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Exploring the refuge-induced bubbling phenomenon and harvesting in a three species food chain model that incorporates memory effect and odour effect arxiv.org/abs/2412.00004

Exploring the refuge-induced bubbling phenomenon and harvesting in a three species food chain model that incorporates memory effect and odour effect

In this study, an odour-mediated system is developed and studied. In an odor-mediated systems, the sense of smell or odour of species plays a critical role in the interactions between predators and prey. It is widely recognised in scientific literature that these systems are very common and essential across natural ecosystems. These systems are crucial for various behaviors, including foraging, mating, and avoiding predators. In this paper, it is assumed that the presence of prey odour aids the predator in its hunting efforts. It is assumed that both prey and intermediate predators seek refuge against their respective predators upon detecting the odour of their predators. In other words, the odour of predators assists prey species in evaluating the danger and seeking refuge for hiding. This model incorporates the prey species' harvesting as well. We also explore the impact of fading memory on the system by incorporating fractional derivatives into the model. The conditions for both the existence and local stability of the non-negative equilibria are derived. The current model system undergoes both Hopf and transcritical bifurcation when the parameter values are appropriately chosen. The dynamic behaviour of the system is showcased and thoroughly analysed using a range of diagrams, highlighting the the impact of prey refuge and predator odour parameters. This paper extensively examines the long-term impacts of harvesting within the system. The presence of prey odour plays a significant role in promoting a long-term cohabitation dynamic within this specific system. It has been observed that when individuals within the system have a strong memory, it positively affects the stability of the system. Numerical simulations are conducted in order to demonstrate and validate the usefulness of the model being considered, therefore supporting the analytical conclusions.

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Enforcing Mesh Quality Constraints in Shape Optimization with a Gradient Projection Method arxiv.org/abs/2412.00006

Enforcing Mesh Quality Constraints in Shape Optimization with a Gradient Projection Method

For the numerical solution of shape optimization problems, particularly those constrained by partial differential equations (PDEs), the quality of the underlying mesh is of utmost importance. Particularly when investigating complex geometries, the mesh quality tends to deteriorate over the course of a shape optimization so that either the optimization comes to a halt or an expensive remeshing operation must be performed before the optimization can be continued. In this paper, we present a novel, semi-discrete approach for enforcing a minimum mesh quality in shape optimization. Our approach is based on Rosen's gradient projection method, which incorporates mesh quality constraints into the shape optimization problem. The proposed constraints bound the angles of triangular and solid angles of tetrahedral mesh cells and, thus, also bound the quality of these mesh cells. The method treats these constraints by projecting the search direction to the linear subspace of the currently active constraints. Additionally, only slight modifications to the usual line search procedure are required to ensure the feasibility of the method. We present our method for two- and three-dimensional simplicial meshes. We investigate the proposed approach numerically for the drag minimization of an obstacle in a two-dimensional flow and for the large-scale, three-dimensional optimization of a structured packing used in a distillation column. Our results show that the proposed method is indeed capable of guaranteeing a minimum mesh quality for both academic examples and challenging industrial applications. Particularly, our approach allows the shape optimization of extremely complex structures while ensuring that the mesh quality does not deteriorate.

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