Transient gas flow simulation using an Adaptive Method of LinesSimulation d'écoulements dans un gazoduc par la méthode adaptative de lignes

Designing natural gas pipelines to safely and efficiently handle unsteady flows, requires knowledge of pressure drop, flowrate and temperature distribution throughout the system. The accurate prediction of these parameters is essential in order to achieve optimum cumulative deliverability, and safe and reliable operation. An Adaptive Method of Lines algorithm is formulated for the solution of Euler system of equations, which fully simulates slow and fast transients. Two test cases present the improvement of the numerical solution from grid adaptation. Good results are obtained both for slow and fast transients simulations proving that the suggested numerical procedure is appropriate for such predictions. To cite this article: E. Tentis et al., C. R. Mecanique 331 (2003).     

Non-linear vibrations and frequency response analysis of piezoelectrically driven microcantilevers

Microcantilevers have recently received widespread attentions due to their extreme applicability and versatility in both biological and non-biological applications. Along this line, this paper undertakes the non-linear vibrations of a piezoelectrically driven microcantilever beam as a common configuration in many scanning probe microscopy and nanomechanical cantilever biosensor systems. A part of the microcantilever beam surface is covered by a piezoelectric layer (typically ZnO), which acts both as an actuator and sensor. The bending vibrations of the microcantilever beam are studied considering the inextensibility condition and the coupling between electrical and mechanical properties in the piezoelectric materials. The non-linear terms appear in the form of quadratic expression due to presence of piezoelectric layer, and cubic form due to geometrical non-linearities. The Galerkin approximation is then utilized to discretize the equations of motion. In addition, the method of multiple scales is applied to arrive at the closed form solution for the fundamental natural frequency of the system. An experimental setup consisting of a commercial piezoelectric microcantilever attached on the stand of a state-of-the-art microsystem analyzer for non-contact vibration measurement is utilized to verify the theoretical developments. It is found that the experimental results and theoretical findings are in good agreement, which demonstrates that the non-linear modeling framework could provide a better dynamic representation of the microcantilever than the previous linear models. Due to microscale nature of the system, excitation amplitude plays an important role since even a small change in the amplitude of excitation can lead to significant vibrations and frequency shift.     

On averaged and normal form equations

The method of ayeraging has long been an important method for the analysis of nonlinear systems. One method using normal forms has more recently become a tool in applied mathematics. Both methods convert systems of ordinary differential equations to simpler equations by using a sequence of change of variables. This study can be interpreted as a local analysis in that it treats equations that are nonlinear perturbations of linear equations. We show that the two methods are essentially equivalent.This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. NSF/MEA 8310966. Deceased.     

Pushing the speed limit in enantioselective supercritical fluid chromatography

Chromatographic enantioseparations on the order of a few seconds can be achieved by supercritical fluid chromatography using short columns packed with chiral stationary phases. The evolution of ‘world record’ speeds for the chromatographic separation of enantiomers has steadily dropped from an industry standard of 20–40 min just two decades ago, to a current ability to perform many enantioseparations in well under a minute. Improvements in instrument and column technologies enabled this revolution, but the ability to predict optimal separation time from an initial method development screening assay using the t_{min cc} predictor greatly simplifies the development and optimization of high‐speed chiral chromatographic separations. In this study, we illustrate how the use of this simple tool in combination with the workhorse technique of supercritical fluid chromatography on customized short chiral columns (1–2 cm length) allows us to achieve ultrafast enantioseparations of pharmaceutically relevant compounds on the 5–20 s scale, bringing the technique of high‐throughput enantiopurity analysis out of the specialist realm and into the laboratories of most researchers.     

波士顿矩阵法在河南承接产业转移中的应用

承接产业转移是加速区域经济发展的"助推器",提升产业集聚能力是提高区域产业竞争力的关键,如何科学地选择承接产业,并提升产业集聚能力是河南亟待解决的问题.选取2010年和2014年两个时点,运用产业梯度系数和产业动态集聚指数对工业进行分行业分析,并借鉴波士顿矩阵分析法将其划分为明星、金牛、问题、瘦狗和衰退等产业.根据河南的自然资源、劳动力、区位条件、市场需求等比较优势,并考虑产业集聚发展的能力,来确定河南承接产业转移的重点产业.     

Remarks on the Born approximation and the Factorization Method

In this paper, we compare the far-field operators for the full nonlinear inverse scattering problem with the Born approximation as its linearization. The Factorization Method shows that both operators share the same behavior with respect to illposedness of the inverse problem. The results are derived for acoustic and electromagnetic scattering problems and the corresponding problem in electrical impedance tomography.     

RKPM形状函数的矩式显式表述及快速计算

给出了计算再生核质点法(RKPM)形状函数及其导数的矩式显式处理方法。其特点是在计算形状函数及其导数时不涉及矩阵的求逆或者线性方程组的求解，从而减少计算误差的产生并提高了计算速度。二维及三维形状函数计算算例表明该方法是提高RKPM计算效率的一种有效途径。     

两斜交圆柱壳应力分析的边界元法

本文研究了两斜交圆柱壳的边界元法。提出了用板的基本解叠加级数形式的修正项构成圆柱壳的基本解,提高了计算精度,缩短了计算时间。对区域积分进行特殊处理,从而避免了内部网格的划分,大大减少了数据准备工作量和占机内存。并编制了FORTRAN计算程序,进行了数值计算。     

极限分析的无搜索数学规划算法

本文研究理想刚塑性介质极限载荷因子的计算方法。根据极限分权理论的上限定理,建立了计算极限载荷因子的一般数学规划有限元格式。针对这种格式的特点,提出了一个求解极限载荷因子的无搜索迭代算法。这个算法中采用逐步识别刚性、塑性分区,不断修正目标函数的方案,克服了目标函数非光滑所导致的困难。本文提出的算法建立于位移模式有限元基础上,有较广的适用范围,且具有计算效率高,稳定性好,格式简单易于程序实现等优点。     

样条边界元法分析圆形基础板非线性非光滑接触

本文用样条边界元法分析轴对称圆形基础板的非线性非光滑接触。除事先给出外力与地基表面位移的对应关系外,地基的模型、板的厚薄(Reissner/Kirchhoff型)和外荷载沿径向的分布均可是任意的。文中将地基反力看作板的外载,对变量沿径向采用不等距祥条插值,并用无地基效应的板基本解。算例表明本文方法只要用少量自由度,便可得到令人满意的结果。