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DOE OSTI2016

Balancing Power Absorption and Structural Loading for an Asymmetric Heave Wave-Energy Converter in Regular Waves

The aim of this paper is to maximize the power-to-load ratio of the Berkeley Wedge: a one-degree-of-freedom, asymmetrical, energy-capturing, floating breakwater of high performance that is relatively free of viscosity effects. Linear hydrodynamic theory was used to calculate bounds on the expected time-averaged power (TAP) and corresponding surge restraining force, pitch restraining torque, and power take-off (PTO) control force when assuming that the heave motion of the wave energy converter remains sinusoidal. This particular device was documented to be an almost-perfect absorber if one-degree-of-freedom motion is maintained. The success of such or similar future wave energy converter technologies would require the development of control strategies that can adapt device performance to maximize energy generation in operational conditions while mitigating hydrodynamic loads in extreme waves to reduce the structural mass and overall cost. This paper formulates the optimal control problem to incorporate metrics that provide a measure of the surge restraining force, pitch restraining torque, and PTO control force. The optimizer must now handle an objective function with competing terms in an attempt to maximize power capture while minimizing structural and actuator loads. A penalty weight is placed on the surge restraining force, pitch restraining torque, and PTO actuation force, thereby allowing the control focus to be placed either on power absorption or load mitigation. Thus, in achieving these goals, a per-unit gain in TAP would not lead to a greater per-unit demand in structural strength, hence yielding a favorable benefit-to-cost ratio. Demonstrative results in the form of TAP, reactive TAP, and the amplitudes of the surge restraining force, pitch restraining torque, and PTO control force are shown for the Berkeley Wedge example.

16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER↗
DOE OSTI2015

TU-PIS-Exhibit Hall-3: Under the hood of Deformable Image Registration: Similarity Functions and Regularization

Brachytherapy devices and software are designed to last for a certain period of time. Due to a number of considerations, such as material factors, wear-and-tear, backwards compatibility, and others, they all reach a date when they are no longer supported by the manufacturer. Most of these products have a limited duration for their use, and the information is provided to the user at time of purchase. Because of issues or concerns determined by the manufacturer, certain products are retired sooner than the anticipated date, and the user is immediately notified. In these situations, the institution is facing some difficult choices: remove these products from the clinic or perform tests and continue their usage. Both of these choices come with a financial burden: replacing the product or assuming a potential medicolegal liability. This session will provide attendees with the knowledge and tools to make better decisions when facing these issues. Learning Objectives: Understand the meaning of “end-of-life or “life expectancy” for brachytherapy devices and software Review items (devices and software) affected by “end-of-life” restrictions Learn how to effectively formulate “end-of-life” policies at your institution Learn about possible implications of “end-of-life” policy Review other possible approaches to “end-of-life” issue.

60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES↗
DOE OSTI2015

MRI reconstruction of multi-image acquisitions using a rank regularizer with data reordering

Purpose: To improve rank constrained reconstructions for undersampled multi-image MRI acquisitions. Methods: Motivated by the recent developments in low-rank matrix completion theory and its applicability to rapid dynamic MRI, a new reordering-based rank constrained reconstruction of undersampled multi-image data that uses prior image information is proposed. Instead of directly minimizing the nuclear norm of a matrix of estimated images, the nuclear norm of reordered matrix values is minimized. The reordering is based on the prior image estimates. The method is tested on brain diffusion imaging data and dynamic contrast enhanced myocardial perfusion data. Results: Good quality images from data undersampled by a factor of three for diffusion imaging and by a factor of 3.5 for dynamic cardiac perfusion imaging with respiratory motion were obtained. Reordering gave visually improved image quality over standard nuclear norm minimization reconstructions. Root mean squared errors with respect to ground truth images were improved by ∼18% and ∼16% with reordering for diffusion and perfusion applications, respectively. Conclusions: The reordered low-rank constraint is a way to inject prior image information that offers improvements over a standard low-rank constraint for undersampled multi-image MRI reconstructions.

