Effects of permeability and viscosity in linear polymeric gels

We propose and analyze a mathematical model of the mechanics of gels, consisting of the laws of balance of mass and linear momentum of the polymer and liquid components of the gel. We consider a gel to be an immiscible and incompressible mixture of a nonlinearly elastic polymer and a fluid. The problems that we study are motivated by predictions of the life cycle of body‐implantable medical devices. Scaling arguments suggest neglecting inertia terms, and therefore, we consider the quasi‐static approximation to the dynamics. We focus on the linearized system about stress‐free states, uniform expansions, and compressions and derive sufficient conditions for the solvability of the time‐dependent problems. These turn out to be conditions that guarantee local stability of the equilibrium solutions. We also consider non‐stress free equilibria and states with residual stress and derive an energy law for the corresponding time‐dependent system. The conditions that guarantee stability of solutions provide a selection criteria of the material parameters of devices. The boundary conditions that we consider are of two types, displacement‐traction and permeability of the gel surface to the fluid. We address the cases of viscous and inviscid solvent, assume Newtonian dissipation for the polymer component, and establish existence of weak solutions for the different boundary permeability conditions and viscosity assumptions. We present two‐dimensional, finite element numerical simulations to study stress concentration on edges, this being the precursor to debonding of the gel from its substrate. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

颤振分析中的特征值排序问题

颤振分析中判断颤振临界速度的重要依据是系统V-g和V-f图,即系统特征值随参数的变化曲线.在几乎所有商用软件及自编程序的输出结果中,有时会出现所谓的"窜支"现象,这给颤振临界速度和颤振穿越分支及耦合形式的判断带来很大不便.通过隐函数定理可以证明,除重特征值点以外,系统特征值连续依赖于系统参数变化.依据多元向量值函数连续性,建立对特征值的排列算法,给出系统特征根轨迹的正确曲线,再输出V-g和V-f图数据,从而避免"窜支"现象.编制应用程序,通过几个典型算例对算法进行了验证.该工作能够有效简化颤振分析的后处理工作,提高分析效率.     

Boundary-Value Problems of the Theory of Thin and Nonthin Orthotropic Shells with Account of Nonlinearly Elastic Properties and Low Shear Rigidity of Composite Materials

The basic geometric and physical relations and resolving equations of the theory of thin and nonthin orthotropic composite shells with account of nonlinear properties and low shear rigidity of their materials are presented. They are derived based on two theories, namely the theory of anisotropic shells employing the Timoshenko or Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis and the nonlinear theory of elasticity and plasticity of anisotropic media in combination with the Lagrange variational principle. The procedure and algorithm for the numerical solution of nonlinear (linear) problems are based on the method of successive approximations, the difference-variational method, and the Lagrange multiplier method. Calculations of the stress-strain state for a spherical shell with a circular opening loaded with internal pressure are presented. The effect of transverse shear strains and physical nonlinearity of the material on the distribution of maximum deflections and circumferential stresses in the shell, obtained according to two variants of the shell theories, is studied. A comparison of the results of the problem solution in linear and nonlinear statements with and without account of the shell shear strains is given. The numerical data obtained for thin and nonthin (medium thick) composite shells are analyzed.     

Unsteady motion of a spherical bubble in a complex fluid: Mathematical modelling and simulation

The nonlinear response of an oscillatory bubble in a complex fluid is studied. The bubble is immersed in a Newtonian liquid, which may have a dilute volume fraction of anisotropic additives such as fibers or few ppm of macromolecules. The constitutive equation for the fluid is based on a Maxwell model with an extensional viscosity for the viscous contribution. The model is considered new in the study of bubble dynamics in complex fluids. The numerical computation solves a system of three first order ordinary differential equations, including the one associated with the solution of the convolution integral, using a fifth order Runge–Kutta scheme with appropriated time steps. Asymptotic solutions of governing equation are developed for small values of the pressure forcing amplitude and for small values of the elastic parameter. A study of the bubble collapse radius is also presented. We compare the results predicted by our model with other model in the literature and a good agreement is observed. The calculated asymptotic solutions are also used to test the results of the numerical simulations. In addition, the orientation of the additives is considered. The angular probability density function is assumed to be a normal distribution. The results show that the model based on the fully aligned additives with the radial direction overestimates the tendency of the additives to stabilize the bubble motion, since the effect of extensional viscosity occurs due to the particle resistance to the movement throughout its longitudinal direction.     

