On the interrelation of the basic laws of continuum mechanics

It has been shown by the present authors in a recent paper [1] that if some conservation and balance laws of continuum mechanics are represented in a 4 × 4 form, balance of linear physical momentum (i. e., stress) and balance of mass become closely linked. This seemingly novel result was reached in a completely ad‐hoc fashion by treating time on the same level as the spatial coordinates, and not as parameter, as it is usually done. In order to place the above ad‐hoc result on a firmer foundation and since it is in the theory of relativity that space and time are considered on the same footing, an attempt is made to derive several tensors of continuum mechanics in a systematic manner as 4 × 4 invariant objects.     

A Posteriori Estimators for the FEM: Analysis of the Robustness of the Estimators for the Poisson Equation

This paper is a summary of our study on estimators for the error in the finite element solution given in [4,5,7,9,10]. We will persent the analysis of estimators for finite element solutions of the Poisson equation in the interior of meshes of triangles with straight edges, as well as the analysis at the boundary.     

Mathematical modeling of the distribution of galaxies in the universe

On the base of a random walk model with the transition probability given as a three-dimensional spherically symmetric stable law, a structural function is derived for the distribution of galaxies in the Universe which satisfactorily describes the scaling properties (fractality) of the distribution at small distances as well as the violation of scaling at large distances, in accordance with the data in the CfA catalogue. Proceedings of the XVII Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Kazan, Russia, 1995, Part III.     

Simulation of the effect of learning on the topology of the functional connectivity of neural networks

We introduce a procedure for simulating adaptive learning in neural networks and the effect this learning has on the way in which the functional connections between the nodes of the network are established. The procedure combines two mechanisms: firstly, the gradual dilution of the network through the elimination of synaptic weights in increasing order of magnitude, thus reducing the costs of the network structure. Secondly, to train the network as it is diluted so as not to compromise its performance pursuant to the proposed task. Considering different levels of learning difficulty, we compare the topology of the functional connectivities that result from the application of this procedure with those obtained using fMRI in healthy volunteers. According to our results, the topology of functional connectivities in healthy subjects can be interpreted as the product of a learning process with a specific degree of difficulty.     

考虑废旧品质量的闭环供应链混合回收渠道选择研究

为确定最优的回收渠道,对由单个制造商、零售商和第三方组成的闭环供应链系统进行研究。在该系统中,可能存在制造商和零售商、制造商和第三方、零售商和第三方以及制造商、零售商和第三方同时回收的四种渠道,并根据质量差异对废旧品进行翻新或再制造。在分散决策下建立了四种回收渠道模型。比较发现:站在制造商和系统收益最大化及社会效益角度,三渠道是最佳选择,此时得到的废旧品最多;制造商不进行回收时获利最低,且不利于提高废旧品的获取量。最后,通过算例剖析了废旧品再制造率对四种混合回收渠道下成员及系统利润的影响。结果表明:制造商应尽量将废旧品用于再制造。     

The impact of the computer on the teaching of analysis

The computer creates new opportunities for analysis instruction. Some traditional motivations for treating conceptually exacting analysis in school can, however, no longer be maintained without further discussion, for instance: calculations such as finding extreme values or areas can be easily programmed without analysis, and practical applications, as in physics or technology, use discrete methods in computer programs.

This results in a crisis: the legitimacy of traditional analysis in school is challenged. This challenge is analysed, consequences for goals and methods of analysis teaching at schools are named, and some initial examples are given, as to how this could be realized with the help of the computer.     

Reversal of the reinforcing effect of fillers and the relation between the flexibility of the macromolecules and the mechanical properties of filled polymers

The author describes various effects which he has detected involving the reversal of the reinforcing action of fillers in polymers in different subregions of the glassy state. It is suggested that these effects can be explained in terms of, among other things, the flexibility of the macromolecules. The concept of an optimal flexibility at which the maximum value of a given mechanical property can be realized is introduced. It is shown that it is possible, in principle, to reinforce a polymer in any subregion of the glassy state and even below T_b, as well as to obtain equal-strength, equal-modulus, equally reinforced, etc., composites containing different (large and small) amounts of fillers and plasticizers.     

判别函数定号性和变号性的几个定理及其对睡陀螺轴运动条件稳定性的应用

本文给出判别函数定号性和变号性的几个定理并给出其对睡陀螺轴运动条件稳定性的应用.从而得出睡陀螺轴运动条件稳定的必充条件.它与章动角稳定和运动方程全部变量稳定的必充条件吻合.     

Differentials and differential coefficients in the Eulerian foundations of the calculus

In the 18th-century calculus the classical notion of quantity was understood as general quantity, which was expressed analytically and was subject to formal manipulation. Number was understood as the measure of quantity; however, only fractions and natural numbers were considered numbers in the true sense of term. The other types of numbers were fictitious entities, namely ideal entities firmly founded in the real world which could be operated upon as if they were numbers. In this context Eulerian infinitesimals should also be considered as fictitious numbers. They were symbols that represented a primordial and intuitive idea of limit, although they were manipulated in the same way as numbers. This conception allowed Euler to consider calculus as a calculus of functions (intended as analytical expressions of quantities) and, at the same time, to handle differentials formally.     

Hydroelastic phenomena in the neighborhood of the bifurcation of the aorta

The mechanical behavior of the vessels and the blood near a bifurcation is analyzed. A single-layer homogeneous shell is taken as a model of the aorta on the assumption that the intima is much less stiff than the other layers. In analyzing the blood flow in large vessels, the blood is treated as a viscous Newtonian liquid, whose motion is described by the Navier-Stokes equations and the continuity equation.Zhukovskii Air Force Engineering Academy, Moscow; Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 164–166, January–February, 1971.     

