Molecular dynamics study on the impact of the development of dendritic nanostructures on the specific heat capacity of molten salt nanofluids

FM Abir, D Shin - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
A dendritic nanostructure has been observed to form when one salt of the eutectic salt
mixture comes into contact with a SiO 2 nanoparticle, according to investigations in …

[HTML][HTML] Global convergence of BFGS and PRP methods under a modified weak Wolfe–Powell line search

G Yuan, Z Wei, X Lu - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
The BFGS method is one of the most effective quasi-Newton algorithms for optimization
problems. However, its global convergence for general functions is still open. In this paper …

[HTML][HTML] A three-terms Polak–Ribière–Polyak conjugate gradient algorithm for large-scale nonlinear equations

G Yuan, M Zhang - Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a conjugate gradient algorithm for systems of large-scale nonlinear equations
is designed by the following steps:(i) A three-terms conjugate gradient direction dk is …

A modified Hestenes and Stiefel conjugate gradient algorithm for large-scale nonsmooth minimizations and nonlinear equations

G Yuan, Z Meng, Y Li - Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2016 - Springer
It is well known that nonlinear conjugate gradient methods are very effective for large-scale
smooth optimization problems. However, their efficiency has not been widely investigated for …

[HTML][HTML] The global convergence of the Polak–Ribière–Polyak conjugate gradient algorithm under inexact line search for nonconvex functions

G Yuan, Z Wei, Y Yang - Journal of Computational and Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Powell (1984) and Dai (2003) constructed respectively a counterexample to show
that the Polak–Ribière–Polyak (PRP) conjugate gradient algorithm fails to globally converge …

Specific Heat Capacity of Solar Salt-Based Nanofluids: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experiment

FM Abir, D Shin - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, a nanofluid composed of molten solar salt (MSS) and 1.0% SiO2 nanoparticles
by mass was created and analyzed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to …

Two modified conjugate gradient methods for unconstrained optimization with applications in image restoration problems

G Ma, H Lin, W **, D Han - Journal of Applied Mathematics and …, 2022 - Springer
The conjugate gradient methods (CGMs) are very effective iterative methods for solving
unconstrained optimization problems. In this paper, the second inequality of the strong Wolfe …

Cellulose nanocrystals: Tensile strength and failure mechanisms revealed using reactive molecular dynamics

A Gupta, A Khodayari, ACT Van Duin, U Hirn… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) offer excellent mechanical properties. However, measuring
the strength by performing reliable experiments at the nanoscale is challenging. In this …

A conjugate gradient algorithm and its applications in image restoration

J Cao, J Wu - Applied Numerical Mathematics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a nonlinear conjugate gradient algorithm is presented. This given algorithm
possesses the following properties:(i) the sufficient descent property is satisfied;(ii) the trust …

Thermophysical properties of polyethylene glycol oligomers via molecular dynamics simulations

TH Ho, TD Hien, Ø Wilhelmsen, TT Trinh - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a versatile chemical with numerous applications in various
fields, including biomedical research, pharmaceutical development, and industrial …