基于NSGA-Ⅱ的应急储备库多目标

应急物资储备库选址问题是在近年世界灾害多发的现实背景下产生的,根据具体选址问题特点建立了多目标选址决策模型。该模型综合考虑了两种灾害风险下储备库的成本费用、覆盖效率以及对重点地区的备用覆盖,以使模型更加符合实际目标及约束情况。算法设计上,首次采用带精英策略的非支配排序遗传算法(Fast and elitist Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm Ⅱ,NSGA-Ⅱ)解决储备库多目标选址问题,得到了Pareto非劣解分布并同不带精英策略的常规NSGA算法下的仿真结果进行对比分析。验证了模型的可行性以及NSGA-Ⅱ在解决储备库多目标选址问题的有效性。     

Variation of the structure and permeability of tensioned fiber layers during impregnation with a thermoplastic polymer melt

The influence of displacements of tensioned fibers on the impregnation of fibrous layers with a polymer melt and on the final composite structure is studied. Using computer simulation, it is shown that, during impregnation, the structure of tensioned fibrous layers changes considerably depending on the initial arrangement and tensioning of fibers. The consolidated regions formed under the melt front move inside the impregnated layer with the advancing melt front. Displacement of the tensioned fibers as well as the formation of “washouts” favors the impregnation of internal layers, but cause significant inhomogeneity of the polymer structure. The surface (on the side of the melt flow) regions are more saturated with the polymer than the internal ones. A difference in the melt percolation mechanisms at various impregnation regimes is revealed. The effective permeability coefficients of a tensioned fiber layer are not constant but depend on the conditions and regimes of impregnation. Submitted to the 11th Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, June 11–15, 2000). Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 259–270, March–April, 2000.     

拍卖机制设计在区块链中的应用与挑战

区块链是新一代信息技术的重要组成部分,是分布式网络、加密技术、智能合约等多种技术集成的新型数据库软件。过去的十多年,区块链技术在全球范围内产生广泛影响。如今的区块链技术,已从最初的关注于解决货币和支付的去中心化问题,转入到解决市场的去中心化问题。智能合约的出现使得基于区块链技术的去中心化金融进入高速发展状态,也涌现出区块链环境下的各类拍卖场景。本文首次从机制设计角度,以区块链交易费机制,非同质化代币(Non-Fungible Token,NFT)拍卖和矿工可提取价值(Miner-Extractable Value,MEV)交易位置拍卖为主要对象,总结和剖析近些年来区块链上特有的拍卖机制;并针对区块链特性,提出区块链上拍卖机制设计所面临的挑战和未来亟待解决的问题。     

On the hyperbolicity of the period-doubling fixed point

We give a new proof of the hyperbolicity of the fixed point for the period-doubling renormalization operator using the local dynamics near a semi-attractive fixed point (in a Banach space) and the theory of holomorphic motions. We also give a new proof of the exponential contraction of the Feigenbaum renormalization operator in the hybrid class of the period-doubling fixed point: our proof uses the non-existence of invariant line fields in the period-doubling tower (C. McMullen), the topological convergence (D. Sullivan), and a new infinitesimal argument.

     

The Stokes phenomenon in the confluence of the hypergeometric equation using Riccati equation

In this paper we study the confluence of two regular singular points of the hypergeometric equation into an irregular one. We study the consequence of the divergence of solutions at the irregular singular point for the unfolded system. Our study covers a full neighborhood of the origin in the confluence parameter space. In particular, we show how the divergence of solutions at the irregular singular point explains the presence of logarithmic terms in the solutions at a regular singular point of the unfolded system. For this study, we consider values of the confluence parameter taken in two sectors covering the complex plane. In each sector, we study the monodromy of a first integral of a Riccati system related to the hypergeometric equation. Then, on each sector, we include the presence of logarithmic terms into a continuous phenomenon and view a Stokes multiplier related to a 1-summable solution as the limit of an obstruction that prevents a pair of eigenvectors of the monodromy operators, one at each singular point, to coincide.     

Mathematical modeling of time fractional reaction–diffusion systems

We study a fractional reaction–diffusion system with two types of variables: activator and inhibitor. The interactions between components are modeled by cubical nonlinearity. Linearization of the system around the homogeneous state provides information about the stability of the solutions which is quite different from linear stability analysis of the regular system with integer derivatives. It is shown that by combining the fractional derivatives index with the ratio of characteristic times, it is possible to find the marginal value of the index where the oscillatory instability arises. The increase of the value of fractional derivative index leads to the time periodic solutions. The domains of existing periodic solutions for different parameters of the problem are obtained. A computer simulation of the corresponding nonlinear fractional ordinary differential equations is presented. For the fractional reaction–diffusion systems it is established that there exists a set of stable spatio-temporal structures of the one-dimensional system under the Neumann and periodic boundary conditions. The characteristic features of these solutions consist of the transformation of the steady-state dissipative structures to homogeneous oscillations or space temporary structures at a certain value of fractional index and the ratio of characteristic times of system.     