The estimation of the strength of the heat source in the heat conduction problems

A general method is proposed to determine the strength of the heat source in the Fourier and non-Fourier heat conduction problems. A finite difference method, the concept of the future time and a modified Newton–Raphson method are adopted in the problem. The undetermined heat source at each time step is formulated as an unknown variable in a set of equations from the measured temperature and the calculated temperature. Then, an iterative process is used to solve the set of equations. No selected function is needed to represent the undetermined function in advance. Three examples are used to demonstrate the characteristics of the proposed method. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed by the numerical results. The results show that the proposed method is an accurate and stable method to determine the strength of the heat source in the inverse hyperbolic heat conduction problems. Furthermore, the result shows that more future times are needed in the hyperbolic equation than that of parabolic equation. Moreover, the robustness and the accuracy of the estimated results in the non-Fourier problem are not as well as those of the Fourier problem.     

Influence of the finite precision on the simulations of discrete dynamical systems

The effect of numerical precision on the mean distance and on the mean coalescence time between trajectories of two random maps was investigated. It was shown that mean coalescence time between trajectories can be used to characterize regions of the phase space of the maps. The mean coalescence time between trajectories scales as a power law as a function of the numerical precision of the calculations in the contracting and transitions regions of the maps. In the contracting regions the exponent of the power law is approximately one for both maps and it is approximately two in the transition regions for both maps. In the chaotic regions, the mean coalescence time between trajectories scales as an exponential law as a function of the numerical precision of the calculations for the maps. For both maps the exponents are of the same order of magnitude in the chaotic regions.     

Modeling the migration of cancer cells in the bloodstream

We model the migration of cancer cells that have broken away from a tumor and are circulating in the bloodstream. Using the immersed boundary method and culling from literature the material properties of cancer cells, we simulate how cells deform as a function of the flow properties of the bloodstream as well as the adhesive properties between the cancer cells and the endothelial cells of the bloodstream. We also simulate the migration characteristics as a function of the migrating cell density. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Hume, the Occult, and the Substance of the School

I have not been able to locate any critique of Hume on substance by a Schoolman, at least in English, dating from Hume's period or shortly thereafter. I have, therefore, constructed my own critique as an exercise in ??post facto history??. This is what a late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century Scholastic could, would, and should have said in response to Hume's attack on substance should they have been minded to do so. That no one did is somewhat mysterious. My critique is precisely in the language of the period, using solely the conceptual resources available to a Schoolman at that time. The arguments, however, are as sound now as they were then, and in this sense the paper performs a dual role??contributing to the defence of substance contra Hume, and filling, albeit two hundred?years or so too late, a gap in the historical record.     

基于解释结构模型的建筑工程质量因素分析

以建筑工程为研究对象,选取13项影响建筑工程质量因素的指标,运用解释结构模型(ISM)系统分析各因素之间的内在联系,并在此基础上建立4级多层次递阶结构模型,进一步精确描述各因素间的直接关系,从而直观地反映各因素间的层级关系及相互影响,并找到了影响建筑工程质量的根本原因,进而为改善我国建筑工程质量提供一定的参考依据.     

The recognition and the constitution of the theorems of closure

This papers analyzes how several geometric theorems, that were considered to be disconnected from each other in the beginning of the nineteenth century, have been progressively recognized as elements of a bigger whole called “the theorems of closure.” In particular, we show that the constitution of this set of theorems was grounded on the use of encompassing words, as well as observations of analogies, and searches for unifying points of view. In the concluding remarks, we discuss the relevancy of the notion of “family resemblance” to describe the categorization process of the theorems of closure during the nineteenth century.     

On the Properties of the Nonlinear Ship Equations of Motion

Nonlinear ship control systems can be designed by exploiting system properties like passivity and dissipativeness in nonlinear system. The nonlinear ship model is written in a vectorial setting with emphasis placed on matrix properties like positiveness, symmetry and skew-symmetry. As a result of energy conservation the ship dynamics can be considered as two interconnected systems. The first system describes the dissipative motion of the rigid-body (ship) while the second system represents the forces due to potential theory generated by the ambient water particles. It is shown that for a stable ship, both subsystems are passive as well as the interconnected system. For an unstable ship, the ambient water system is input feedforward passive with shortage of passivity and therefore the ship must be stabilized by positive feedback. The structural properties of the nonlinear equations of motion are exploited in the Lyapunov analysis when designing ship control systems.     

考虑投资者心理预期的投资性商品价格运行稳定性识别与反馈控制机制设计

以投资性商品的价格运行系统为研究对象,引入反映投资者心理预期的变量,对传统的蛛网模型加以改进,并据此构建非均衡市场环境下投资性商品价格运行开环系统模型,对非均衡市场环境下投资性商品市场价格运行的稳定性进行识别,在此基础上对反馈控制机制进行设计.以我国的住宅市场的价格运行系统为实证研究对象,结合历史数据对所构模型的有效性进行验证,并对未来可能出现情况进行预测.实证研究主要结论如下:第一,我国住宅市场投资者对预期收益的敏感程度以及供应商对商品前期价格的敏感程度均较高,价格运行能自发实现稳定的区域较小;第二,现有调控政策不变的情况下,我国住宅市场价格正向偏离稳定区域的程度将减小;第三,若政府从影响投资者心理预期的角度入手对我国住宅市场价格波动进行干预,希望我国住宅市场的价格运行能以最快的速度趋于稳态,则设计反馈控制机制时,应重视投资者对商品价格未来的心理预期受商品历史价格的影响程度远高于受市场供需的影响程度这一现象.