Inspection and maintenance optimization methods

Three methods of the optimal planning of the inspection and maintenance of offshore structures are described. The models are based on respectively: the maximization of the effect of inspections, measured by the total importance value of the errors detected, subject to a given total economical budget; the minimization of the total costs of obtaining respectively: a given importance value of errors detected or given numbers of inspections of various types. Special selections of the importance values of structural elements give problems of the maximization of the reliability of the structural system, or the minimization of the economical consequences of failures, or the minimization of the sum of the costs of inspections and failure-consequences, subject to a given total failure probability of the system.Different failure types of elements and time schedules of inspections can be included in the model.An extension of the incremental method of Fox is applied, and an evaluation measure is given for the calculation of bounds of the optimal objective value, or given numbers of inspections are planned by application of continuous linear programming with integral solutions.     

The stability of the equilibrium of two-phase elastic solids

The distinctive features of the loss of stability of elastic solids which undergo phase transitions are investigated for the case of small deformations. The non-uniqueness of the solution of the boundary-value problem for the describing of the thermodynamic equilibrium of a two-phase body is caused by the non-linearity associated with the unknown interface. The solution can be chosen by comparing the potential energies of the body in the two-phase and single phase states and by analysing of the local stability of the two-phase states. A linearized boundary-value problem is formulated which describes infinitesimal small perturbations of an initial two-phase state which is in thermodynamic equilibrium. Analysis of the stability of the two-phase state reduces to an investigation of the bifurcation points and the behaviour of the small solutions of the system of integrodifferential equations in terms of functions describing the perturbations of the interface. The problem of the non-uniqueness and loss of stability of centrisymmetric equilibrium two-phase deformations is investigated as an example. A theorem concerning the number of centrisymmetric solutions is proved. The energy changes accompanying the formation and development of two-phase states and the stability of the solutions obtained are investigated. The concept of topological instability as a bifurcation is introduced, as a result of which the type of geometry of a solution of the boundary-value problem changes and surfaces of separation of the phases actually appear and disappear. Macrodiagrams of the deformational are constructed which demonstrate the effect of deformation softening in the path of a phase transition.     

播挪运算及其性质

在现有的播挪定义基础上,引入了对偶播挪的概念和任意论域子集族的内并、内交两种新运算,提出了十个定理.它们是：平凡播挪空间定理,最小播挪定理,播挪内运算封闭性定理,播挪任意交定理,播挪上确界定理,播挪运算分配性定理,播挪基判定定理,播挪基闭包定理,播挪基约简定理,播挪基内运算封闭性定理.这些定理对于播挪空间的研究具有一定的理论价值.     

中国科大数学系是怎样办学的

中国科学技术大学原副校长、数学系教授龚昇先生2011年1月10日不幸病逝.本刊编委会、编辑部于2011年1月第1期发表《沉痛悼念著名数学家龚？教授》一文,简短介绍了他的生平和学术成就.本期特转载他为《中国科学技术大学数学五十年》一书所作的序,以纪念这位杰出的数学家和数学教育家.本文标题为编者所加.1958年,经中共中央...     

Some qualitative effects in the exact solutions of the Lamé problem for large deformations

Qualitative effects in the solution of a number of radially symmetric and plane axisymmetric problems for bodies made of non-linearly elastic incompressible materials are analysed for large deformations. In the case of problems of the axisymmetric plane deformation of cylindrical bodies, the lack of uniqueness of the solution for a given follower load in the case of a Bartenev–Khazanovich material and the existence of a limiting load in the case of a Treloar (neo-Hookian) material have been studied in detail and the dependences of the limiting load on the ratio of the external and internal radii of a hollow cylinder in the undeformed state have been presented. A similar study has been carried out for constitutive relations of a special form that well describe the properties of rubber. For this material, the lack of uniqueness of the solution is revealed for fairly high loads. The axisymmetric problem of the plane stress state of a circular ring made of a Bartenev–Khazanovich material has been solved and a lack of uniqueness of the solution for a given follower load was discovered in the case when the dimensions of the ring are given in the undeformed state. Similar studies have been carried out for Chernykh and Treloar materials in the case of the problem of the radially symmetric deformation of a spherical shell. It was established that, in the case of a Chernykh material, the lack of uniqueness of the solution depends considerably on the constant characterizing the physical non-linearity. The limit case of the deformation of a spherical cavity in an infinitely extended body has been investigated. The effect of an unbounded increase in the boundary stresses is observed for finite external loads, that appears in the case of the problem of the plane axisymmetric deformation of a cylindrical cavity in an infinitely extended body made of a Bartenev–Khazanovich material and in the case of the problem of the radially symmetric deformation of an infinitely extended body made of a Chernykh material with a spherical cavity.     

