Analysis of ferroresonance in neutral grounding system with nonlinear core loss

The chaotic behaviour exhibited by a typical ferroresonant circuit in a neutral grounding system is investigated in this paper. In most earlier ferroresonance studies the core loss of the power transformer was neglected or represented by a linear resistance. However, this is not always true. In this paper the core loss of the power transformer is modelled by a third order series in voltage and the magnetization characteristics of the transformer are modelled by an 11th order two-term polynomial. Extensive simulations are carried out to analyse the effect of nonlinear core loss on transformer ferroresonance. A detailed analysis of simulation results demonstrates that, with the nonlinear core loss model used, the onset of chaos appears at a larger source voltage and the transient duration is shorter.     

Traffic dynamics of an on-ramp system with a cellular automaton model

This paper uses the cellular automaton model to study the dynamics of traffic flow around an on-ramp with an acceleration lane. It adopts a parameter, which can reflect different lane-changing behaviour, to represent the diversity of driving behaviour. The refined cellular automaton model is used to describe the lower acceleration rate of a vehicle. The phase diagram and the capacity of the on-ramp system are investigated. The simulation results show that in the single cell model, the capacity of the on-ramp system will stay at the highest flow of a one lane system when the driver is moderate and careful; it will be reduced when the driver is aggressive. In the refined cellular automaton model, the capacity is always reduced even when the driver is careful. It proposes that the capacity drop of the on-ramp system is caused by aggressive lane-changing behaviour and lower acceleration rate.     

Evidence for the anomalous scaling behaviour of the molecular-beam epitaxy growth equation

According to the scaling idea of local slope, we investigate numerically and analytically anomalous dynamic scaling behaviour of (1+1)-dimensional growth equation for molecular-beam epitaxy. The growth model includes the linear molecular-beam epitaxy (LMBE) and the nonlinear Lai--Das Sarma--Villain (LDV) equations. The anomalous scaling exponents in both the LMBE and the LDV equations are obtained, respectively. Numerical results are consistent with the corresponding analytical predictions.     

Criticality of Parasitic Disease Transmission in a Diffusive Population

Through using the methods of finite-size effect and short time dynamic scaling, we study the critical behavior of parasitic disease spreading process in a diffusive population mediated by a static vector environment. Through comprehensive analysis of parasitic disease spreading we find that this model presents a dynamical phase transition from disease-free state to endemic state with a finite population density. We determine the critical population density, above which the system reaches an epidemic spreading stationary state. We also perform a scaling analysis to determine the order parameter and critical relaxation exponents. The results show that the model does not belong to the usual directed percolation universality class and is compatible with the class of directed percolation with diffusive and conserved fields.     

The effect of ACC vehicles to mixed traffic flow consisting of manual and ACC vehicles

This paper studies the effect of adaptive cruise control （ACC） system on traffic flow by using simulations. The multiple headway and velocity difference （MHVD） model is used to depict the motion of ACC vehicles, and the simulation results are compared with the optimal velocity （OV） model which is used to depict the motion of manual vehicles. Compared the cases between the manual and the ACC vehicle flow, the fundamental diagram can be classified into four regions： I, II, III, IV. In low and high density the flux of the two models is the same; in region II the free flow region of the MHVD model is enlarged, and the flux of the MHVD model is larger than that of the OV model; in region III serious jams occur in the OV model while the ACC system suppresses the jams in the MHVD model and the traffic flow is in order, but the flux of the OV model is larger than that of the MHVD model. Similar phenomena also appeared in mixed traffic flow which consists of manual and ACC vehicles. The results indicate that ACC vehicles have significant effect on traffic flow. The improvement induced by ACC vehicles decreases with the increasing proportion of ACC vehicles.     

Subconscious Effect on Pedestrian Counter Flow

We propose an extended lattice gas model with different maximum velocities to simulate pedestrian counter flow by considering the subconscious behaviour of walkers. Four types of walkers including faster right walkers, slower right walkers, faster left walkers and slower left walkers are involved in the simulation. The simulation results show that our model can capture some essential features of pedestrian counter flows, such as the lane formation, segregation effect and phase separation at higher densities. We also find that the subconscious effect can reduce the occurrence of jam cluster evidently compared with the ease of un-subeonscious effect. At large maximum velocity, the critical density corresponding to the maximum flow rate of the fundamental diagram is in good agreement with the empirical results.     

A new traffic model with the consideration of coupling effect with two lanes

This paper introduces a new two-lane high-order continuum model by embedding the two delay time scales continuum traffic model presented by Xue (2003 Phys. Rev. E 68 066123) into the multi-lane model proposed by Daganzo (1997 Transpn. Res. B 31 83) with the consideration of the coupling effect between the vehicles of two lanes in instantaneous traffic situation and lane-change effect. In the novel model, the coupling effect of two lanes and phenomena of lane change, which were not discussed in Daganzo's model and Xue's model, are taken into account. Numerical simulation shows that it is in accordance with real traffic flow. This obviously indicates that the new phenomenon and behaviour are analogous results as single lane presented by Xue, and the proposed model is more reasonable on two lanes. Furthermore, the generation rate between two lanes is also investigated. The results show that the formation and diffusion of traffic shock wave can be better simulated on two lanes.     

