Fractals in Engineering: New Trends in Theory and Applications

By Evelyne Lutton

Part 1: Mathematical Aspects.- Theory and Applications of Fractal Tops.- Splines, Fractal Functions, and Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin Spaces.- Hoelderian Random Functions.- Fractal Stationary Density in Coupled Maps.- Part 2: Physics.- A Network of Fractal Force Chains and Their Effect in Granular Materials under Compression.- Percolation and Permeability of Three Dimensional Fracture Networks with a Power Law Size Distribution.- Acoustic Diffraction Patterns from Fractal to Urban Structures: Applications to the Sierpinski Triangle and to a Neoclassical Urban Facade.- Turbulent k - epsilon model of flute-like musical instrument sound production.- Part 3: Chemical Engineering.- A Simple Discrete Stochastic Model for Laser-induced Jet-chemical Etching.- Invariant Structures and Multifractal Measures in 2d Mixing Systems.- Part 4: Finance.- Long Range Dependence in Financial Markets.- Financial Modelling by Multiscale Fractional Brownian Motion.- Part 5: Internet Traffic.- Limiting Fractal Random Processes in Heavy-tailed Systems.- A Non-parametric Test for Self-similarity and Stationarity in Network Traffic.- Part 6: Image Processing.- Continuous Evolution of Functions and Measures Toward Fixed Points of Contraction Mappings.- Various Mathematical Approaches to Extract Information from Textures of Increasing Complexities.- Fractal Inverse Problem: Approximation, Formulation and Differential Methods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849965501
• ISBN13: 9781849965507
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"