60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES↗
DOE OSTI2013

Structural regularities of helicoidally-like biopolymers in the framework of algebraic topology: II. α-Helix and DNA structures

The developed apparatus of the “structural application” of algebraic geometry and topology makes it possible to determine topologically stable helicoidally-like packings of polyhedra (clusters). A packing found is limited by a minimal surface with zero instability index; this surface is set by the Weierstrass representation and corresponds to the bifurcation point. The symmetries of the packings under consideration are determined by four-dimensional polyhedra (polytopes) from a closed sequence, which begins with diamondlike polytope {240}. One example of these packings is a packing of tetrahedra, which arises as a result of the multiplication of a peculiar starting aggregation of tetrahedra by a fractional 40/11 axis with an angle of helical rotation of 99°. The arrangement of atoms in particular positions of this starting aggregation allows one to obtain a model of the α-helix. This apparatus makes it possible to determine a priori the symmetry parameters of DNA double helices.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2015

Formation of a regular domain structure in TGS–TGS + Cr crystals with a profile impurity distribution

A complex investigation of TGS–TGS + Cr crystals with a profile impurity distribution of chromium ions Cr{sup 3+} has been carried out at the macrolevel (measurement of dielectric properties by the method of nematic liquid crystals) and microlevel (domain structure according to atomic force microscopy data). It is established that periodic doped layers are formed only in individual growth pyramids in the regions where the polarization vector has a nonzero component along the normal to the growth faces rather than throughout the entire crystal volume. The domain configuration at the boundary of growth layers with different impurity compositions has been studied by piezoelectric force microscopy. The static unipolarity of layers with and without chromium impurity is approximately identical, whereas the domain-wall density in doped regions is higher than that in undoped ones by a factor of about 7.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2013

Regularities in the formation of dislocation networks on the boundary of bonded Si(001) wafers

The dislocation networks in structures with hydrophilically bonded Si (001) wafers are investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Networks with differing geometry and type of dominant dislocations are observed. One type of networks, which is typical of bonded structures, is formed on the basis of a square network of screw dislocations and contains a system of unidirectional 60 Degree-Sign zigzag-shaped dislocations. It is established that such dislocation networks are flat in structures with an azimuthal misorientation of wafers exceeding 2 Degree-Sign , whereas they are three-dimensional at smaller misorientation angles. A unique network of another type is formed only by 60 Degree-Sign dislocations, the majority of which are extended along one direction, which does not coincide with the Left-Pointing-Angle-Bracket 110 Right-Pointing-Angle-Bracket directions in the boundary plane and has a number of specific features, the explanation of which is impossible within the framework of conventional representations.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2018

Recombination in GaAs p–i–n Structures with InGaAs Quantum-Confined Objects: Modeling and Regularities

Photovoltaic structures on the basis of GaAs p–i–n junctions with a different number of In{sub 0.4}Ga{sub 0.6}As layers in the space-charge region forming quantum-confined objects are experimentally and theoretically investigated. For all structures, the dependences of the open-circuit voltage on the solar-irradiation concentration are analyzed. It is shown that the implantation of quantum objects leads to the dominance of recombination in them over recombination in the matrix, which manifests itself in a drop in the open-circuit-voltage. An increase in the number of In{sub 0.4}Ga{sub 0.6}As layers leads to a proportional increase in the recombination rate, which is expressed in a proportional increase in the “saturation” current and corresponds to the model proposed in the study.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2018

Regularities of Microstrain of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Modified with Halloysite Additives

The effect of additives of 1 and 3 wt % of halloysite on the rate and small jumps of deformation under uniaxial compression of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene was investigated. A procedure for precision interference measurement with a resolution of 325 nm for displacement and 1 kHz for frequency enabled the detection of several levels of deformation in the micro- and nanometer ranges. The addition of halloysite results in a decrease in the strain rate under the same loading conditions and a change in the characteristics of the strain jumps. Calorimetric measurements showed that melting of polyethylene with a different concentration of halloysite causes a change in the transition energy and the degree of crystallinity.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2018

Statistical Regularities of Formation of a Main Crack in a Structurally Inhomogeneous Material under Various Deformation Conditions