Determination of the Steady-State Response of Viscoelastically Point-Supported Rectangular Orthotropic Plates

In the present study, the steady-state response to a sinusoidally varying concentrated force acting at the center of a rectangular point-supported orthotropic elastic plate is analyzed. The equation of the plate is represented by finite-difference expressions. By using the ordinary finite-difference technique, the problem is reduced to the solution of a system of algebraic equations. The influence of mechanical properties of the plate material on the vibration modes and the steady-state response of the plate is investigated numerically. Also, the effect of location of the point supports is studied. The problems considered are solved within the framework of the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis.     

制造企业服务化程度、服务化模式和服务化收益研究

制造企业在推进服务化的过程中出现的绩效下滑和“去服务化”现象引起了学术界的广泛关注并催生了“服务化悖论”的相关研究。本文从需求侧视角出发,将这一问题转化为不同需求侧特征下服务化程度、服务化模式对服务化收益的影响,并构建了考虑需求侧特征的制造企业服务化程度决策模型;在此基础上研究了不同服务化模式下服务化程度与服务化收益之间的关系;最后,结合仿真分析的结果确定了制造企业服务化路径。研究表明:(1)制造企业服务化是一个双向的动态可逆过程,并非所有企业都适合开展服务化活动,企业应根据当前的服务化状态选择相应服务化路径。(2)除独立服务化模式外,合作服务化和外包服务化两种模式下服务化程度的高低更多的受到合作伙伴属性的影响,企业很难单独决定服务化程度。(3)需求侧特征的变动会对服务化收益产生重要影响,不同服务化模式对应不同的需求侧特征。研究结论为服务化悖论的分析提供了新的视角,也为企业推进服务化战略提供了借鉴。     

Heteroclinic dynamics and attitude motion chaotization of coaxial bodies and dual-spin spacecraft

Heteroclinic dynamics of a free coaxial bodies system and dual-spin spacecraft is examined. New analytical solutions for heteroclinic orbits, corresponded to the polhodes-separatrices in the space of the angular moment components, are obtained. On the base of these analytical heteroclinic solutions analysis of possibility of the system motion chaotization with the help of Melnikov method is conducted. The analysis shows the polhode-separatrix-orbit splitting at presence of small harmonical perturbation torques between the coaxial bodies. The separatrix splitting generates the chaotic layer near the unperturbed separatrix region. This fact proves possibility of realization of non-regular dynamics and chaotic tilting motion of the dual-spin spacecraft.     

Compound geometric residual lifetime distributions and the deficit at ruin

Some reliability based properties of compound geometric distributions are derived using an approach motivated by the analysis of the deficit at ruin in a renewal risk theoretic setting. Implications for generalizing the result of Cai and Kalashnikov [J. Appl. Prob. 37 (2000) 283–289] are discussed. Subsequently, analysis of the distribution of the deficit itself in the renewal risk setting is considered. The regenerative nature of the ruin problem in the renewal risk model is exploited to study exact and approximate properties of the deficit at ruin (given that ruin occurs). Central to the discussion are the compound geometric components of the maximal aggregate loss. The proper distribution of the deficit, given that ruin occurs, is a mixture of residual ladder height distributions, from which various exact relationships and bounds follow. The asymptotic (in the initial surplus) distribution of the deficit is also considered. Stronger results are obtained with additional assumptions about the interclaim time or claim size distribution.     

基于活动延期风险加权时差的资源受限项目调度鲁棒性度量

在项目调度鲁棒性研究中,当活动出现延期风险时,由于各活动性质不同,其延期风险权重也不同,权重越大的活动越有可能影响项目的完工时间。针对资源受限项目调度问题,提出一个基于活动延期风险加权时差的鲁棒性度量新指标。在出现不确定因素干扰时,该指标不仅考虑了活动延期风险权重的影响,同时为实现时差在多个任务之间的共享,还考虑了紧前任务数量的影响。建立一个以加权时差最大化为目标的资源受限项目调度鲁棒优化模型,并针对模型特点,设计了基于禁忌搜索的模拟退火算法。最后,通过算例验证了该度量方式和算法的合理性和有效性,对比分析结果表明所提出的指标优于现有的度量指标,较好地满足了项目调度质量鲁棒性的要求。     

Propagation of shock wave type singularities in equations of two-dimensional zero-pressure gas dynamics

We study a system of equations consisting of the two-dimensional Bürgers equation and the continuity equation. In 1970 such a system was proposed by Ya. B. Zeldovich for describing the formation of the large-scale structure of the Universe. In the present paper, for the divergent form of this system (the zero-pressure gas dynamics system), we rigorously define the notion of its generalized solution (in the sense of distributions) in terms of Radon measures and obtain a generalization of the Rankine-Hugoniot relations. By using these relations, we show that, in general, the variational representation of generalized solutions valid for the one-dimensional system of zero-pressure gas dynamics does not make sense in the two-dimensional case. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 760–769, November, 1999.     

