Experimental study of sedimentation characteristics of spheroidal particles

sented to correct for the shape effects.     

DETERMINATION OF INTERFACIAL MECHANICAL PARAMETERS FOR AN Al/EPOXY/Al2O3 SYSTEM BY USING PEEL TEST SIMULATIONS

Peel test measurements and simulations of the interfacial mechanical parameters for the Al/Epoxy/Al2O3 system are performed in the present investigation. A series of Al film thicknesses between 20 and 250 microns and three peel angles of 90, 135 and 180 degrees are considered. Two types of epoxy adhesives are adopted to obtain both strong and weak interface adhesions. A finite element model with cohesive zone elements is used to identify the interfacial parameters and simulate the peel test process. By simulating and recording normal stress near the crack tip, the separation strength is obtained, Furthermore, the cohesive energy is identified by comparing the simulated steady-state peel force and the experimental result. It is found from the research that both the cohesive energy and the separation strength can be taken as the intrinsic interfacial parameters which are dependent on the thickness of the adhesive layer and independent of the film thickness and peel angle.     

β-酮脂酰-ACP合成酶（FabH）抑制剂研究进展

脂肪酸的生物合成对病原细菌的存活至关重要。近年来,在这一生物合成途径中所涉及的关键酶引起了人们的广泛关注。其中β-酮脂酰-ACP合成酶Ⅲ(KAS Ⅲ,FabH)控制着细菌脂肪酸生物合成的起始步骤,普遍存在于病原体中且在人体中无其同源蛋白,成为新型抗菌药物靶标研究的热点。抑制FabH酶活性的小分子抑制剂有望成为对细菌具选择性而对人体无毒的广谱抗菌药。本文对脂肪酸的生物合成,FabH相关结构研究以及目前FabH抑制剂的研究进展进行了综述。     

New expression for collision efficiency of spherical nanoparticles in Brownian coagulation

The collision efficiency of dioctyl phthalate nanoparticles in Brownian coag- ulation has been studied. A set of collision equations is solved numerically to find the relationship between the collision efficiency and the particle radius varying in the range of 50 nm to 500 nm in the presence of Stokes resistance, lubrication force, van der Waals force, and elastic deformation force. The calculated results are in agreement with the experimental data qualitatively. The results show that the collision efficiency decreases with the increase of the particle radii from 50 nm to 500 nm. Based on the numerical data, a new expression for collision efficiency is presented.     

Simulation of particle/fluid flows in vertical circular pipes

A two fluid continuum model is applied to the simulation of steady fully developed particle/fluid flow in a vertical circular pipe. Both closed form and numerical solutions are obtained to the associated governing equations. These solutions are compared to the predictions of another two fluid continuum model. These comparisons are used to illustrate the differences in the predictions of two widely used models, even in the fundamental problem of steady flow in a circular pipe.     

Experiments on the interaction of internal waves with the semi-submersible platform in a stratified fluid

对密度分层流体中内波与半潜平台的相互作用问题 进行了模型试验研究. 采用摇板方法进行了内波造波试验,对内波波长、周期和波高进行了 测量分析,获得了内波波高和波长与周期之间的相关关系. 利用激光和倾角仪方法对半潜平 台的纵荡和纵摇运动响应进行了测量分析,获得了平台纵荡运动及纵摇角幅值与内波周期之 间的相关关系. 结果表明,在半潜平台的设计与应用中,内波对其运动响应的影响是不可忽 视的. 特别地,发现了在内波周期的某个范围内, 半潜平台的纵荡和纵摇都会出现 倍频周期运动响应的现象.     

A molecular dynamics simulation of segregation behaviours of horizontally vibrated binary granular mixture

This paper performs the two-dimensional, soft-sphere molecular dynamics simulations to study the granular segregation in a binary granular mixture with the same size but different density in the container with the sawtooth base under horizontal vibration. The segregation phase diagram is presented in the acceleration-frequency space. When the acceleration is high enough to result in relative motions of the particles, the system can be in various states (mixed state, vertical and horizontal segregation state), which depend on both acceleration and frequency. Due to the sawtooth base there is stratified flow effect besides density effect. The density effect raises the light particles. The stratified flow drives the particles in the upper levels to the right and the particles in the lower particles to the left, those fact results in the appearance of the left segregation state. The left segregation state can be changed to the right segregation by changing the shape of the sawtooth. As the vibration frequency increases, the stratified flow effect becomes weaker and weaker, so at high vibration frequencies the vertical segregation state appears instead of the left segregation state.     

Bifurcations and chaotic dynamics in a 4-dimensional competitive Lotka–Volterra system

In this paper, we study the Hopf bifurcation for the four-dimensional competitive Lotka–Volterra system, and give an example which can display chaotic dynamics apparent like Rössler’s folded band attractor. This demonstrates that Smale’s conclusions in (J. Math. Biol., 3:5–7, 1976) are true even for the simplest competitive Lotka–Volterra systems when the dimension n is four. We explore the mechanism of occurrence of chaotic behavior for the four-dimensional competitive Lotka–Volterra system. The numerical study indicates that a periodic solution by Hopf bifurcation can undergo successive period-doubling cascades, and a homoclinic orbit can undergo homoclinic bifurcation by Shil’nikov theorem.     

The Essential Spectrum and Banach Reducibility of Operator Weighted Shifts

For an operator weighted shift S, the essential spectrum σ _e (S) are described. Moreover, Banach reducibility of S is investigated and a condition for S* to be a Cowen-Douglas operator is characterized. Supported by MCME, Doctoral Foundation of the Ministry of Education and Science Foundation of Liaoning University     

Persistence of lower-dimensional tori under the first Melnikov's non-resonance condition

In this paper we prove the persistence of lower-dimensional invariant tori of integrable equations after Hamiltonian perturbations under the first Melnikov's non-resonance condition. The proof is based on an improved KAM machinery which works for the angle variable dependent normal form. By an example, we also show the necessity of the Melnikov's first non-resonance condition for the persistence of lower dimensional tori.