Price and incomes policy: a ‘Sraffian’ perspective

A Sraffa-type model of price determination is proposed that will serve as a characterization of the consequences of some of the activities of a prices board that has been charged with attempting to control the rate of increase of the absolute level of commodity prices by controlling rates of increase of factor incomes (wages and profits). Specifically, the board chooses new elements for the diagonal matrix of rates of profit and for the vector of labor incomes of a set of (Sraffa-type) equations of production that have been cast into matrix form. The unknowns of these equations are the commodity prices, and with a new set of factor incomes, a new solution set of commodity prices will be generated. The problem of fulfilment of a strict positivity condition for the price solution and that of ensuring the viability of the input-output structure are examined. A possible solution to these problems derives from exclusive concentration by the board on the ‘basic’ (in Sraffa's sense) sector of the economy. A switch from attempting to control rates of increase of factor incomes to attempting to control, directly, the rate of increase in the absolute level of commodity prices is also considered.     

饱和粘土非线性渗流规律与径向固结

以多孔介质等效渗流概念得出粘土平均孔隙微尺度数量级范围在0.01 μm至0.1μm,与测试结果一致．实验结果表明饱和粘土微尺度孔隙渗流为非线性流．理论推导表明固液界面作用与渗透率平方根或孔隙半径成反比,固液界面相互作用是导致饱和粘土非线性渗流的重要原因．提出了精确描述饱和粘土微尺度孔隙非线性渗流基本规律的数学模型,其参数量纲明确,物理意义清楚．建立了饱和粘土非线性渗流新定律,统一描述了从较低到较高水力梯度全过程渗流曲线特征,达西定律是其特例．基于新定律,建立了饱和粘土非线性渗流定流量径向固结数学模型．以粘性边界层思想与稳态依序替换法及积分方程法,导出了粘土非线性渗流平均质量守恒方程及活动边界运动方程,给出了饱和粘土非线性渗流超孔隙水压力分布公式与平均固结度计算公式,获得了粘土层压力分布规律和平均固结度随时间变化规律．结果表明:饱和粘土非线性渗流使活动边界运动速度减小．研究结果为粘土地质工程与岩土工程应用提供了新的科学依据．达西渗流径向固结计算是新的非线性渗流固结计算的特例．     

Joint Similarities and Parameterizations for Dilations of Dual g -frame Pairs in Hilbert Spaces

In this paper, we give an operator parameterization for the set of dilations of a given pair of dual g-frames and the set of dilations of pairs of dual g-frames of a given g-frame. In particular, for the dilations of a given pair of dual g-frames, we introduce the concept of joint complementary g-frames and prove that the joint complementary g-frames of a pair of dual g-frames are unique in the sense of joint similarity, which then helps to obtain a sufficient condition such that the complementary g-frames of a g-frame are unique in the sense of similarity and show that the set of dilations of a given dual g-frame pair are parameterized by a set of invertible diagonal operators. For the dilations of pairs of dual g-frames, we prove that the set of dilations of pairs of dual g-frames are parameterized by a set of invertible upper triangular operators.     

Optimization of axisymmetric membrane shells

Problems of the joint optimization of the shape and distribution along the meridian of the thickness of membrane shells of revolution under the action of axisymmetric loads are considered, taking account of the constraints concerning the strength of the shell and the volume of its cavity. General formulations of problems of the optimal design of shells of revolution are given and the optimal shape of a shell and the corresponding thickness distribution are investigated. Results of the exact solution of problems of the optimal design of closed shells of revolution when there is an internal pressure are presented. The simultaneous introduction of two control functions, describing the shape of the shell and the distribution of its thickness, not only ensures a substantial reduction in the mass of a shell but also leads to significant mathematical simplifications, which enable the solution of the optimization problem being considered to be obtained in an analytical form.     

On Discrete Limits of Sequences of Approximately Continuous Functions and tae-Continuous Functions

We show that the classes of all discrete limits of sequences of ap- proximately continuous functions, of all discrete limits of sequences of derivatives and of all discrete limits of sequences of Baire 1 functions are the same. We describe also the discrete limits of sequences of quasicontinuous functions, and of sequences of almost everywhere continuous functions, and we present anec- essary condition which must be satisfied by the discrete limits of sequences of T_ae -continuous functions.     

Contact interaction of cylindrical shells of different lengths

We solve a problem of determination of the contact rigidity of a structural joint of a steel thin-walled pipe under the action of internal pressure with a shroud made of a composite material using a special technology. A mathematical model of the contact interaction of the pipe and shroud modeled by cylindrical shells of different length was constructed using the classical Kirchhoff–Love theory of shells. We obtain an analytic solution of the contact problem under conditions of ideal contact of the elements of the structural joint by the conjugation method. A numerical analysis of the influence of geometric and physicomechanical characteristics of the shroud on the contact pressure and rigidity of the shrouded pipe is presented.     

