Numerical study of the effect of changing the cyclone cone length on the gas flow field

Models of six different cyclone separator designs have been investigated numerically to study the effect of changing cone length on the gas flow field. The cone length was changed in two ways, one by fixing the cone diameter and the other by fixing the cone angle. The Reynolds stress model was applied to predict the turbulence of gas flow. The model was validated by comparing the numerical results to published experimental data. The results show that, for the cyclone without cylindrical part, the pressure drop and the value of tangential and axial velocity components increase with increasing cone length with fixed cone angle until they reach maximum value. It was found that increasing the cone length with the same cone diameter increases the back flow and the lip leakage below the vortex finder. The back flow and the lip leakage phenomena was observed to be reduced by increasing cone length with fixed cone angle. The effect of contraction ratio D_x/D, which is defined as the ratio between the vortex finder diameter and the cone diameter, on the turbulent kinetic energy and the velocity components also was investigated. As the contraction ratio decreases, the maximum value of the turbulent kinetic energy and the tangential and axial velocity components increases. The pressure drop was fitted into a correlation as a function of dimensionless quantities (Re, D_x/D, and l_c/D) for each design, so that the designers could select the appropriate dimensions according to their design limitations.     

Weakly compact weighted composition operators on spaces of Lipschitz functions

We prove that if X is a compact metric space and \({\text {lip}}(X,d)\) has the uniform separation property, then weakly compact weighted composition operators on spaces of Lipschitz functions \({\text {Lip}}(X,d)\) and \({\text {lip}}(X,d)\) are compact.     

Multipliers from L1(G) to a Lipschitz space

Let G be a metric locally compact Abelian group. We prove that the spaces (L₁, Lip(α, p)), (L₁, lip(α, p)), Lip(α, p) and lip(α, p)^~ are isometrically isomorphic, where Lip(α, p) and lip(α, p) denote the Lipschitz spaces defined on G, (L₁, A) is the space of multipliers from L₁ to A, and lip(α, p)^~ denotes the relative completion of lip(α, p). We also show that $\text{L}{}_1\text{1}\text{Lip}\text{(α, p) =}\text{lip}\text{(α, p) = L}{}_1\text{1}\text{lip}\text{(α, p)}$.     

Hybrid computational aeroacoustics based on compressible flow data at low Mach numbers

In some practical applications (e.g. cavity with a lip), even at low Mach numbers, acoustic feedback mechanisms excite flow structures. The compressible flow simulation cannot distinguish between a pure fluid dynamic part and acoustic phenomena. With this in mind, we propose a workflow based on Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition, to extract pure source terms of the compressible flow simulation, to model the sound radiation. (© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Bayesian reference analysis for Gaussian Markov random fields

Gaussian Markov random fields (GMRF) are important families of distributions for the modeling of spatial data and have been extensively used in different areas of spatial statistics such as disease mapping, image analysis and remote sensing. GMRFs have been used for the modeling of spatial data, both as models for the sampling distribution of the observed data and as models for the prior of latent processes/random effects; we consider mainly the former use of GMRFs. We study a large class of GMRF models that includes several models previously proposed in the literature. An objective Bayesian analysis is presented for the parameters of the above class of GMRFs, where explicit expressions for the Jeffreys (two versions) and reference priors are derived, and for each of these priors results on posterior propriety of the model parameters are established. We describe a simple MCMC algorithm for sampling from the posterior distribution of the model parameters, and study frequentist properties of the Bayesian inferences resulting from the use of these automatic priors. Finally, we illustrate the use of the proposed GMRF model and reference prior for studying the spatial variability of lip cancer cases in the districts of Scotland over the period 1975-1980.     

Ⅰ型试件裂端三维应力结构分析之二——应力结构分析

在文献[1]的基础上,本文分别对试件纤维区和剪切唇的应力结构进行考察.纤维区的应力结构特点为:可以进行变量z分离;对称面上的应力结构可由平面应变FEM解或HRR场解经应力三维度修正获得;载荷水平及试样厚度对应力结构的影响,可由厚度方向的CTOD得到反映,所得到应力表达式大为简便与直观.对剪切唇的应力结构进行考察,发现满足一定的精度可由插值法近似获得.本文提出了一种平面应变近似程度系数,并对此进行分析,该系数可较好地反映试样厚度、型式及载荷水平.本文也对断裂参量进行了分析,指出可对CTOD进行应力三维度修正获得.     

