Time Asymptotic Behaviour for a One-Velocity Transport Operator with Maxwell Boundary Condition

This paper is concerned with the spectral analysis of a one-velocity transport operator with Maxwell boundary condition in L ₁-space. After a detailed spectral analysis it is shown that the associated Cauchy problem is governed by a C ₀-semigroup. Next, we discuss the irreducibility of the transport semigroup. In particular, we show that the transport semigroup is irreducible. Finally, a spectral decomposition of the solutions into an asymptotic term and a transient one which will be estimated for smooth initial data is given.     

具有第二次多选择服务的M[X]/G/1排队系统

本文研究成批到达的具有第二次多选择服务的单服务员排队系统．顾客的到达形成一广义泊松过程，不同批的顾客按先到先服务的规则，而同一批的顾客按随机次序接受服务．两次服务的服务时间都是一般分布且相互独立．本文采用补充变量法，求得在瞬态和稳态情况下系统队长的概率母函数，然后又计算出顾客的平均队长和平均等待时间．     

Stochastic resonance in perspective

Summary We outline the historical development of stochastic resonance (SR), a phenomenon in which the signal and/or the signal-to-noise ratio in a nonlinear system increase with increasing intensity of noise. We discuss basic theoretical ideas explaining and describing SR, and we review some revealing experimental data that place SR within the wider context of statistical physics. We emphasize the close relationship of SR to some effects that are well known in condensed-matter physics. Paper presented at the International Workshop ?Fluctuations in Physics and Biology: Stochastic Resonance, Signal Processing and Related Phenomena?, Elba, 5–10 June 1994.     

Statistical mechanics of warm and cold unfolding in proteins

We present a statistical mechanics treatment of the stability of globular proteins which takes explicitly into account the coupling between the protein and water degrees of freedom. This allows us to describe both the cold and the warm unfolding, thus qualitatively reproducing the known thermodynamics of proteins. Received: 19 March 1998 / Revised and Accepted: 25 May 1998     

Surface effects in field-induced smectic transitions

We study the surface behavior of a semi-infinite smectogenic sample bounded by a solid wall, in the presence of an external electric field. Our analysis is performed in the framework of a Landau-de Gennes theory. For the sake of simplicity, we consider only the case in which, in the absence of field and surfaces, a direct isotropic to smectic-A transition occurs, while in the presence of the electric field a nonspontaneous nematic phase appears. Two new surface phases are identified, namely a parasmectic and a surface-induced smectic phase. The shifts in the transition temperatures and the critical behavior of the surface states are analyzed. Received: 25 August 1997 / Accepted: 23 January 1998     

Electrical Potential Distribution around a Charged Colloidal Particle: Nonlinear Integral Equation

多电解质溶液中带电胶体粒子的电势分布由球形Ｐｏｉｓｓｏｎ－Ｂｏｌｔｚｍａｎｎ方程（ＰＢＥ）描述．ＰＢＥ是一个非线性的微分方程，且难以求得其解析解．本文采用非线性Ｐ－Ｂ积分方程，计算电势分布的数值解．首先，根据静电场和热力学系统中的物理定理，导出描述电势分布的Ｐ－Ｂ积分方程（ＰＢＩＥ）；其次，用迭代方法求ＰＢＩＥ的数值解．最后，计算了在３－１型电解液中无量纲半径κａ分别为０．１２和０．２２，无量纲表面电势ξ分别为１，２，４，６时球形胶体粒子外部的电势值．为了检验数值解的精度，计算了表面电荷密度，并与Ｌｏｅｂ（１９６１）和Ｏｓｈｉｍａ（１９９５）等人的结果比较，本文结果的相对误差小于１％，优于Ｏｓｈｉｍａ的结果．     

Influence of particle diameter distribution on protein recovery in the expanded bed adsorption process

The General Rate model has been developed and solved to describe protein adsorption in an expanded bed. The model takes into account axial and local variation of particle size distribution (PSD), external and intra-particle mass transfer resistances, and dispersion in liquid phase. The influence of PSD on breakthrough profiles has been analysed. The simulation results show that for a significantly high expanded bed the lower part of the breakthrough curve profiles, calculated for local particle size distribution (LPSD) and for axial average particle size distribution (APSD) are very similar. However, the upper part of breakthrough profiles calculated for LPSD approaches inlet concentration much more slowly than those calculated for APSD. The retention times of the lower part of uptake curves calculated with average particle diameter are constantly shorter than those obtained from LPSD. For the calculation of the dynamic capacity (DC), the LPSD can be replaced by APSD for large expanded bed heights. Using breakthrough profiles calculated for average particle size, DC values are constantly underestimated.     

高频超声中带退化记忆项的MGT方程解的衰减估计北大核心CSCD

研究了高频超声应用中带无穷退化记忆项的Moore-Gibson-Thompson方程τu_(ttt)+α(x)u_(tt)-c^(2)Δu-bΔu_(t)+∫^(∞)_(0)g(s)div[a(x)▽u(t-s)]ds=0解的适定性和衰减速率,其中非负函数a(x)和α(x)是可退化的并满足a(x)+α(x)≥δ>0.该系统是由黏性热松弛流体中波传播模型的线性化而得到的.通过使用Faedo-Galerkin逼近和能量估计,证明了解的适定性.在适当的假设下,通过构造适当的李雅普诺夫泛函,建立了能量的指数或一般衰减结果.     

Low Mach number limit of inviscid Hookean elastodynamics

The low Mach number limit of inviscid Hookean elastodynamic equations is rigorously proved in bounded domain, whole space and periodic domain, respectively. The uniform existence of smooth solutions and convergence results as the Mach number tends to zero are obtained in three different domains.     

Efficiency of composite vs. conically shaped chromatographic columns

The theory of composite chromatographic columns has been re-examined and general equations relating their efficiency to those of individual columns were derived. The derivations were based on elementary principles without reference to the principle of variance additivity. Derived also, were general equations for the efficiency of columns with continuously varying diameters, HETP and other properties from which formulae for special cases of practical interest were deduced. An example comparing the efficiencies of two columns, one conical and the other composite was given. The calculations show clearly that the conical column is superior in efficiency for the same total length and total retention volume.