水平变化波导中一种声场计算方法的数值实现

全局矩阵方法计算水平变化环境中的声场具有稳定性好、速度快、精度高等优点,在数值实现中如何快速、准确的求解大规模矩阵是该方法的一个关键问题。本文针对全局矩阵的特点,分别利用两种矩阵求解器,PARDISO和LAPACK,求解该问题。经过比较和讨论,得出结论:LAPACK对于全局矩阵的求解更有优势,求解速度快,而且可求解问题规模相对较大。使用不同的数值实现方法计算了楔形波导的传播损失(ASA标准问题),与解析解比较,证明全局矩阵方法计算精度很高。     

二维声场预测的快速多极基本解法

传统基本解法在二维大规模模型的声场求解过程中,系统方程形成和求解的计算量正比于自由度N的二次方O(N2)和三次方O(N3),求解效率低;为此,引入快速多极子算法并采用广义极小残差法迭代求解,提出一种用于二维声场预测的快速多极基本解法。对无限长圆柱体及二维类车体辐射模型的仿真结果表明,当N为3000时,分别采用快速多极基本解法与传统基本解法求解所需的时间比值约为百分之四,且N越大比值越小;最终实现系统方程的形成和求解的计算量降低到正比于自由度O(N),提高了对二维大规模模型声场预测计算效率。      

A theoretical and numerical resolution of an acoustic multiple scattering problem in three-dimensional case

This paper develops an analytical solution for sound, electromagnetic or any other wave propagation described by the Helmholtz equation in three-dimensional case. First, a theoretical investigation based on multipole expansion method and spherical wave functions was established, through which we show that the resolution of the problem is reduced to solving an infinite, complex and large linear system. Second, we explain how to suitably truncate the last infinite dimensional system to get an accurate stable and fast numerical solution of the problem. Then, we evaluate numerically the theoretical solution of scattering problem by multiple ideal rigid spheres. Finally, we made a numerical study to present the “Head related transfer function” with respect to different physical and geometrical parameters of the problem.     

A Meshless Regularization Method for a Two-Dimensional Two-Phase Linear Inverse Stefan Problem

In this paper, a meshless regularization method of fundamental solutions is proposed for a two-dimensional, two-phase linear inverse Stefan problem. The numerical implementation and analysis are challenging since one needs to handle composite materials in higher dimensions. Furthermore, the inverse Stefan problem is ill-posed since small errors in the input data cause large errors in the desired output solution. Therefore, regularization is necessary in order to obtain a stable solution. Numerical results for several benchmark test examples are presented and discussed.     

Nonlinear Landau Damping in Spherically Symmetric Vlasov Poisson Systems

The Vlasov Poisson system is a partial differential equation widely used to describe collisionless plasma. It is formulated in a six-dimensional phase space, this prohibits a numerical solution on a complete phase space grid. In some applications, however, spherical symmetry is given, which introduces singularities into the Vlasov Poisson equation. We focus on such problems and propose a stable algorithm using accommodating boundaries. At first, the method is tested in the linear regime, where analytical solutions are available. Thereafter it is applied to large disturbances from equilibrium.     

A new approach with piecewise-constant arguments to approximate and numerical solutions of oscillatory problems

This paper is devoted to the development of a novel approximate and numerical method for the solutions of linear and non-linear oscillatory systems, which are common in engineering dynamics. The original physical information included in the governing equations of motion is mostly transferred into the approximate and numerical solutions. Therefore, the approximate and numerical solutions generated by the present method reflect more accurately the characteristics of the motion of the systems. Furthermore, the solutions derived are continuous everywhere with good accuracy and convergence in comparing with Runge-Kutta method. An approximate solution is developed for a linear oscillatory problem and compared with its corresponding exact solution. A non-linear oscillatory problem is also solved numerically and compared with the solutions of Runge-Kutta method. Both the graphical and numerical comparisons are provided in the paper. The accuracy of the approximate and numerical solutions can be controlled as desired by the number of terms in the Taylor series and the value of a single parameter used in the present work. Formulae for numerical computation in solving various linear and non-linear oscillatory problems by the new approach are provided in the paper.     

An Approximate Approach for Systems of Singular Volterra Integral Equations Based on Taylor Expansion

In this article, an extended Taylor expansion method is proposed to estimate the solution of linear singular Volterra integral equations systems. The method is based on combining the m-th order Taylor polynomial of unknown functions at an arbitrary point and integration method, such that the given system of singular integral equations is converted into a system of linear equations with respect to unknown functions and their derivatives. The required solutions are obtained by solving the resulting linear system. The proposed method gives a very satisfactory solution, which can be performed by any symbolic mathematical packages such as Maple, Mathematica, etc. Our proposed approach provides a significant advantage that the m-th order approximate solutions are equal to exact solutions if the exact solutions are polynomial functions of degree less than or equal to m. We present an error analysis for the proposed method to emphasize its reliability. Six numerical examples are provided to show the accuracy and the efficiency of the suggested scheme for which the exact solutions are known in advance.     

