LEVM/LEVMW -Version 8.11 for DRT

[Taesik]

Hi, all,

I am trying to calculate the distribution of relaxation times from
Circuit R in LEVMW.

From the manual, it is clear that I can have up to 19 Voigt / Maxwell
elements.

However, it also says there is a way to increase this number by re-
compiling(?).

I am not very familiar with computer programming; thus, would anyone
be able to explain how I can increase this number?

I hope that this is not too complicated.

Thank you for your attention.

Best regards,

[Macdonald, James R]

To change Circuit R in LEVMW to allow determination of more than 19 relaxation times you would have to have available a Fortran Compiler program, and the task would be onerous. I do not reccoment that route. It is not clear to me why one would need more than 19 relaxation times; I have usually found that a maximum of 9 to 13 well defines the distribution.

You might find the examples of DRT determination in the FITTESTS file of LEVM instructive. You might also benefit from reading my papers #'s 184, 206, and 220, which you can freely read and download from my website, http://jrossmacdonald.com.

Good luck,

Ross M.

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Subject: LEVM/LEVMW -Version 8.11 for DRT

[Taesik]

Dear Prof. Macdonald,

It is my honor to have a word with you.

In fig 4 of this Journal of the electrochemical society paper (http://
dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.2801372), one can find a distribution function
plot.

The plot is obtained from nonparametric method (Tikhonov
regularization).

Do you think 19 elements will be enough to handle this kind of
impedance data?

In fig 4, they have more or less 10 points per a peak, and there are
five peaks shown.

I just thought it would be nice to have some number close to that from
parametric approach.

In my opinion, parametric approach is more straightforward involving
less mathematical subtlety than nonparametric one does.

Hopefully this can inspire some gifted Fortran programmers in the
group since I am totally lost about how to do the recompiling.

I wonder if there is any inherent programming difficulties regarding
this issue?

Thank you for your kind attention and time.

On May 17, 5:56 am, "Macdonald, James R" <m...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> To change Circuit R in LEVMW to allow determination of more than 19 relaxation times you would have to have available a Fortran Compiler program, and the task would be onerous.  I do not reccoment that route.  It is not clear to me why one would need more than 19 relaxation times;  I have usually found that a maximum of 9 to 13 well defines the distribution.
>

> You might find the examples of DRT determination in the FITTESTS file of LEVM instructive.  You might also benefit from reading my papers #'s 184, 206, and 220, which you can freely read and download from my website,http://jrossmacdonald.com.

>
> Good luck,
>
> Ross M.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. J. Ross Macdonald is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics, Emeritus; Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a member of NAS and NAE. Website:http://jrossmacdonald.com
>
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