Finding Optimal Targets for Change Agents: A Computer Simulation of Innovation Diffusion

We introduce a diffusion of innovation model based on a network threshold approach. Realistic network and threshold data were gathered regarding the diffusion of new software tools within part of a large organization. Novel model features are a second threshold for innovation rejection and a memory that allows actors to take trends into account. Computer simulations produce expected outcomes, such as the S-shaped diffusion curve, but also diffusion breakdown and oscillations. We define and compute the quality of change agent targets in terms of the impact targeted actors have on the diffusion process. Our simulations reveal considerable variance in the quality of actors as change agent targets. Certain actors can be singled out as especially important to the diffusion process. Small changes in the distribution of thresholds and changes in some parameters, such as the sensitivity for trends, lead to significant changes in the target quality measure. To illustrate these interdependencies we outline how the impact of an actor targeted by a change agent spreads through the network. We thus can explain why a good change agent target does not necessarily need to be an opinion leader. Simulations comparing the effectiveness of randomly selected targets versus a group of good change agent targets indicate that the selection of good targets can accelerate innovation diffusion.     

Minimizing the Difference of Dual Functions of Two Coradiant Functions

In this article, we solve the problem of minimizing the difference of dual functions of two coradiant functions. We do this by applying a type of duality, that is used in microeconomic theory. Indeed, the dual function of a co-radiant function is decreasing and inverse coradiant. So, we first give various characterizations for the maximal elements of the support sets of this class of functions. Next, by using these results, we obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions for the global minimizers of the difference of two decreasing and inverse coradiant functions. Finally, as an application, we present the necessary and sufficient conditions for the global minimizers of the difference of dual functions of two co-radiant functions.     

公众参与视角下的央地环境规制博弈分析

本文首先构建环境规制中中央政府和地方政府的两方演化博弈模型,并在此基础上将公众作为第三方参与主体,构建中央政府、地方政府和公众三方演化博弈模型,详细比较两方和三方博弈模型的区别,探究各个主体策略行为的影响因素。研究发现:(1)未有公众参与下,地方政府策略选择主要受地方政府积极执行成本、环境收益、经济损失,消极执行的环境政绩损失,中央政府监管力度、治理补贴和对地方政府的处罚等因素影响;中央政府的监管策略主要受到严格监管的成本以及对地方政府的治理补贴和处罚等因素影响。引入公众参与后,在央地两方博弈的基础上,地方政府环境规制执行策略的影响因素还增加了地方政府被举报后所受到的追加处罚,中央政府监管策略的影响因素还增加了中央政府监管力度、对地方政府的追加处罚以及中央政府的公信力损失。(2)未有公众参与下,中央政府严格监管的概率随地方政府积极执行概率的增大而减小。引入公众参与后,中央政府严格监管率随地方政府积极执行概率的增大而增大。说明在公众参与下,地方政府积极执行环境规制对中央政府严格监管产生的抑制作用转变成了促进作用。(3)地方政府积极执行的概率、中央政府严格监管的概率都随公众举报概率的增大而增大。说明公众参与不仅对地方政府承担环保责任具有促进作用,而且有利于促使中央政府落实环境治理政策。     

Using subsystem linear regression metamodels in stochastic simulation

This article explores the use of metamodels as simulation building blocks. The metamodel replaces a part of the simulation model with a mathematical function that mimics the input–output behavior of that part, with respect to some measure of interest to the designer. The integration of metamodels as components of the simulation model simplifies the model and reduces the simulation time. Such use of the metamodels also gives the designer a better understanding of the behavior of those parts of the model, making the simulation model as a whole more intelligible. The metamodel-based simulation model building process is examined, step by step, and the designer options are explored. This process includes the identification of the metamodel candidates and the construction of the metamodels themselves. The assessment of the proposed approach includes the evaluation of the integration effort of the metamodel into the metamodel-based simulation model, and the accuracy of the output data when compared to the original system.