31348 |
Massimo Inguscio | 74 | 427 | 21507 |