Extensions of lipschitz maps into Banach spaces

It is proved that ifY ⊂X are metric spaces withY havingn≧2 points then any mapf fromY into a Banach spaceZ can be extended to a map fromX intoZ so that wherec is an absolute constant. A related result is obtained for the case whereX is assumed to be a finite-dimensional normed space andY is an arbitrary subset ofX. Supported in part by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation and by NSF MCS-7903042. Supported in part by NSF MCS-8102714.     

A characterization of nonlinear Hölder seminorm preserving bijections

For a compact metric space (X, d) and \(\alpha \in (0,1)\), let \(\mathrm{Lip}^\alpha (X)\) be the linear space of all complex-valued functions f on X satisfying

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and \(\mathrm{lip}^\alpha (X)\) be the subspace of \(\mathrm{Lip}^\alpha (X)\) consisting of functions f with \(\lim \frac{f(x)-f(y)}{d^\alpha (x,y)} =0\) as \(d(x,y) \rightarrow 0\). In this paper, we give a characterization of a bijective map \(T:\mathrm{lip}^\alpha (X)\longrightarrow \mathrm{lip}^\alpha (Y)\), not necessarily linear, which is an isometry with respect to the Hölder seminorm \(L(\cdot )\). It is shown that there exist \(K_0>0\), a surjective map \(\Psi : Y \longrightarrow X\) with \(d^\alpha (y,z)= K_0 \, d^\alpha (\Psi (y),\Psi (z))\) for all \(y,z\in Y\), and a function \(\Lambda : \mathrm{lip}^\alpha (X) \longrightarrow {\mathbb {C}}\) (which is linear or real-linear if T is so) such that either

$$\begin{aligned} Tf(y)= T0(y)+\overline{\tau } K_0\, f(\Psi (y))+\Lambda (f)\quad (f\in \mathrm{lip}^\alpha (X), y\in Y) \end{aligned}$$

or

$$\begin{aligned} Tf(y)= T0(y)+\overline{\tau } K_0 \,\overline{f(\Psi (y))}+ \Lambda (f)\quad (f\in \mathrm{lip}^\alpha (X), y\in Y), \end{aligned}$$

where \(\tau =e^{i\theta }\) for some \(\theta \in [0,\pi )\).

     

An eigenvalue problem for elastic cracks in free space

We study in this paper an eigenvalue problem for the linear elasticity equations in three‐dimensional space. The problem is defined in the whole space cut by a planar crack. The eigenvalue appears in a linear condition relating the traction to the jump in displacements across the crack. We prove for such problems that an eigenspace containing eigenfunctions, which do not average to zero over the crack is in general not simple. Then we prove for a more constrained eigenvalue problem, where the direction of slip over the crack is imposed, that the first eigenspace is in that case simple. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ⅰ型裂纹试件裂端三维应力结构分析之一——裂端约束参数与断裂参数分析

本文利用大型通用结构有限元分析程序ADINA对16Mn材料制的两种不同厚度的Ⅰ型CT试样进行了计算与分析,结果表明,厚度方向的约束状态将试样分成两部分:具有相同约束状态的心部高约束区(Z₁)和约束显著变化的外边缘区(Z₂);有限元计算和实验测定结果证实了这两部分分别与试样断口上的纤维区及剪切唇相对应.所以,Ⅰ型裂纹试件裂端应力、应变场可分别通过这两个区域加以分析获得.本文对一些断裂参数如裂纹尖端张开位移(CTOD)和空穴扩张比(V_g)参数也进行了考察,结果表明这两个参数在厚度方向有相类似的变化规律,在一定程度上都可反映试样的厚度效应及外载荷水平效应.     

Sharp Lipschitz constant of bi-Lipschitz automorphism on Cantor set

Suppose C _r = (r C _r ) ∪ (r C _r + 1 − r) is a self-similar set with r ∈ (0, 1/2), and Aut(C _r ) is the set of all bi-Lipschitz automorphisms on C _r . This paper proves that there exists f* ∈ Aut(C _r ) such that

Algebraic reflexivity of the isometry group of some spaces of Lipschitz functions

We show that the isometry groups of Lip(X,d) and lip(X,dα) with α∈(0,1), for a compact metric space (X,d), are algebraically reflexive. We also prove that the sets of isometric reflections and generalized bi-circular projections on such spaces are algebraically reflexive. In order to achieve this, we characterize generalized bi-circular projections on these spaces.     

