Modelling and numerical sensitivity study on the conjecture of a subglacial lake at Amundsenisen, Svalbard
We present a new numerical procedure to assess the plausibility of a subglacial lake in case of relative small/moderate extension and surging temperate icefield. In addition to the flat signal from Ground Penetrating Radar remote survey of the area, early indication of a likely subglacial lake, required icefield data are: top surface elevation and bathymetry, top surface velocity at some points, in-depth temperature and density profiles of upper layer. The procedure is based on a mathematical model of the evolution of dynamics and thermo-dynamics of the icefield and of a subglacial lake.
Phase segregation in a system of active dumbbells
A systems of self-propelled dumbbells interacting by a Weeks-Chandler-Anderson potential is considered. At sufficiently low temperatures the system phase separates into a dense phase and a gas-like phase. The kinetics of the cluster formation and the growth law for the average cluster size are analyzed.
How can macroscopic models reveal self-organization in traffic flow?
In this paper we propose a new modeling tech-
nique for vehicular traffic flow, designed for capturing at a
macroscopic level some effects, due to the microscopic granularity of the flow of cars, which would be lost with a purely
continuous approach. The starting point is a multiscale method
for pedestrian modeling, recently introduced in [1], in which
measure-theoretic tools are used to manage the microscopic
and the macroscopic scales under a unique framework.