An Approximate Approach for Systems of Singular Volterra Integral Equations Based on Taylor Expansion

In this article, an extended Taylor expansion method is proposed to estimate the solution of linear singular Volterra integral equations systems. The method is based on combining the m-th order Taylor polynomial of unknown functions at an arbitrary point and integration method, such that the given system of singular integral equations is converted into a system of linear equations with respect to unknown functions and their derivatives. The required solutions are obtained by solving the resulting linear system. The proposed method gives a very satisfactory solution,which can be performed by any symbolic mathematical packages such as Maple, Mathematica, etc. Our proposed approach provides a significant advantage that the m-th order approximate solutions are equal to exact solutions if the exact solutions are polynomial functions of degree less than or equal to m. We present an error analysis for the proposed method to emphasize its reliability. Six numerical examples are provided to show the accuracy and the efficiency of the suggested scheme for which the exact solutions are known in advance.     

A numerical study of three-dimensional liquid sloshing in tanks

A numerical model NEWTANK (Numerical Wave TANK) has been developed to study three-dimensional (3-D) non-linear liquid sloshing with broken free surfaces. The numerical model solves the spatially averaged Navier–Stokes equations, which are constructed on a non-inertial reference frame having arbitrary six degree-of-freedom (DOF) of motions, for two-phase flows. The large-eddy-simulation (LES) approach is adopted to model the turbulence effect by using the Smagorinsky sub-grid scale (SGS) closure model. The two-step projection method is employed in the numerical solutions, aided by the Bi-CGSTAB technique to solve the pressure Poisson equation for the filtered pressure field. The second-order accurate volume-of-fluid (VOF) method is used to track the distorted and broken free surface. Laboratory experiments are conducted for both 2-D and 3-D non-linear liquid sloshing in a rectangular tank. A linear analytical solution of 3-D liquid sloshing under the coupled surge and sway excitation is also developed in this study. The numerical model is first validated against the available analytical solution and experimental data for 2-D liquid sloshing of both inviscid and viscous fluids. The validation is further extended to 3-D liquid sloshing. The numerical results match with the analytical solution when the excitation amplitude is small. When the excitation amplitude is large where sloshing becomes highly non-linear, large discrepancies are developed between the numerical results and the analytical solutions, the former of which, however, agree well with the experimental data. Finally, as a demonstration, a violent liquid sloshing with broken free surfaces under six DOF excitations is simulated and discussed.     

Numerical solution of fractional differential equations via a Volterra integral equation approach

The main focus of this paper is to present a numerical method for the solution of fractional differential equations. In this method, the properties of the Caputo derivative are used to reduce the given fractional differential equation into a Volterra integral equation. The entire domain is divided into several small domains, and by collocating the integral equation at two adjacent points a system of two algebraic equations in two unknowns is obtained. The method is applied to solve linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations. Also the error analysis is presented. Some examples are given and the numerical simulations are also provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the new method.     

Solution of the transport integral equation with anisotropic scattering

The paper deals with the solution of the integral equation for particle transport in homogeneous material systems having plane and spherical symmetry. Emphasis is put on the explicit inclusion of anisotropic scattering (higher Legendre components of the scattering kernel). The present approach is based on a generalization of the Integral Transform method. The solution is represented as an expansion with respect to analytical basis functions with coefficients satisfying a certain linear system. The determination of this linear system and its matrix elements in a form convenient for numerical purposes is the central point of the paper.     

Algebraic Multigrid Preconditioning for Finite Element Solution of Inhomogeneous Elastic Inclusion Problems in Articular Cartilage

In studying biomechanical deformation in articular cartilage, the presence of cells (chondrocytes) necessitates the consideration of inhomogeneous elasticity problems in which cells are idealized as soft inclusions within a stiff extracellular matrix. An analytical solution of a soft inclusion problem is derived and used to evaluate iterative numerical solutions of the associated linear algebraic system based on discretization via the finite element method, and use of an iterative conjugate gradient method with algebraic multigrid preconditioning (AMG-PCG). Accuracy and efficiency of the AMG-PCG algorithm is compared to two other conjugate gradient algorithms with diagonal preconditioning (DS-PCG) or a modified incomplete LU decomposition (Euclid-PCG) based on comparison to the analytical solution. While all three algorithms are shown to be accurate, the AMG-PCG algorithm is demonstrated to provide significant savings in CPU time as the number of nodal unknowns is increased. In contrast to the other two algorithms, the AMG-PCG algorithm also exhibits little sensitivity of CPU time and number of iterations to variations in material properties that are known to significantly affect model variables. Results demonstrate the benefits of algebraic multigrid preconditioners for the iterative solution of assembled linear systems based on finite element modeling of soft elastic inclusion problems and may be particularly advantageous for large scale problems with many nodal unknowns.     

