Applied and industrial mathematics in Italy II : selected contributions from the 8th SIMAI Conference : Baia Samuele (Regusa), Italy, 22-26 May 2006

633 Pages·2007·28.404 MB·English

by  Vincenzo Cutello, Giorgio Fotia, Luigia Puccio, Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale (eds.)

APPLIED AND
INDUSTRIAL
MATHEMATICS
IN ITALY II
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Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences - Vol. 75
APPLIED AND
INDUSTRIAL
M A T HE M AT1C S
IN ITALY I1
Selected Contributions from the 8th SIMAI Conference
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Baia Samuele (Ragusal, Italy 22 26 May 2006
Edited by
Vinsenzo Gutello
Universita di Catania, Italy
Giorgio Fotia
CRS4, Pula, Italy
Luigia Puccio
Universita di Messina, Italy
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APPLIED AND INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS IN ITALY I1
Selected Contributions from the Eighth SIMAI Conference
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PREFACE
Industrial mathematics is evolving into an important branch of math-
ematics. The scientific community is becoming increasingly aware of this
new trend and it is actively engaged in bridging the gap between the highly
specialized mathematical and computational research and the emerging de-
mands of innovation coming from industry.
The present contributed volume intends to provide an overview of the
most recent research activities currently being pursued in Italy in this direc-
tion and to illustrate possible ways of using results coming from pure and
applied mathematical research in the resolution of problems coming outside
mathematics. The field of applied and industrial mathematics in its broad-
est sense is covered, and as such, the mathematical content ranges from
rigorous and formal analytical results to analysis of computational tech-
niques, from modeling to engineering oriented computational simulations.
We hope that, as a whole, the volume may provide to researchers working
in industry a general view of existing skills in Academia, and to academics
a selection of applications of mathematics to real world problems, to take
inspiration from for new theoretical developments, and to discover new ap-
plications of existing mathematical ideas.
This book represents a constructive outcome of the activities of the
Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI) to pro-
mote advances in applied and industrial mathematics. In particular, these
activities include the 8th SIMAI Conference organized in 2006 which, by
bringing together research and practitioners in mathematical modeling and
numerical solutions, represents a key occasion to promote and stimulate
research in applied mathematics and to foster interactions with industry.
The 53 contributions collected here have been selected from a larger num-
ber of submitted papers by the Scientific Committee of SIMAI consisting
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of Ubaldo Barberis, Franco Brezzi, Enrico De Bernardis, Mario Primicerio,
Fausto Saleri, Alessandro Speranza, Vanda Valente and the Editors of this
book. We wish to thank all of them as well as the referees that have been
involved in the selection procedure.
We thank especially Santa Agreste, Angela Rcciardello and Albert0
Vocaturo, for the thorough editing which involved reformatting of some of
the contributions, and for the careful preparation of the lay-out of this vol-
ume.
The Editors
Catania, Pula, Messina, March 15th 2007
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CONTENTS
Preface
Numerical Approximation of a BGK-Type Relaxation Model for
Reactive Mixtures
A. Aimi, M. Diligenti, M. Groppi and C. Guardasoni
Energy-Transport Models for Semiconductor Devices and
Their Coupling with Electric Networks 13
G. Ald and M. Carini
Dimension Reduction for Discrete Systems 25
R. Alicandro, A. Braides and M. Cacalese
Rectangular Dualization of Biconnected Planar Graphs in
Linear Time and Related Applications 37
M. Anconu, S. Drugo, G. Quercini and A. Bogdanowych
Remarks on Contact Powers and Null Lagrangian Fluxes 49
L. Ansini and G. Vergara Caffarelli
Innovative Financial Products for Environmental Protection in an
Evolutionary Context 54
A. Antoci, M. Galeotti and L. Geronazzo
Multiplicative Schwarz Algorithms for Symmetric Discontinuous
Galerkin Methods 66
P. F. Antonietti and B. Ayuso
