NSSEFF- Mathematical Modeling in Random Media: From Homogenization to Stochasticity

Abstract

The overarching goal of the grant was to understand the propagation of uncertainty from the a prior unknown coefficients in partial differential equations to the solutions of such equations. The underlying equations model phenomena as varied as the propagation of waves in heterogeneous media, to the heat distribution or the electric current in a non-uniform medium. The unifying aspect of these problems is that the physical parameters in the system cannot be perfectly known because of the fluctuations and small-scale heterogeneities. Such phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and the basic theoretical and practical problem is quantifying the effect of uncertainty at the microscopic scales on the macroscopic phenomena.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 2017
Accession Number
AD1063902

Entities

People

  • Guillaume Bal
  • Leonid V. Ryzhik

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Coefficients
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Heterogeneity
  • Inverse Problems
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Multiscale Models
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Schrodinger Equation
  • Wave Equations
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Theoretical Analysis.