Promoting global stability in data-driven models of quadratic nonlinear dynamics

AA Kaptanoglu, JL Callaham, A Aravkin, CJ Hansen… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Modeling realistic fluid and plasma flows is computationally intensive, motivating the use of
reduced-order models for a variety of scientific and engineering tasks. However, it is …

A cloud-enabled application framework for simulating regional-scale impacts of natural hazards on the built environment

GG Deierlein, F McKenna, A Zsarnóczay… - Frontiers in Built …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With the goal to facilitate evaluation and mitigation of the risks from natural hazards, the
Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure's Computational Modeling, and …

Multi‐model comparison of computed debris flow runout for the 9 January 2018 Montecito, California post‐wildfire event

KR Barnhart, RP Jones, DL George… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hazard assessment for post‐wildfire debris flows, which are common in the steep terrain of
the western United States, has focused on the susceptibility of upstream basins to generate …

Learning dominant physical processes with data-driven balance models

JL Callaham, JV Koch, BW Brunton, JN Kutz… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Throughout the history of science, physics-based modeling has relied on judiciously
approximating observed dynamics as a balance between a few dominant processes …

[HTML][HTML] Landlab v2. 0: A software package for Earth surface dynamics

KR Barnhart, EWH Hutton, GE Tucker… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - esurf.copernicus.org
Numerical simulation of the form and characteristics of Earth's surface provides insight into
its evolution. Landlab is an open-source Python package that contains modularized …

Uniformly accurate machine learning-based hydrodynamic models for kinetic equations

J Han, C Ma, Z Ma, WE - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
A framework is introduced for constructing interpretable and truly reliable reduced models
for multiscale problems in situations without scale separation. Hydrodynamic approximation …

Optimal control of an SIR epidemic through finite-time non-pharmaceutical intervention

DI Ketcheson - Journal of mathematical biology, 2021 - Springer
We consider the problem of controlling an SIR-model epidemic by temporarily reducing the
rate of contact within a population. The control takes the form of a multiplicative reduction in …

Modelling 2018 Anak Krakatoa Flank Collapse and Tsunami: effect of landslide failure mechanism and dynamics on tsunami generation

T Zengaffinen, F Løvholt, GK Pedersen… - Pure and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The 2018 Anak Krakatoa volcano flank collapse generated a tsunami that impacted
the Sunda Strait coastlines. In the absence of a tsunami early warning system, it caused …

Landslide material control on tsunami genesis—the Storegga Slide and tsunami (8,100 years BP)

J Kim, F Løvholt, D Issler… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tsunami generation from subaqueous landslides is controlled by landslide kinematics,
which in turn is governed by the material properties of the slide mass. Yet the effect of the …

The geomorphic impact of outburst floods: Integrating observations and numerical simulations of the 2000 Yigong flood, eastern Himalaya

MD Turzewski, KW Huntington… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Outburst floods in mountainous landscapes traverse complex topography and interact with
the channel and valley walls, producing intense flow hydraulics that drive geomorphic …