We propose here the use of the variational level set methodology to capture Lagrangian vortex boundaries in 2D unsteady velocity fields. This method reformulates earlier approaches that seek material vortex boundaries as extremum solutions of variational problems. We demonstrate the performance of this technique for two different variational formulations built upon different notions of coherenc...

A heterogeneous object is referred to as a solid object made of different constituent materials. The object is of a finite collection of regions of a set of prescribed material classes of continuously varying material properties. These properties have a discontinuous change across the interface of the material regions. In this paper, we propose a level-set based variational approach for the des...

‎Using variational arguments‎, ‎we prove the existence of infinitely‎ ‎many solutions to a class of $p$-biharmonic equation in‎ ‎$mathbb{R}^N$‎. ‎The existence of‎ ‎nontrivial‎ ‎solution is established under a new‎ ‎set of hypotheses on the potential $V(x)$ and the weight functions‎ ‎$h_1(x)‎, ‎h_2(x)$‎.

a novel method to compute the stability region in power system transient stability analysis is presented. this method is based on the set analysis. the key to this method is to construct the hamilton-jacobi-isaacs (hji) partial differential equation (pde) of a nonlinear system, using which we can compute the backward reachable set by applying the level set methods. the backward reachable set of...

This paper presents a variational level set approach to joint segmentation and bias correction of images with intensity inhomogeneity. Our method is based on an observation that intensities in a relatively small local region are separable, despite of the inseparability of the intensities in the whole image caused by the intensity inhomogeneity. We first define a weighted K-means clustering obje...

This paper presents a variational level set approach to joint segmentation and bias correction of images with intensity in homogeneity. Our method is based on an observation that intensities in a relatively small local region are separable, despite of the inseparability of the intensities in the whole image caused by the intensity in homogeneity. We first define a weighted K-means clustering ob...

Anisotropic mean curvature motion and in particular anisotropic surface diffusion play a crucial role in the evolution of material interfaces. This evolution interacts with conservations laws in the adjacent phases on both sides of the interface and are frequently expected to undergo topological chances. Thus, a level set formulation is an appropriate way to describe the propagation. Here we re...