This paper is a commentary on the foundational significance of the Clifton-Bub-Halvorson theorem characterizing quantum theory in terms of three information-theoretic constraints. I argue that: (1) a quantum theory is best understood as a theory about the possibilities and impossibilities of information transfer, as opposed to a theory about the mechanics of nonclassical waves or particles, (2)...

Simulation of natural phenomena, such as temperature and air flow distribution inside a room, evolution of material damage due to mechanical and chemical loads, are crucial in the daily life of engineers. This paper presents the Computational Phenomenon Pattern, whose objective is to standardize through computational abstraction the complex interactions of coupled natural phenomena in the conte...

Maxwell's great paper of 1865 established his dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field. The origins of the paper lay in his earlier papers of 1856, in which he began the mathematical elaboration of Faraday's researches into electromagnetism, and of 1861-1862, in which the displacement current was introduced. These earlier works were based upon mechanical analogies. In the paper of 1865, th...

One of the biggest motivations behind the development of the metal matrix composites (MMCs) is the improvement of the mechanical wear resistance of the unreinforced metallic matrix material mainly by the load-bearing effect of the hard reinforcement phases. However, in a large number of applications, MMCs are also required to operate in intimate contact with aqueous environments, which may lead...

Under the title “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?” Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen questioned the orthodox quantum-mechanical description of physical phenomena. This work aims to summarize and explain this argument and the consequent response by Bohr, provides the critical analysis of contemporary theorists to the referred debate and briefly exposes th...

A discussion is given of a technique to simulate the quantum mechanical motion of electrons in nano-scale devices. The results of the simulation are used to produce digital video’s, facilitating the interpretation of the quantum mechanical phenomena. The power and flexibility of the simulation method is illustrated by some examples of electron emission from nano-meter scale sources.

Here we experimentally demonstrated the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and Autler-Townes splitting (ATS) effects in mechanical coupled pendulums. The analogue of EIT and ATS has been studied in mechanical systems and the intrinsic physics between these two phenomena are also been discussed. Exploiting the Akaike Information Criterion, we discern the ATS effect from EIT effect in...

We construct quantum mechanical models which mimic many features of string theory. We use these models to gain improved descriptions of B fields and gerbes. We examine the analogs of T duality, D branes, and mirror symmetry in these models and derive quantum mechanical analogs of standard phenomena, such as the noncommutative geometry induced by a B field.

the molecular dynamic technique was used to simulate the nano-indentation test on the thin films of silver, titanium, aluminum and copper which were coated on the silicone substrate. the mechanical properties of the selected thin films were studied in terms of the temperature. the temperature was changed from 193 k to 793 k with an increment of 100 k. to investigate the effect of temperature on...