The peculiarities of the formation of a main crack in the Westerly granite samples under quasistatic uniaxial compression without any lateral upthrust have been studied using the data of acoustic emission (AE) and X-ray computer microtomography (CT). The multifractal analysis of pauses between acoustic emission events and the analysis of the energy distribution functional forms of the AE signal have been performed. According to the computer tomography data, defects form only near a future main crack; i.e., no stage of disperse accumulation of defects over entire sample volume has been revealed. Two stages of the main crack formation have been observed: the first stage is characterized by an exponential energy distribution of AE signals and the second stage is characterized by a power low of the AE signal energy distribution. The multifractal analysis of the pauses between neighboring AE signals demonstrate the transition from the multifractal dynamics of the acoustic emission to the monofractal dynamics when approaching a fracture moment.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2016

Regular oscillations and random motion of glass microspheres levitated by a single optical beam in air

We experimentally reporton optical binding of many glass particles in air that levitate in a single optical beam. A diversity of particle sizes and shapes interact at long range in a single Gaussian beam. Our system dynamics span from oscillatory to random and dimensionality ranges from 1 to 3D. In conclusion, the low loss for the center of mass motion of the beads could allow this system to serve as a standard many body testbed, similar to what is done today with atoms, but at the mesoscopic scale.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
DOE OSTI2025

Towards provision of regularly updated climate data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) is a flagship of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). CMIP has become a recognised ‘brand’ in climate circles evolving over the last thirty years from a targeted research activity by a small number of climate modelling centres intercomparing their Earth System Model (ESM) simulations to a broad international coordinated research effort (Durack et al, 2025). CMIP is organized as a research activity leveraging funded and in-kind contributions from experts within modelling centres and the broader scientific community supported more recently by a fully-funded International Project Office. Within CMIP, Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) are community-designed to understand past, present and future climate. CMIP data provides a valuable resource for climate research and is routinely used to assess model representation of climate processes and test scientific hypotheses in the context of model uncertainty and (forced and internal) variability as evident from its prolific use in scientific publications1 . The impact relies on enabling infrastructure (most prominently via the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF)), which allows sharing of simulation output, provision of the boundary conditions used in each simulation, and definition of the data standards that are essential to facilitating wide use of the data. The impact is supplemented by the wide-ranging scrutiny to which model simulations are subjected. Beyond its use in research, CMIP data is a key resource for communities producing derived climate information from downscaling and impact studies, such as the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX; Gutowski et al., 2016) and the Intersectoral Impacts MIP (ISIMIP; Frieler et al., 2024). Government, academic and commercial entities also increasingly rely on CMIP and its downstream data for climate risk assessments and climate services (for example, Copernicus Climate Change Service and World Bank portal). This means that, although CMIP is a research activity, it increasingly serves a secondary and very relevant role as a provider of climate data – a long-recognised dichotomy (Stevens, 2024). Research and applications have distinct needs, with the former requiring flexibility and generality and the latter consistency. Here we explain how the design of the research activity has been adapted to reduce the burdens imposed by applications and how the research infrastructure might evolve to further enable scientific inquiry. We propose one possible approach to consistently providing model information and projections for applications in the future.

Environmental sciences↗
DOE OSTI2024

Lattice regularization of reduced Kähler-Dirac fermions and connections to chiral fermions

We show how a path integral for reduced Kähler-Dirac fermions suffers from a phase ambiguity associated with the fermion measure that is an analog of the measure problem seen for chiral fermions. However, unlike the case of chiral symmetry, a doubler free lattice action exists which is invariant under the corresponding onsite symmetry. This allows for a clear diagnosis and solution to the problem using mirror fermions resulting in a unique gauge invariant measure. By introducing an appropriate set of Yukawa interactions which are consistent with ’t Hooft anomaly cancellation we conjecture the mirrors can be decoupled from low energy physics. Moreover, the minimal such Kähler-Dirac mirror model yields a light sector which corresponds, in the flat space continuum limit, to the Pati-Salam GUT model.

Physics↗