Topological Calculus: Between Algebraic Topology and
Electromagnetic Fields 78
W. Arrighetti and G. Gerosa
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Deterministic Solution of Boltzmann Equations Governing the
Dynamics of Electrons and Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes 89
Ch. Auer, F. Schurrer and C. Ertler
Development of Curve-Based Cryptography 101
R. M. Avanzi
Model Order Reduction: An Advanced, Efficient and Automated
Computational Tool for Microsystems 113
T. Bechtold, A. Verhoeven, E. J. W. Ter Maten and T. Voss
A New Finite Element Method for Kirchhoff Plates 125
L. B. da Veiga, J. Niiranen and R. Stenberg
A Two-Dimensional Trust-Region Method for Large Scale
Bound-Constrained Nonlinear Systems 137
S. Bellavia, M. Macconi and B. Morini
An Adaptive Finite Element Semi-Lagrangian
Runge-Kutta-Chebychev Method for Combustion Problems 149
R. Bermejo and J. Carpi0
Active Infrared Thermography in Non-Destructive Evaluation
of Surface Corrosion 2: Heat Exchange between Specimen
and Environment 161
P. Bison, M. Ceseri, D. Fasino and G. Inglese
Lexsegment Ideals and Simplicia1 Cohomology Groups 172
V. Bonanzinga and L. Sorrenti
Nonlinear Electronic Transport in Semiconductor Superlattices 184
L. L. Bonilla, L. Barletti, R. Escobedo and M. Aluaro
Biomass Growth in Unsaturated Porous Media: Hydraulic
Properties Changes 196
I. Borsi, A. Farina, A. Fasano and M. Primicerio
Recovering Trivariate Functions by Data on Tracks 208
M. Bozzini and M. Rossini
On the Use of an Approximate Constraint Preconditioner in a
Potential Reduction Algorithm for Quadratic Programming 220
S. Caferi, M. DIApuzzo, V. De Simone and D. di Serafino
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Option Hedging for High Frequency Data Models 231
C. Ceca
Mathematical Models and Methods in Micro-Nano-Technologies 247
C. Cercignani, M. Lampis and S. Lorenzani
A General Model for Wax Diffusion in Crude Oils under
Thermal Gradient 259
E. Comparini and F. Talamucci
Wax Diffusion and Deposition in the Pipelining of Waxy Oils 271
S. Correra, D. Merino-Garcia, A. Fasano and L. Fusi
Inverse Modeling in Geophysical Applications 279
G. Currenti, R. Napoli, D. Carbone, C. del Negro and
G. Ganci
Proteomic Multiple Sequence Alignments: Refinement Using an
Immunological Local Search 291
V. Cutello, G. Nicosia, M. Pavone and I. Prizzi
Convergence to Self-similarity in an Addition Model with
Power-Like Time-Dependent Input of Monomers 303
F. P. da Costa, J. T. Pinto and R. Sasportes
Living Shell-Like Structures 315
A. Di Carlo, V. Varano, V. Sansalone and A. Tatone
Dynamics of Materials with a Deformability Threshold 327
A. Farina, A. Fasano, L. hsi and K. R. Rajagopal
On the Stability of Semi-Lagrangian Advection Schemes under
Finite Element Interpolations 339
R. Ferretti and G. Perrone
A Method to Test Ballasted High-speed Railway Tracks 351
G. Fkanceschini and A. Garinei
A Simple Variational Derivation of Slender Rods Theory 363
L. Freddi, A. Londero and R. Paroni
Kinetic Models for Nanofluidics 375
A. Fkezzotti
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Thermodynamics of Piezoeletric Media with Dislocations 387
D. Germand and L. Restuccia
Estimating the Diffusion Part of the Covariation between
Two Volatility Models with Jumps of Lkvy Type 399
F. Gobbi and C. Mancini
Modeling Horizontal Coastal Flows: Assessing the Role of
Viscous Contributions 410
G. Grosso, M. Brocchini and A. Piattella
Electronic Transport Calculation of Finite Single-Walled
Carbon Nanotube Systems in the Two-Terminal Geometry 422
A. La Magna and I. Deretzis
Multilevel Gradient Method with BBzier Parametrisation for
Aerodynamic Shape Optimisation 432
M. Martinelli and F. Beux
Nonlinear Exact Closure for the Hydrodynamical Model of
Semiconductors Based on the Maximum Entropy Principle 444
G. Mascali and V. Romano
A Thermodynamical Model of Inhomogeneous Superfluid
Turbulence 456
M. S. Mongiovi and D. Jou
Convergence of Finite Elements Adapted for Weaker Norms 468
P. Morin, K. G. Siebert and A. Veeser
ENO/WENO Interpolation Methods for Zooming of Digital Images 480
R. M. Pidatella, F. Stanco and C. Santaera
Finite Element Discretizations for the Density Gradient Equation 492
R. Pinnau and V. J. M. Ruiz
A Numerical Approach to the Dynamics of Magnetoelastic
Materials 501
F. Pistella and V. Valente
Constellations of Repeating Satellites for Local Telecommunication
and Monitoring Services 513
M. Pontani