Good lattice points,discrepancy, and numerical integration

Summary Methods based on Diophantine approximations lead to a simple and easy construction of rational vectors the multiple of which, reduced modulo 1, form finite sequences of points with certain properties of equipartition over the unit square. Given a function of bounded variation over this square, it is suggested that computing the average of its values at the points of such a sequence can be a practical method of numerical integration. Precise bounds for the error ore obtained. In the general case, these are of the order of the product of the reciprocal and of the logarithm of the number of points; in the case of a function satisfying stated conditions of regularity and periodicity, they are of the order of the logarithm of the number of points divided by an appropriately high power of this number. A slight sharpening of some well-known results on equipartiton is obtained incidentally. A part of this paper was read at a meeting of the Accademia Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Modena on April 7th. 1965.     

Dynamically equilibrium shapes and directions of motion of ocean current rings

The dynamically equilibrium shapes of a uniform-density rotating mass of liquid (a ring) in the surface layer of a quiescent stratified ocean are determined. The examination is carried out in a plane tangential to the Earth, taking into account the vertical and horizontal projections of the angular velocity of its rotation. Exact solutions of the equations of motion of an ideal incompressibe fluid are obtained, making it possible, for a linearly stratified ocean, to determine the dynamic all equilibrium shape of the interfaces of water masses and the free boundaries of cyclonic and antocyclonic rings. These shapes comprise second-order surfaces inclined to the water level in the meridian plane, the type of surfaces depending on the governing parameters of the problem. Expressions are obtained for the angles of inclination of the principal axes. For small deviations from equilibrium, due to a difference in the gravitational forces and Archimedes forces, motion of the ring occurs, governed by the inclination of the principal axes and the nature of change (increase or reduction) in the average density of the ring, determined by the ratio of the rates of diffusion of heat and salt. The displacement along the parallel comprises geostrophic motion, for the velocity of which an analytical expression is obtained. The displacement along the meridian comprises motion over an inclined plane. An analytical expression is given that relates the change in the depth of the centre of mass of the ring to the velocity of motion along the meridian through the angle of inclination of the principal axes of the ring. This explains the motion of both types of Gulf Stream ring to the south-west and of the Oyasio ring to the north-east.     

A hybrid iterative scheme for mixed equilibrium problems and fixed point problems

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of finding a common element of the set of solutions of a mixed equilibrium problem (MEP) and the set of common fixed points of finitely many nonexpansive mappings in a real Hilbert space. First, by using the well-known KKM technique we derive the existence and uniqueness of solutions of the auxiliary problems for the MEP. Second, by virtue of this result we introduce a hybrid iterative scheme for finding a common element of the set of solutions of MEP and the set of common fixed points of finitely many nonexpansive mappings. Furthermore, we prove that the sequences generated by the hybrid iterative scheme converge strongly to a common element of the set of solutions of MEP and the set of common fixed points of finitely many nonexpansive mappings.     

Problems of geometric non-linearity and stability in the mechanics of thin shells and rectilinear columns

