Adhesion behavior of endothelial progenitor cells to endothelial cells in simple shear flow

The adhesion of endothelial progenitor cells(EPCs) on endothelial cells(ECs) is one of the critical physiological processes for the regenesis of vascular vessels and the prevention of serious cardiovascular diseases.Here,the rolling and adhesion behavior of EPCs on ECs was studied numerically.A two-dimensional numerical model was developed based on the immersed boundary method for simulating the rolling and adhesion of cells in a channel flow.The binding force arising from the catch bond of a receptor and ligand pair was modeled with stochastic Monte Carlo method and Hookean spring model.The effect of tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α) on the expression of the number of adhesion molecules in ECs was analyzed experimentally.A flow chamber system with CCD camera was set up to observe the top view of the rolling of EPCs on the substrate cultivated with ECs.Numerical results prove that the adhesion of EPC on ECs is closely related to membrane stiff-ness of the cell and shear rate of the flow.It also suggests that the adhesion force between EPC and EC by P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 only is not strong enough to bond the cell onto vessel walls unless contributions of other catch bond are considered.Experimental results demonstrate that TNF-α enhanced the expressions of VCAM,ICAM,P-selectin and E-selectin in ECs,which supports the numerical results that the rolling velocity of EPC on TNF-α treated EC substrate decreases obviously compared with its velocity on the untreated one.It is found that because the adhesion is affected by both the rolling velocity and the deformability of the cell,an optimal stiffness of EPC may exist at a given shear rate of flow for achieving maximum adhesion rates.     

民用飞机发动机吊挂静力试验技术研究

根据民用飞机发动机吊挂部段静力试验技术需求,研制了一套用于吊挂部段静力试验的试验系统,解决了吊挂支持模拟、加载边界模拟等关键技术;采用载荷偏移与力偶施加相结合的方法施加力矩;设计了加载杠杆施加试验小载荷.顺利完成了吊挂应急着陆、航向侧移相关的三种危险工况试验.试验结果表明,试验系统工作稳定可靠,吊挂在应急着陆等工况下未发生有害塑性变形,其强度、刚度满足设计要求.试验结果可作为该吊挂部段强度、刚度性能的评定依据,同时为有限元建模提供数据支持.     

基本解方法与边界节点法求解Helmholtz方程的比较研究

基本解方法和边界节点法是基于径向基函数的两种重要无网格边界离散数值技术。针对Helmholtz方程,本文比较研究这两种数值方法在不同计算区域问题上的计算精度、插值矩阵对称性、病态性及计算成本。数值试验结果表明,两种方法都可以有效求解边界数据准确的Helmholtz问题。在数值离散过程中,两种方法都可以通过调整配置点的位...     

基于Hamilton体系的弹性力学问题的比例边界有限元方法

比例边界有限元方法是求解偏微分方程的一种半解析半数值解法。对于弹性力学问题,可采用基于力学相似性、基于比例坐标相似变换的加权余量法和虚功原理得到以位移为未知量的系统控制方程,属于Lagrange体系。但在求解时,又引入了表面力为未知量,控制方程属于Hamilton体系。因而,本文提出在比例边界有限元离散方法的基础上,利...     

Scaling laws for gas-solid riser flow through two-fluid model simulation

Scale up of gas-solid circulating fluidized bed (CFB) risers poses many challenges to researchers.In this paper,CFD investigation of hydrodynamic scaling laws for gas-solid riser flow was attempted on the basis of two-fluid model simulations,in particular,the recently developed empirical scaling law of Qi,Zhu,and Huang (2008).A 3D computational model with periodic boundaries was used to perform numerical experiments and to study the effect of various system and operating parameters in hydrodynamic scaling o...     

Topological structure bifurcation of temperature field of deformable drop in Marangoni migration

The unsteady processes of the Marangoni migration of deformable liquid drops are simulated numerically in a wider range of Marangoni number (up to Ma = 500) in the present work. A steady terminal state can always be reached, and the scaled terminal velocity is a monotonic function decreasing with increasing Marangoni number, which is generally in agreement with corresponding experimental data. The topological structure of flow field in the steady terminal state does not change as the Marangoni number increases, while bifurcation of the topological structure of temperature field occurs twice at two corresponding critical Marangoni numbers. A third critical value of Marangoni number also exists, beyond which the coldest point jumps from the rear stagnation to inside the drop though the topological structure of the temperature field does not change. It is found that the inner and outer thermal boundary layers may exist along the interface both inside and outside the drop if Ma > 70. But the thickness decreases with increasing Marangoni number more slowly than the prediction of potential flow at large Marangoni and Reynolds numbers.     

Spreading–vanishing dichotomy in a diffusive logistic model with a free boundary, II

We study the diffusive logistic equation with a free boundary in higher space dimensions and heterogeneous environment. Such a model may be used to describe the spreading of a new or invasive species, with the free boundary representing the expanding front. For simplicity, we assume that the environment and the solution are radially symmetric. In the special case of one space dimension and homogeneous environment, this free boundary problem was investigated in Du and Lin (2010) [10]. We prove that the spreading-vanishing dichotomy established in Du and Lin (2010) [10] still holds in the more general and ecologically realistic setting considered here. Moreover, when spreading occurs, we obtain best possible upper and lower bounds for the spreading speed of the expanding front. When the environment is asymptotically homogeneous at infinity, these two bounds coincide. Our results indicate that the asymptotic spreading speed determined by this model does not depend on the spatial dimension.     

一类带有三维核的多点边值问题解的存在性(英文)

In this paper,a multi-point boundary value problems for a three order nonlinear deferential equation is considered.With the help of coincidence theorem due to Mawhin,a existence theorem is obtained.     

POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO m-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF NONLINEAR FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH p-LAPLACIAN

In this paper,we are concerned with the existence of positive solutions to an m-point boundary value problem with p-Laplacian of nonlinear fractional differential equation.By means of Krasnosel'skii fixed-point theorem on a convex cone and Leggett-Williams fixed-point theorem,the existence results of solutions are obtained.     

THE INTERIOR LAYER SOLUTION TO NONLOCAL REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

An initial boundary value problem of semilinear nonlocal reaction diffusion equations is considered.Under some suitable conditions,using the asymptotic theory,the existence and asymptotic behavior of the interior layer solution to the initial boundary value problem are studied.