LTB: Generalized Variational Integrators for Large-Scale Scientific Computation

LTB：用于大规模科学计算的广义变分积分器

• 批准号: 1001521
• 负责人: Melvin Leok
• 金额: $ 13.11万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-04 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1001521&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LTB; Generalized; Variational; Integrators; Large

Geometric integration is concerned with the construction of numerical methods that preserve the geometric structure of a continuous dynamical system. Many problems arising in science and engineering, such as solar system dynamics and molecular dynamics, are highly nonlinear, sensitive to small perturbations, and have underlying geometric structure that affects the qualitative behavior of solutions. The chaotic properties of these dynamical systems render prohibitively expensive the accurate computation of particular trajectories for long-time integration. As such, it is instead desirable to study numerical methods that preserve the geometry of a problem as they yield more qualitatively accurate simulations. The goal of this project is to generalize variational integrators based on a discrete Hamilton's principle to larger-scale problems arising from astrodynamics, molecular dynamics, and computational mechanics. This will involve incorporating methods from large-scale scientific computation, such as adaptivity, spectral methods, multi-resolution hierarchical techniques, and domain decomposition, while retaining the geometric preservation properties of variational integrators for Hamiltonian ODEs and PDEs.Computer simulations of complex physical systems have become an increasingly important complement to traditional experimental techniques as a tool for validating and guiding theoretical developments in science, as well as practical advances in technology and engineering. This research will improve our ability to accurately and efficiently compute the long-time behavior of complex systems, which is a fundamental aspect of the rational design of pharmaceuticals and high-performance composite materials. In addition, it has the potential to accelerate the pace of technological development by allowing the rapid prototyping of new and innovative industrial designs directly on the computer.

几何积分是关于构造保持连续动力系统几何结构的数值方法。在科学和工程中出现的许多问题，如太阳系动力学和分子动力学，都是高度非线性的，对微小的扰动敏感，并且具有影响解的定性行为的基本几何结构。这些动力系统的混沌特性使得对特定轨迹的精确计算对于长时间积分来说是昂贵的。因此，研究保留问题几何形状的数值方法是可取的，因为它们产生了更定性的准确模拟。这个项目的目标是将基于离散哈密顿原理的变分积分器推广到来自天体动力学、分子动力学和计算力学的更大规模的问题。这将包括结合大规模科学计算的方法，如自适应、谱方法、多分辨率分层技术和区域分解，同时保留哈密顿常微分方程组和偏微分方程组的变分积分器的几何保持性质。复杂物理系统的计算机模拟作为验证和指导科学理论发展以及技术和工程实践进步的工具，已成为传统实验技术的日益重要的补充。这项研究将提高我们准确有效地计算复杂系统的长期行为的能力，这是合理设计药物和高性能复合材料的一个基本方面。此外，通过允许直接在计算机上快速制作新的和创新的工业设计的原型，它有可能加快技术发展的步伐。