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Newtonian and relativistic dynamics; many particle systems; planetary motions; chaos in classical dynamics. Maxwell's equations and dynamics of charged systems and electromagnetic forces in materials. Vibrating systems such as membranes and cantilevers; optomechanics. Classical waves, including acoustics and elasticity; physics of music and musical instruments. Classical thermodynamics and heat flow problems.

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Helicoid plus magnetic field yields half-cyclotron Landau levels

Geometry alone renormalizes the magnetic length by √2 and flips chirality with one control parameter

· “Phase-space structure and nonlinear dynamics of a charged particle on a helicoidal manifold under a magnetic field”

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D2Q9 LBM needs cubic terms neglected for second-order NS

An oblique vortex-dipole test shows only a tuned equilibrium-plus-rate package keeps trajectories isotropic.

· “Isotropy and Galilean invariance of Lattice Boltzmann Method: Theoretical and numerical analysis using oblique dipole benchmark *”

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Three methods agree on beam oscillation amplitude

Asymptotics, adiabatic invariance and Hamiltonian reduction all give the same formula for conservative systems with slow changes.

· “Localized oscillation of an Euler--Bernoulli beam with time-varying parameters on a visco-elastic foundation: asymptotics, adiabatic invariant, and equivalent Hamiltonian system”

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Legendre transform equates nonlocal strain and stress potentials

It proves equivalence between strain-driven and stress-driven one-dimensional models and shows a mixed potential remains equally ill-conditi

· “On Potentials and Complementary Potentials in One-Dimensional Nonlocal Integral Formulations”

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Fatigue cracks stay partly open in compression phase of LCF cycles

Coupled electrical and optical measurements on steel show opening stresses fall as maximum stress rises under tension-compression loading.

· “Crack opening and closure detection through coupled DCPD and non-continuous DIC method -- Application to LCF tests”

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Mixed AMD-Gradient model matches DNS best in solar-receiver T-LES

A two-layer closure combining AMD with the Gradient model reduces error across velocity and temperature statistics under receiver conditions

· “A posteriori study of Thermal-Large Eddy Simulation in solar receiver operating conditions”

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Wall admittance shifts boundary-layer wave speed by K A

First-order formula from rigid-wall eigenfunction separates wall physics and supplies a phase rule for stabilization, checked at Mach 4.5.

· “Spectral perturbation theory for wall-admittance effects on compressible boundary-layer instability”

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Magnetic pendulum switches between three resonance types in one setup

Independent direct and modulated fields produce forced, parametric, and amplified oscillations with matching theory and data.

· “A Magnetic Torsional Pendulum for Exploring Forced Resonance, Parametric Resonance, and Parametric Amplification”

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Low-load CeO2MnOx on carbon reaches 90% H2O2 selectivity

1% CeO2MnOx/C and 3% CeO2/C catalysts favor the two-electron ORR over full reduction to water.

· “Influence of CeO₂MnO_x heterostructure on Hydrogen Peroxide Electrogeneration on Carbon-Based Catalysts”

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3% magnetite blend doubles H2O2 yield in carbon electrodes

Optimized Fe3O4-NO/C cathodes reach 0.44 g/L peroxide and remove over 70% of two progestins in solar electro-Fenton runs with three-cycle st

· “Fe3O4 Nano-octahedra/Vulcan XC72: Optimization and Combination with Solar-Based Electro-Fenton for Progestins Degradation”

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Phase-field model recovers linear crack-speed scaling in sea ice

Double-well energy and overdamped dynamics match Griffith predictions across tensile and shear benchmarks while remaining tractable for body

· “A phase-field modeling approach to sea-ice fracturing”

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Magnetic field selects discrete orbit angles in classical atom

Resonance with zero-point radiation allows only integer orientations and excludes m=0, supplying classical accounts of Stern-Gerlach and Zee

· “Magnetic Field Applied to the Classical Hydrogen Atom Treated in Classical Electrodynamics with Classical Zero-Point Radiation”

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Boundary geometry produces exact q=5/3 decay in 1D diffusion

Spectral analysis of layered systems shows asymmetric initial profiles yield nonextensive relaxation invariantly when boundary layer thickne

· “A spectral model of power-law decay in natural and engineered systems”

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Resonator activation splits elastic wave frequencies at temporal interfaces

A sudden shift to resonant dispersion produces multiple scattered frequencies plus a spatially fixed decaying mode explained by negative mod

· “Resonance-induced frequency splitting and evanescent modes at temporal interfaces in elastic metamaterials”

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Internal settings link energy and entropy balances via flux interdependence

Thermodynamical verification ties the balances together because the relevant fluxes and differentials are not independent

· “Constitutive Settings with regard to Energy- and Entropy-Balances in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics: the Thermodynamical Verification”

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Navier-Stokes convective term preserves Ornstein-Uhlenbeck LSI constant

Antisymmetry from energy conservation and Liouville property keeps the optimal constant and hypercontractivity rate identical to the linear

· “Logarithmic Sobolev inequality and hypercontractivity for the Navier-Stokes Fokker-Planck operator”

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Localized heating collapses to jump conditions in nonlinear beam model

Asymptotic reduction yields V-fold angles and snap-through thresholds for photoresponsive beams under laser light.

· “A nonlinear beam model for photoresponsive thermoelastic solids driven by localised heating”

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Dirac quantisation of rolling ball reproduces intrinsic Schrödinger equation

The Dirac-Bergmann procedure on a ball rolling down an incline yields the same quantum dynamics as the unconstrained intrinsic description o

· “A tutorial on Dirac quantisation by analysing the problem of a ball on an inclined plane as a Hamiltonian system with constraints”

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Asteroid impacts on pulsars produce detectable pulse modulations

Wobbling from off-diagonal inertia changes gives a signature to test whether such collisions explain gamma-ray and fast radio bursts.

· “Pulse Modulation as a Signature of the Asteroid-Neutron Star Collision Model for High-Energy Transients”

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Mobile agent converts catalyst requests into experiment-matching simulations

ChatMOSP retrieves parameters from literature to reproduce Pd nanoparticle shape changes and Pt activity oscillations under CO oxidation con

· “ChatMOSP: A Chemistry-Grounded Mobile Agent for Working-State Catalyst Simulations”

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Radiation from accelerating charge escapes Rindler wedge

Zero flux through infinity inside the wedge in both Minkowski and Rindler frames despite non-trivial coordinate map at large distances.

· “On radiation from hyperbolic motion, behavior of electromagnetic fields, and coordinate transformations at infinity”

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Xenon triple point measured at 161.40571 K agrees with prior results

Immersion apparatus with heat-leak correction gives value within 0.42 mK of adiabatic measurements, enabling practical use with long-stem th

· “Development of a xenon triple point apparatus suitable for calibrating long-stem SPRTs and preliminary measurements of the temperature”

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Numerical generator reproduces real fiber bundle compaction

Higher waviness increases inter-fiber contacts and transverse stiffness, requiring more load for target volume fraction

· “Numerical generation of random fiber bundles and the influence of microstructural properties on mechanical behavior”

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Transversely isotropic model outperforms isotropic ones for tendon inflation

Humphrey-Yin formulation captures exponential response and directional differences in porcine diaphragmatic tissue data.

· “On the Hyperelastic Behavior of the Boar Diaphragmatic Tendon Membrane by Inflation Tests and Modeling”

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