Max-plus-algebraic hybrid automata: Beyond synchronisation and linearity

Man-made systems, such as manufacturing and transportation networks, and their interactions with the environment are driven by human-designed operational rules. These rules are most often based on the asynchronous occurrence of discrete events over time, such as the arrival and departure of trains at a station. The modelling, analysis, and...

Topology optimization for high-resolution designs: Application in solar cell metallization

Due to global population growth and industrial development, there is a rising demand for energy. It is desired that this demand is met in a cleaner and more sustainable way. Among the various renewable energy sources, solar power is experiencing remarkable growth throughout the world. To ensure that solar power can be a sustainable solution for...

Directionality of damage growth in fibre metal laminates and hybrid structures

Fibre-metal laminates (FMLs) have been studied intensively for the past three decades because of their enhanced fatigue properties compared to monolithic metals. Most of these studies have focused on the fatigue damage under in-axis loading. These studies led to the application of FMLs in the aircraft structure in the early 21st century. However...

Cluster management system design for big data infrastructures

In recent years,we have seen amajor shift in computing systems: data volumes are growing very fast, but hardware capabilities to store, process, and transfer the massive data are not speeding up at the same rate. Today, data are generated from a variety of sources, such as social networking websites, business transactions, banking sectors, etc....

GPU acceleration of preconditioned solvers for ill-conditioned linear systems

In this work we study the implementations of deflation and preconditioning techniques for solving ill-conditioned linear systems using iterative methods. Solving such systems can be a time-consuming process because of the jumps in the coefficients due to large difference in material properties. We have developed implementations of the iterative...

Stress analysis of scapula: Design considerations of glenoid prostheses