An Efficient Semi-Analytical Method to Compute Displacements and Stresses in an Elastic Half-Space with a Hemispherical Pit

This paper presents an efficient method to calculate the displacement and stress fields in an isotropic elastic half-space having a hemispherical pit and being subject to gravity. The method is semi-analytical and takes advantage of the axisymmetry of the problem. The Boussinesq potentials are used to obtain an analytical solution in series form, which satisfies the equilibrium equations of elastostatics, traction-free boundary conditions on the infinite plane surface and decaying conditions at infinity. The boundary conditions on the free surface of the pit are then imposed numerically, by minimising a quadratic functional of surface elastic energy. The minimisation yields a symmetric and positive definite linear system of equations for the coefficients of the series, whose particular block structure allows its solution in an efficient and robust way. The convergence of the series is verified and the obtained semi-analytical solution is then evaluated, providing numerical results. The method is validated by comparing the semi-analytical solution with the numerical results obtained using a commercial finite element software.     

Dynamics of solitary waves generated by subcritical instability under the action of delayed feedback control

We consider the influence of a global delayed feedback control which acts on a system governed by a subcritical Ginzburg–Landau equation. The method based on a variational principle is applied for the derivation of a low-dimensional evolution model. In the framework of this model a one-pulse solution is found, and its linear and nonlinear stability analysis is carried out. The existence region for a stable time-periodic pulse solution is found between the boundaries in the parameter space corresponding to a Hopf bifurcation and a saddle-node bifurcation. The obtained results are compared with the results of an analytical linear theory and direct numerical simulations of the original problem.     

对称双弹簧振子受迫、有阻尼横振动的混沌行为

对受周期外力驱动的对称双弹簧振子进行了研究,建立了系统的动力学方程,用线性稳定性分析方法讨论了平衡点附近邻域的稳定性,利用数值计算并结合多种分析方法,求解非线性方程和判断解的性质.通过改变系统参数,画出时域图、相图及分岔图等.计算分析和数值实验发现,这个简单的力学系统存在十分丰富的动力学行为(分岔、混沌).理论分析和数值实验结果一致.     

Efficient solution strategy for the semi-implicit discontinuous Galerkin discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations

We deal with the numerical solution of the system of the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with the aid of the interior penalty Galerkin method. We employ a semi-implicit time discretization which leads to the solution of a sequence of linear algebraic systems. We develop an efficient strategy for the solution of these systems. It is based on a simple adaptive technique for the choice of the time step and a relatively weak stopping criterion for iterative linear algebraic solvers. The presented numerical experiments show that the proposed strategy is efficient for steady-state problems using various grids, polynomial degrees of approximations and flow regimes. Finally, we apply this strategy with a minor modification to an unsteady flow.     

Synthesis of lumped-parameter vibrating systems in which elemental stiffness may be varied

The paper describes a method of synthesizing the stiffnesses of the elastic elements in linear lumped-parameter vibrating systems so that one mode has a prescribed natural frequency and mode shape. It is shown that although in many cases a unique solution to the problem does not exist, a least squares solution can readily be evaluated and used as a basis for obtaining a general solution in the form of a linear combination of a number of linearly independent vectors. This type of solution is found to be particularly convenient when additional optimization is to be carried out on the system being considered. The use of the method is illustrated by means of two numerical examples.     

中子裂变链统计涨落问题的数值计算方法

研究了弱中子源驱动下,裂变系统中子裂变链统计涨落问题的数值计算方法。进行了数值计算建模、数值方法分析、数值计算检验、一类问题概率分布函数的统计涨落特征量的数值计算示范。特例数值检验表明:只要数值解方程组阶数(截断) N足够大,数值解满足归一(守恒) 律、指数增长律,并与精确解析解一致。对于非定常裂变系统中子裂变链统计涨落问题提出了一维等效模型下数值模拟的方法。     

An Analytical Self-consistent Solution for the Free Energy of a 1-D Chain of Atoms Including Anharmonic Effects

The self-consistent method of lattice dynamics (SCLD) is used to obtain an analytical solution for the free energy of a periodic, one-dimensional, mono-atomic chain accounting for fourth-order anharmonic effects. For nearest-neighbor interactions, a closed-form analytical solution is obtained. In the case where more distant interactions are considered, a system of coupled nonlinear algebraic equations is obtained (as in the standard SCLD method) however with the number of equations dramatically reduced. The analytical SCLD solutions are compared with a numerical evaluation of the exact solution for simple cases and with molecular dynamics simulation results for a large system. The advantages of SCLD over methods based on the harmonic approximation are discussed as well as some limitations of the approach.     

High-order quadratures for the solution of scattering problems in two dimensions

We construct an iterative algorithm for the solution of forward scattering problems in two dimensions. The scheme is based on the combination of high-order quadrature formulae, fast application of integral operators in Lippmann–Schwinger equations, and the stabilized bi-conjugate gradient method (BI-CGSTAB). While the FFT-based fast application of integral operators and the BI-CGSTAB for the solution of linear systems are fairly standard, a large part of this paper is devoted to constructing a class of high-order quadrature formulae applicable to a wide range of singular functions in two and three dimensions; these are used to obtain rapidly convergent discretizations of Lippmann–Schwinger equations. The performance of the algorithm is illustrated with several numerical examples.