To evaluate the earth seismic response due to earthquake effects, ground response analyses are used to predict ground surface motions for development of design response spectra, to compute dynamic stresses and strains for evaluation of liquefaction hazards, and to determine the earthquake induced forces that can lead to instability of earth and earth-retaining structures. Most of the analytical...

in this paper, the hartree-fock method has been formulated to investigate some of the ground state properties of quasi-one-dimensional interacting electron gas in the presence of the magnetic field. the bare coulomb interaction between electrons has been assumed. for this system, we have also computed some of its thermodynamic and magnetic properties such as the energy, pressure, incompressibil...

Properties of cement pastes with fine-ground ceramics used as an alternative binder replacing Portland cement up to 20% of its mass are investigated. At first, the particle size distribution of cement and fine-ground ceramics is measured using laser analyser. Then, the material properties are studied in the early hardening period up to 28 days. The hydration process of studied materials is moni...

the high pressure behavior of the structural and electronic properties of kc1 is studied with use of the density functional pseudopotential method within local-density approximation. atzero pressure, the rocksalt phase is found to be lower in energy than cscl structure. however, we predict a phase transition into csci structure at a pressure of about 1.5 gpa. the calculated ground state propert...

Place defining landmarks that have been studied intensively in insect navigation are large, voluminous objects visible to the insect from quite some distance. Here, we show that in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, local variations in ground properties can also serve as landmarks. The ants were trained to forage within a linear channel, in which the floor adjacent to the nest entrance was altere...

Ground-state properties are central to our understanding of quantum many-body systems. At first glance, it seems natural and essential obtain the ground state before analyzing its properties; however, exponentially large Hilbert space has made such studies costly, if not prohibitive, on sufficiently system sizes. Here, we propose an alternative strategy based upon expectation values ensemble op...

Filter methods realize a projection from superposed quantum state onto target state, which can be efficient if two states have sufficient overlap. Here we propose Gaussian filter (QGF) with the operator being function of system Hamiltonian. A hybrid quantum-classical algorithm feasible on near-term computers is developed, implements as linear combination Hamiltonian evolution at various times. ...