Physical Mechanism of Formation of the Bimodal Structure in the Meiyu Front System

The bimodal structure of the Meiyu front system is readdressed after Zhou et al.（2005）. The physical mechanism of the formation of the bimodal distribution is discussed. The bimodal structure of the Melyu front system considerably results from atmospheric moisture gradients, though atmospheric temperature gradients are also not negligible. According to the definition of equivalent potential temperature, and by scale analysis, we find that atmospheric equivalent potential temperature gradients, which could be regarded as an indicator of the Meiyu front system, could be mainly attributed to the variations of atmospheric potential temperature gradients with a scaling factor of 1 and moisture gradients multiplied by a scaling factor of an order of about 2.5 × 10^3, which means that small variations of atmospheric moisture gradients could lead to large variations of equivalent potential temperature gradients, and thus large variations of the Meiyu front system. Quantitative diagnostics with a mesoscale simulation data in the vicinity of the Meiyu front system show that moisture gradients contribute to equivalent potential temperature gradients more than potential temperature gradients.     

Two-dimensional MRT LB model for compressible and incompressible flows

In the paper we extend the Multiple-Relaxation-Time （MRT） Lattice Boltzmann （LB） model pro- posed in [Europhys. Lctt., 2010, 90： 54003] so that it is suitable also for incompressible flows. To decrease tile artificial oscillations, the convection term is discretized by the flux linfiter scheme with splitting technique. A new model is validated by some well-known benchmark tests, including Rie- mann problem and Couette flow, and satisfying agreements are obtained between the sinmlation results and ana.lytical ones. In order to show the merit of LB model over traditional methods, the non-equilibrium characteristics of system are solved. The simulation results are consistent with the physical analysis.     

Subthreshold behavior of AlInSb/InSb high electron mobility transistors

We propose a scaling theory for single gate Al In Sb/In Sb high electron mobility transistors(HEMTs) by solving the two-dimensional(2D) Poisson equation. In our model, the effective conductive path effect(ECPE) is taken into account to overcome the problems arising from the device scaling. The potential in the effective conducting path is developed and a simple scaling equation is derived. This equation is solved to obtain the minimum channel potential Φdeff,minand the new scaling factor α to model the subthreshold behavior of the HEMTs. The developed model minimizes the leakage current and improves the subthreshold swing degradation of the HEMTs. The results of the analytical model are verified by numerical simulation with a Sentaurus TCAD device simulator.     

Extensive numerical study of the anomalous dynamic scaling of the Wolf-Villain model

In order to study the microscopic physical mechanisms of roughness surfaces exhibiting the anomalous scaling behavior, the Wolf-Villain model in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions is investigated by the kinetic Monte-Carlo simulation on long time and large length scale (the growth time and the system size are respectively extended to t=2²⁹, for 1+1 dimensions, and t=2²¹, L×L=512×512 for 2+1 dimensions). In the 2+1-dimensional simulations, the noise reduction technique is employed so as to eliminate the crossover effects in the growth process. Our calculations show that the Wolf-Villain model in 1+1 dimensions very probably exhibits intrinsic anomalous scaling behavior in the time and length simulation range of this paper, and the 2+1-dimensional Wolf-Villain model leads to a pyramidal mounded morphology. Some properties of the mounded pattern in the 2+1-dimensional Wolf-Villain model are discussed in the final part of this presentation.     

Finite-size scaling in the theory above the upper critical dimension

We derive exact results for several thermodynamic quantities of the O ( n ) symmetric field theory in the limit in a finite d-dimensional hypercubic geometry with periodic boundary conditions. Corresponding results are derived for an O ( n ) symmetric model on a finite d-dimensional lattice with a finite-range interaction. The leading finite-size effects near T_c of the field-theoretic model are compared with those of the lattice model. For 2 < d < 4, the finite-size scaling functions are verified to be universal. For d > 4, significant lattice effects are found. Finite-size scaling in its usual simple form does not hold for d > 4 but remains valid in a generalized form with two reference lengths. The finite-size scaling functions of the field theory turn out to be nonuniversal whereas those of the lattice model are independent of the nonuniversal model parameters. In particular, the field-theoretic model exhibits finite-size effects whose leading exponents differ from those of the lattice model. The widely accepted lowest-mode approach is shown to fail for both the field-theoretic and the lattice model above four dimensions. Received: 20 October 1997 / Accepted: 5 March 1998     

