GLOBAL SEISMOTECTONIC SYSTEMS AND THE EARTH''''S ASYMMETRY

This paper mainly discusses the relation between global seismotectonic systems and asymmetric geodynamic systems. Global seismotectonic systems may be divided into three asymmetric I-Scale systems: the circum-Pacific seismotectonic system, the oceanic ridge seismotectonic system, and the continental seismotectonic system in the Northern Hemiaphere. Global asymmetry is also indicated by the asymmetry between the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, the asymmetry between the Atlantic and Pacific Hemispheres, and the asymmetry between the east and west of meridioual tectonics. Global asymmetric geodynamic systems may be composed of meridional convection, latitudinal convection, and inertia flow resulting from the variation of the Earth's rotational velocity. These geodynamic systems constitute the dynamic background of global asymmetry and control the frameworks of global seismotectonic systems.     

Torsion-rotation far-infrared spectrum of O-18 methanol

High-resolution Fourier transform spectra have been recorded from 15–470 cm^–1 for the far-infrared trosion-rotation band of O-18 methanol in the vibrational ground state. So far, 57 subbands have been assigned in the 15–220 cm^–1 region for a wide range of rotational and torsional states, and their J-independent origins have been determined to an estimated accuracy of ±0.01 cm^–1. The observed origins were found to deviate in many cases by several tenths of a cm^–1 from the values calculated with the previous molecular parameters. Together with 4 known microwave origins, the new data have been fitted to a model torsion-rotation Hamiltonian in order to refine the set ofb-type molecular constants for the ground state. With the new parameter set, the experimental subband origins are reproduced with an rms error of ±0.02 cm^–1, representing a substantial improvement over the earlier situation. The spectroscopic results have also been of great assistance with our assignments of optically-pumped FIR laser emission in CH₃ ¹⁸OH, in providing FIR data for checking the identification of the IR-pump/FIR-laser transition systems through combination loop relations.     

Shape-Preserving Approximation of Spatial Data

We present a new method for the construction of shape-preserving curves approximating a given set of 3D data, based on the space of quintic like polynomial splines with variable degrees recently introduced in [7]. These splines – which are C ³ and therefore curvature and torsion continuous – possess a very simple geometric structure, which permits to easily handle the shape-constraints.     

Homotopy Categories for Simply Connected Torsion Spaces

For each n > 1 and each multiplicative closed set of integers S, we study closed model category structures on the pointed category of topological spaces, where the classes of weak equivalences are classes of maps inducing isomorphism on homotopy groups with coefficients in determined torsion abelian groups, in degrees higher than or equal to n. We take coefficients either on all the cyclic groups with s ∈ S, or in the abelian group where is the group of fractions of the form with s ∈ S. In the first case, for n > 1 the localized category is equivalent to the ordinary homotopy category of (n − 1)-connected CW-complexes whose homotopy groups are S-torsion. In the second case, for n > 1 we obtain that the localized category is equivalent to the ordinary homotopy category of (n − 1)-connected CW-complexes whose homotopy groups are S-torsion and the nth homotopy group is divisible. These equivalences of categories are given by colocalizations , obtained by cofibrant approximations on the model structures. These colocalization maps have nice universal properties. For instance, the map is final (in the homotopy category) among all the maps of the form Y → X with Y an (n − 1)-connected CW-complex whose homotopy groups are S-torsion and its nth homotopy group is divisible. The spaces , are constructed using the cones of Moore spaces of the form M(T, k), where T is a coefficient group of the corresponding structure of models, and homotopy colimits indexed by a suitable ordinal. If S is generated by a set P of primes and S ^p is generated by a prime p ∈ P one has that for n > 1 the category is equivalent to the product category . If the multiplicative system S is generated by a finite set of primes, then localized category is equivalent to the homotopy category of n-connected Ext-S-complete CW-complexes and a similar result is obtained for .     

Variational Inequalities and the Elastic-Plastic Torsion Problem

We show that, under suitable conditions, the variational inequality that expresses the elastic-plastic torsion problem is equivalent to a variational inequality on a convex set which depends on (x)=d(x, ). Such an equivalence allows us to find the related Lagrange multipliers and to exhibit a computational procedure based on the subgradient method.     

Piezoelectric Analogy of Generalized Torsion in Anisotropic Elasticity

We consider a piezoelectric body bounded by a cylindrical surface in which all cross sections are of the same geometry. Suppose on the lateral surface the body is loaded in such a way that the stress and electric displacement do not vary along the axial direction. In addition the end of the cylinder is also subjected to forces reducing to bending moments, twisting moment, axial force and electric charge. We follow Lekhnitskii's formalism to characterize the deformation of the considered problem. It is found that, when the solid possesses a material symmetry plane normal to the axial direction, the simplified field equations together with suitably chosen boundary conditions are entirely analogous to those of a generalized torsion problem in anisotropic elasticity. In particular, we show that by setting a linkage between two sets of 21 material constants, any problem in one field can be resolved as another problem in the other area. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

复合材料大层数层压矩形截面杆的扭转问题分析

本文根据有效弹性模量理论［１］，采用三维八节点等参数有限元和整体—局部方法，对复合材料大层数矩形厚截面层压杆的扭转问题及其自由边缘效应进行了分析研究，通过算例计算给出了剪切应力在横截面内的分布规律、杆的扭转变形及其在自由边缘区域层间应力的分布情况·由于本文的分析方法可根据需要仅在应力梯度较大的局部区域，按单层逐层划分单元或在单层内再细化单元，以求得单层内精确的应力场和位移场，因此能显著节约计算量与机时，为具有大层数层压杆的扭转强度计算提供了一种有效的方法·     

Ultra-low frequency passive vertical vibration isolation system

An ultra-low frequency passive vertical vibration isolator is constructed by mounting a couple of additional masses on the crank-arms of the torsion spring. The theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the system with additional masses can achieve better vertical vibration isolation and longer resonant period. Measured displacement response of the test mass under seismic excitation reaches 3 x 10^{-12 m/√ Hz} around 10 Hz, and the isolation ratio comes to about 60 dB attenuation at 6 Hz, which is about 30 dB lower than that of the system without additional masses. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 19425008, 49674246 and 59678032).     

On limiting field strengths in gravitation

We consider through the equivalence principle the existence of maximal and minimal field strengths in gravitation. We explore the consequences for gravitational collapse and for explaining the rotation curve of galaxies without invoking dark matter. Other interesting implications like maximal size of planetary systems are outlined.1. Note that, in our case, such results, both for electromagnetic and gravitational fields, are obtained when torsion is considered [8]: In fact, we have arrived at a minimum radius, for instance, of the electron, starting explicitly frm a modified Poisson's equation when a term containing the spin is incorporated through torsion.