An analysis of the current state of the geometrically non-linear theory of elasticity and of thin shells is presented in the case of small deformations but large displacements and rotations, the ratios of which are known as the ratios of the non-linear theory in the quadratic approximation. It is shown that they required specific revision and correction by virtue of the fact that, when they are used in the solution of problems, spurious bifurcation points appear. In view of this, consistent geometrically non-linear equations of the theory of thin shells of the Timoshenko type are constructed in the quadratic approximation which enable one to investigate in a correct formulation both flexural as well as previously unknown non-classical forms of loss of stability (FLS) of thin plates and shells, many of which are encountered in practice, primarily in structures made of composite materials with a low shear stiffness. In the case of rectilinear elastic whereas, which are subjected to the action of conservative external forces and are made of an orthotropic material, the three-dimensional equations of the theory of elasticity are reduced to one-dimensional equations by using the Timoshenko model. Two versions of the latter equations are derived. The first of these corresponds to the use of the consistent version of the three-dimensional, geometrically non-linear relations in an incomplete quadratic approximation and the Timoshenko model without taking account of the transverse stretching deformations, and the second corresponds to the use of the three- dimensional relations in the complete quadratic approximation and the Timoshenko model taking account of the transverse stretching deformations. A series of new non-classical problems of the stability of columns is formulated and their analytical solutions are found using the equations which have been derived with the aim of analyzing their richness of content. Among these are problems concerning the torsional, flexural and shear FLS of a column in the case of a longitudinal axial, bilateral transverse and trilateral compression, a flexural-torsional FLS in the case of pure bending and axial compression together with pure bending and, also, a flexural FLS of a column in the case of torsion and a flexural-torsional FLS under conditions of pure shear. Five FLS of a cylindrical shell under torsion are investigated using the linearized neutral equilibrium equations which have been constructed: 1) a torsional FLS where the solution corresponding to it has a zero variability of the functions in the peripheral direction, 2) a purely beam bending FLS that is possible in the case of long shells and is accompanied by the formation of a single half-wave along the length of the shell while preserving the initial circular form of the cross-section, 3) a classical bending FLS, which is accompanied by the formation of a small number of half-waves in the axial direction and a large number of half-waves in a peripheral direction which is true in the case of long shells, 4) a classical bending FLS which holds in the case of short and medium length shells (the third and fourth types of FLS have already been thoroughly studied in the case of isotropic cylindrical shells), 5) a non-classical FLS characterized by the formation of a large number of shallow depressions in the axial as well as in the peripheral directions; the critical value of the torsional moment corresponding to this FLS is practically independent of the relative thickness of the shell. It is established that the well-known equations of the geometrically non-linear theory of shells, which were formulated for the case of the mean flexure of a shell, do not enable one to reveal the first, second and fifth non-classical FLS.     

Cohomology of partially ordered sets and local cohomology of section rings

We study local cohomology of rings of global sections of sheafs on the Alexandrov space of a partially ordered set. We give a criterion for a splitting of the local cohomology groups into summands determined by the cohomology of the poset and the local cohomology of the stalks. The face ring of a rational pointed fan can be considered as the ring of global sections of a flasque sheaf on the face poset of the fan. Thus we obtain a decomposition of the local cohomology of such face rings. Since the Stanley-Reisner ring of a simplicial complex is the face ring of a rational pointed fan, our main result can be interpreted as a generalization of Hochster's decomposition of local cohomology of Stanley-Reisner rings.     

Convexity Properties of the Cone of Nonnegative Polynomials

We study metric properties of the cone of homogeneous nonnegative multivariate polynomials and the cone of sums of powers of linear forms, and the relationship between the two cones. We compute the maximum volume ellipsoid of the natural base of the cone of nonnegative polynomials and the minimum volume ellipsoid of the natural base of the cone of powers of linear forms and compute the coefficients of symmetry of the bases. The multiplication by (x₁ ² + ··· + x_n ²)^m induces an isometric embedding of the space of polynomials of degree 2k into the space of polynomials of degree 2(k+m), which allows us to compare the cone of nonnegative polynomials of degree 2k and the cone of sums of 2(k+m)-powers of linear forms. We estimate the volume ratio of the bases of the two cones and the rate at which it approaches 1 as m grows.     

区间数的绝对值与区间值函数的极限

研究了区间数的绝对值和区间值函数的极限问题.首先,讨论了区间数的H-差的性质,得到了H-差的两个运算法则;然后,给出了区间数的绝对值概念,并讨论了区间数绝对值的性质;最后,借助区间数的H-差和绝对值的概念,建立了区间值函数极限概念的一种新的表达方式,给出了极限存在的充分必要条件,证明了极限值的唯一性及对加法运算和数乘运算的封闭性.     

Estimate of the Order of Growth of a Class of Entire Functions on the Real Axis

For a class of entire functions we study the problem of estimation of the order of growth of functions on the real axis. This problem is important for the justification of the integral representation of bounded solutions to certain partial differential equations considered in other papers of the authors. In order to obtain an estimate of the order of growth of a function on the real axis, we use the method of differential equations. The method is based, on one hand, on the construction of a system of first-order ordinary differential equations whose solution is a vector function of traces of function and its derivatives on the real axis. On the other hand, under the respective change of variables in the system of equations, we obtain an estimate of the solution to the system of equations for a large positive values of the argument. The obtained estimate is non-trivial and shows the way a complex parameter of a power series affects the order of growth of a function.     

Parametric vibrations of cylindrical shells with a viscoelastic core

The method of calculating the axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric parametric vibrations of a cylindrical shell bonded to an elastic core [2] is extended to the case of hollow and solid viscoelastic cores by substituting for the material moduli in the equations of motion of the core integral operators with kernels in the form of an exponential and a sum of exponentials. Expressions are given for the reaction of the viscoelastic core, together with the equation of the boundaries of the spectrum of principal regions of dynamic instability. The effect of relaxation time and the long-term modulus of elasticity of the core on the shape and location of the regions of dynamic instability is analyzed.