Nonmonotonic external field dependence of the magnetization in a finite Ising model: Theory and MC simulation

Using field theory and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation we investigate the finite-size effects of the magnetization M for the three-dimensional Ising model in a finite cubic geometry with periodic boundary conditions. The field theory with infinite cutoff gives a scaling form of the equation of state where is the reduced temperature, h is the external field and L is the size of system. Below and at the theory predicts a nonmonotonic dependence of f(x,y) with respect to at fixed and a crossover from nonmonotonic to monotonic behaviour when y is further increased. These results are confirmed by MC simulation. The scaling function f(x,y) obtained from the field theory is in good quantitative agreement with the finite-size MC data. Good agreement is also found for the bulk value at . Received 20 July 1999 and Received in final form 11 November 1999     

Finite-size scaling in a microcanonical ensemble

The finite-size scaling technique is extended to a microcanonical ensemble. As an application, equilibrium magnetic properties of anL×L square lattice Ising model are computed using the microcanonical ensemble simulation technique of Creutz, and the results are analyzed using the microcanonical ensemble finite-size scaling. The computations were done on the multitransputer system of the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the University of Mainz.     

1+1维抛射沉积模型内部结构动力学行为的数值研究

采用Kinetic Monte Carlo方法对1+1维抛射沉积(BD)模型内部结构的动力学行为进行了大量的数值模拟研究.分别分析了空洞密度和内部界面的动力学行为.研究表明,空洞密度呈高斯型分布,其平均值首先随生长时间快速增长,然后达到一个与基底尺寸无关的饱和值.除表面宽度,还引入了新的极值统计方法来分析该模型内部界面的动力学行为,分析结果显示,1+1维BD模型内部界面的演化满足标准的Family-Vicsek标度规律,并且属Kardar-Parisi-Zhang方程所描述的普适类.最后对表面宽度和极值统计两种理论方法的有限尺寸效应进行了比较.     

Shift of percolation thresholds for epidemic spread between static and dynamic small-world networks

The study compares the epidemic spread on static and dynamic small-world networks. They are constructed as a 2-dimensional Newman and Watts model (500 × 500 square lattice with additional shortcuts), where the dynamics involves rewiring shortcuts in every time step of the epidemic spread. We assume susceptible-infectious-removed (SIR) model of the disease. We study the behaviour of the epidemic over the range of shortcut probability per underlying bond ϕ = 0–0.5. We calculate percolation thresholds for the epidemic outbreak, for which numerical results are checked against an approximate analytical model. We find a significant lowering of percolation thresholds on the dynamic network in the parameter range given. The result shows the behaviour of the epidemic on dynamic network is that of a static small world with the number of shortcuts increased by 20.7±1.4 %, while the overall qualitative behaviour stays the same. We derive corrections to the analytical model which account for the effect. For both dynamic and static small worlds we observe suppression of the average epidemic size dependence on network size in comparison with the finite-size scaling known for regular lattice. We also study the effect of dynamics for several rewiring rates relative to infectious period of the disease.     

Weak Finite—Size Dependence of Velocity and Strong Phase Dependence of Central Charge

We study the finite-size scaling behavior of velocity and central charge for different coupling constants and different phases in (1 1)-dimensional lattice model in very short chains.Using XXZ spin 1/2 chains with 15 or fewer sites,we demonstrate the weak finite-size dependence of spinon velocity for any magnitude of coupling strength Jz and the strong phase dependence of central charge.This behavior of velocity and central charge in different coupling constants and different phases gives a method to determine phase transitions of (1 1)-dimensional models.This method is simple and efficient by utilizing only the ground state energy of very short finite-size chains.It is also general and powerfur for various one-dimensional lattice models and it uncovers eventhe weakest berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions.     

(1 + 1) dimensional hydrodynamics for high-energy heavy-ion collisions

A (1 + 1)-dimensional hydrodynamical model in the light-cone coordinates is used to describe central heavy-ion collisions at ultrarelativistic bombarding energies. Deviations from Bjorken scaling are taken into account by choosing finite-size profiles for the initial energy density. The sensitivity of fluid-dynamical evolution to the equation of state and the parameters of initial state are investigated. Experimental constraints on the total energy of produced particles are used to reduce the number of model parameters. Spectra of secondary particles are calculated under the assumption that the transition from the hydrodynamical stage to the collisionless expansion of matter occurs at a certain freeze-out temperature. An important role of resonances in the formation of observed hadronic spectra is demonstrated. The calculated rapidity distributions of pions, kaons, and antiprotons in central Au + Au collisions at √^s NN = 200 GeV are compared with experimental data of the BRAHMS Collaboration. Parameters of the initial state are reconstructed for different choices of the equation of state. The best fit of these data is obtained for a soft equation of state and Gaussian-like initial profiles of the energy density, intermediate between the Landau and Bjorken limits. The text was submitted by the authors in English.