生物柴油替代混合物化学动力学模型构建及路径分析

以癸酸甲酯(C₁₁H₂₂O₂)和正庚烷(nC₇H₁₆)作为生物柴油替代混合物,通过相对分子质量、低热值以及含氧量与实际生物柴油对比确定两种组分按摩尔比1：1混合,并在此基础上构建了一个由691种组分、3226个基元反应组成的生物柴油替代混合物的化学动力学机理. 在激波管条件下该机理计算的着火延迟与实验数据吻合很好;在发动机条件下该机理计算的缸内压力与实验值吻合很好,CO、未燃碳氢和NOx与实验结果趋势一致.此外,本文还对替代混合物的低温反应动力学过程进行了分析,结果表明癸酸甲酯脱氢产物主要为MD2J和MDMJ. MD2J在低温阶段的主要消耗途径除了加氧之外,还有与正庚烷基(C₇H₁₅-1)第一次加氧产物(C₇H₁₅O₂-3)进行交叉反应;发生分解反应生成MP2D及与氧发生脱氢反应生成MD2D. 另一种主要脱氢产物MDMJ在低温阶段的主要消耗途径为通过同分异构转化为MD2J和MD3J.     

New results for global stability of a class of neutral-type neural systems with time delays

This paper studies the global convergence properties of a class of neutral-type neural networks with discrete time delays. This class of neutral systems includes Cohen–Grossberg neural networks, Hopfield neural networks and cellular neural networks. Based on the Lyapunov stability theorems, some delay independent sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point for this class of neutral-type systems are derived. It is shown that the results presented in this paper for neutral-type delayed neural networks are the generalization of a recently reported stability result. A numerical example is also given to demonstrate the applicability of our proposed stability criteria.     

Dissipativity of Runge–Kutta methods for neutral delay integro-differential equations

This paper is concerned with the numerical dissipativity of a class of nonlinear neutral delay integro-differential equations. The dissipativity results are obtained for algebraically stable Runge–Kutta methods when they are applied to above problems.     

A note on the existence and uniqueness of the solution to neutral stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay

In this note, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the solution to neutral stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay (INSFDEs in short) in which the initial value belongs to the phase space BC((-∞,0]R^d), which denotes the family of bounded continuous R^d-value functions φ defined on (-∞,0] with norm ||φ||=sup_-∞<θ?0|φ(θ)|, under some Carathéodory-type conditions on the coefficients by means of the successive approximation. Especially, we extend the results appeared in Ren et al. [Y. Ren, S. Lu, N. Xia, Remarks on the existence and uniqueness of the solutions to stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 220 (2008) 364-372], Ren and Xia [Y. Ren, N. Xia, Existence, uniqueness and stability of the solutions to neutral stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay, Appl. Math. Comput. 210 (2009) 72-79] and Zhou and Xue [S. Zhou, M. Xue, The existence and uniqueness of the solutions for neutral stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay, Math. Appl. 21 (2008) 75-83].     

Neuron phase shift adaptive to time delay in locomotor control

Based on neurophysiological evidence, theoretical studies have shown that walking can be generated by mutual entrainment of oscillations of a central pattern generator (CPG) and a body. However, it has also been shown that the time delay in the sensorimotor loop destabilizes mutual entrainment, and results in the failure to walk. Recently, it has been reported that if (a) the neuron model used to construct the CPG is replaced by physiologically faithful neuron model (Bonhoeffer–Van der Pol type) and (b) the mechanical impedance of the body (muscle viscoelasticity) is controlled depending on the angle between two legs, the phase relationship between CPG activity and body motion could be flexibly locked according to the loop delay and, therefore, mutual entrainment can be stabilized. That is, locomotor control adaptive to the loop delay can emerge from the coupling between CPG and body. Here, we call this mechanism flexible-phase locking. In this paper, we construct a system of coupled oscillators as a simplified model of a walking system to theoretically investigate the mechanism of flexible-phase locking, and to analyze the simplified model. The analysis suggests that the following are required as the essential mechanism: (i) an asymptotically stable limit cycle of the coupling system of CPG and body and (ii) a sign difference between afferent and efferent coupling coefficients.     

The dynamics of an impulsive delay SI model with variable coefficients

An impulsive delayed SI model with variable coefficients and a nonlinear incidence is formulated and analyzed. By introducing three thresholds, we obtain sufficient conditions for eradication and permanence of the disease, respectively. It is shown that the conditions depend on time delay for both the global attractivity of the positive infection-free periodic solution and permanence of the model. Furthermore, our results indicate that the disease will disappear if the ratio of the maximum to minimum of the pulse vaccination rate is lager than some value. The main feature of this paper is that we introduce multi-delays and variable coefficients into the SI model, and exhibit a new method which is applied to investigate this model. Numerical results show that the system we considered has complex dynamics including periodic and quasi-periodic oscillations.     

Mathematical model for the control of a pest population with impulsive perturbations on diseased pest

In this paper, a stage-structured pest management SI model with impulsive perturbations on infected pest is introduced. Sufficient conditions of the global attractivity of pest-extinction periodic solution and permanence of the system are obtained. We also prove that all solutions of system are uniformly ultimately bounded.     

The optimal pricing and ordering policy for an integrated inventory model when trade credit linked to order quantity

In traditional inventory models, it is implicitly assumed that the buyer must pay for the purchased items as soon as they have been received. However, in many practical situations, the vendor is willing to provide the buyer with a permissible delay period when the buyer’s order quantity exceeds a given threshold. Therefore, to incorporate the concept of vendor–buyer integration and order-size-dependent trade credit, we present a stylized model to determine the optimal strategy for an integrated vendor–buyer inventory system under the condition of trade credit linked to the order quantity, where the demand rate is considered to be a decreasing function of the retail price. By analyzing the total channel profit function, we developed some useful results to characterize the optimal solution and provide an iterative algorithm to find the retail price, buyer’s order quantity, and the numbers of shipment per production run from the vendor to the buyer. Numerical examples and sensitivity analysis are given to illustrate the theoretical results, and some managerial insights are also obtained.     

Stability of singularly perturbed switched systems with time delay and impulsive effects

This paper studies the stability properties of singularly perturbed switched systems with time delay and impulsive effects. Such systems are assumed to consist of both unstable and stable subsystems. By using the multiple Lyapunov functions technique and the dwell time approach, some stability criteria are established. Our results show that impulses do contribute in order to obtain stability properties even when the system consists of only unstable subsystems. Numerical examples are presented to verify our theoretical results.