Exploring Variation in Three-Dimensional Shape Data

A variety of very useful methods of statistical shape analysis are available for landmark data. In particular, standard methods of multivariate analysis can often be applied after suitable alignment and transformation of the data. An important example is the use of principal components analysis to provide a convenient route to graphical exploration of the main modes of variation in a sample. Where there are many landmarks or shape information is extracted in the form of curves or surfaces, the dimensionality of the resulting data can be very high and it is unlikely that substantial proportions of variability will be captured in one or two principal components. Issues of graphical exploration are explored in this setting, including random tours of a suitable low-dimensional subspace, the comparison of different groups of data, longitudinal changes and the identification of the features which distinguish individual cases from a group of controls. A suitable software environment for handling these methods with three-dimensional data is outlined. Issues of comparing principal components across time are also tackled through appropriately constructed permutation tests. All of these techniques are illustrated on a longitudinal study of facial development in young children, with particular interest in the identification of differences in facial shape between control children and those who have undergone surgical repair of a cleft lip and/or palate.     

Absolutely convergent Fourier series, classical function classes and Paley’s theorem

This is a survey paper on the recent progress in the study of the continuity and smoothness properties of a function f with absolutely convergent Fourier series. We give best possible sufficient conditions in terms of the Fourier coefficients of f which ensure the belonging of f either to one of the Lipschitz classes Lip(α) and lip(α) for some 0 < α ≤ 1, or to one of the Zygmund classes Zyg(α) and zyg(α) for some 0 < α ≤ 2. We also discuss the termwise differentiation of Fourier series. Our theorems generalize those by R. P. Boas Jr., J. Németh and R. E. A. C. Paley, and a number of them are first published in this paper or proved in a simpler way.     

On the Lipschitz Constant for a Nonisometric Bi-Lipschitz Transformation of a Cantor Set

A bi-Lipschitz continuous mapping of a space X is a bijection such that , where . We write if f is a Lipschitz (bi-Lipschitz) mapping of X into itself and denote by the set of all bi-Lipschitz mappings of X that are not isometry. Thus, if and blip . For X we consider a standard Cantor set K on the real line (with standard metric). The main result of this paper is formulated as follows: where Bibliography: 2 titles.     

On circle graphs with girth at least five

Circle graphs with girth at least five are known to be 2-degenerate [A.A. Ageev, Every circle graph with girth at least 5 is 3-colourable, Discrete Math. 195 (1999) 229-233]. In this paper, we prove that circle graphs with girth at least g≥5 and minimum degree at least two contain a chain of g−4 vertices of degree two, which implies Ageev’s result in the case g=5. We then use this structural property to give an upper bound on the circular chromatic number of circle graphs with girth at least g≥5 as well as a precise estimate of their maximum average degree.     

Characterization of curve map graphs

In this paper we provide a characterization of curve map graphs as defined by Gavril and Schönheim, and also give a recognition algorithm for them.A curve map graph is the dual of a map obtained by placing a finite number of two-way infinite Jordan curves in the Euclidean plane in such a way that each curve divides the plane into two regions, no two curves intersect in more than one point, and any two curves which intersect at a point cross at that point.Our method is based on Gavril and Schönheim's approach, but corrects several difficulties in their characterization.     

Gap Property of Bi-Lipschitz Constants of Bi-Lipschitz Automorphisms on Self-similar Sets

For a given self-similar set E ∪→ R^d satisfying the strong separation condition, let Aut（E） be the set of all bi-Lipschitz automorphisms on E. The authors prove that {f ∈ Aut（E） ： blip（f） = 1} is a finite group, and the gap property of bi-Lipschitz constants holds, i.e., inf{blip（f） ≠ 1： f ∈ Aut（E）} 〉 1, where lip（g） =sup x,y∈E x≠y ｜g（x）-g（y）｜/｜x-y｜ and blip（g） =max（lip（g）, liP（g^-1））.     

A study of truly incompressible and weakly compressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics methods to model incompressible flows with free surfaces

The Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method is a meshless discretization method for solving, e.g., the Navier-Stokes equations. By now, it is used for hydraulic problems as well as for solid bodies. In general, there are two distinguishable approaches for incompressible fluid flows. One is called weakly compressible SPH (WCSPH) and the other is called truly incompressible SPH (ISPH). The main difference between these two approaches is the way of pressure evaluation. In WCSPH, a state equation is used, while in ISPH the pressure Poisson equation is solved. Each approach has its advantages as well as its disadvantages, for example the complexity of the numerical algorithm for WCSPH is smaller than for ISPH, but the pressure field is more accurate for ISPH. In this work, two representative examples are studied. The simulations were performed with two different codes, one developed at the Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics and one at the Institute of Chemical Process Engineering. It is the aim of this work to show some properties of WCSPH and ISPH as well as to compare two different implementations that, in detail, are very complex. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)