often in modeling the engineering optimization design problems, the value of objective function(s) is not clearly defined in terms of design variables. instead it is obtained by some numerical analysis such as fe structural analysis, fluid mechanic analysis, and thermodynamic analysis, etc. yet, the numerical analyses are considerably time consuming to obtain the final value of objective functi...

coastal fars gravimetry project in fars province was carried out to find the buried salt domes and to determine characteristics of faults in this area. the lavarestan structure was covered by 4203 gravimetry stations in a regular grid of 1000*250 m. depth structural model of this anticline made in previous studies was based on geological evidences and structural geology measurements. in order t...

The optimization of radio frequency-wave (RF) systems for fusion experiments is often performed using ray-tracing codes, which rely on the geometrical-optics (GO) approximation. However, GO fails at caustics such as cutoffs and focal points, erroneously predicting wave intensity to be infinite. This a critical shortcoming GO, since caustic quantity interest, e.g., RF heating. Full-wave modeling...