Partial Uniqueness and Obstruction to Uniqueness in Inverse Problems for Anisotropic Elastic Media

We consider the inverse problem of identifying the density and elastic moduli for three-dimensional anisotropic elastic bodies, given displacement and traction measurements made at their surface. These surface measurements are modelled by the dynamic Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on a finite time interval. For linear or nonlinear anisotropic hyperelastic bodies we show that the displacement-to-traction surface measurements do not change when the density and elasticity tensor in the interior are transformed tensorially by a change of coordinates fixing the surface of the body to first order. Our main tool, a new approach in inverse problems for elastic media, is the representation of the equations of motion in a covariant form (following Marsden and Hughes, 1983) that preserves the underlying physics.In the case of classical linear elastodynamics we then investigate how the type of anisotropy changes under coordinate transformations. That is, we analyze the orbits of general linear, anisotropic elasticity tensors under the action by pull-back of diffeomorphisms that fix the surface of the elastic body to first order, and derive a pointwise characterization of parts of the orbits under this action. For example, we show that the orbit of isotropic elastic media, at any point in the body, consists of some transversely isotropic and some orthotropic elastic media. We then derive the first uniqueness result in the inverse problem for anisotropic media using surface displacement-traction data: uniqueness of three elastic moduli for tensors in the orbit of isotropic elasticity tensors. ^†Partially supported by an MSRI Postdoctoral Fellowship. Research at MSRI is supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9850361. This work was conducted while the first author was a Gibbs Instructor at Yale University. ^‡Partially supported by an MSRI Postdoctoral Fellowship, and by NSF grant DMS-9801664 (9996350).     

Extending Circle Mappings to the Annulus

We show that any monotone degree one C mapping of the circle can be realized as the induced mapping on the boundary by a C area preserving diffeomorphism of the open annulus. The circle mapping may have critical points, allowing the possibility of Denjoy behavior on the boundary.     

Normal form for librational curves of the standard map

We present a method for constructing analytic expansions approximating librational invariant curves in the case of the so-called generalized standard map. After some preliminary changes of variables, we apply a direct Birkhoff normal form to a fixed order. The resulting system describes homotopically trivial invariant curves close to a periodic orbit. We investigate the stability of the librational curves applying a numerical method developed by J. Greene.

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Sommario Presentiamo un metodo per la costruzione di espansioni analitiche, adatte a descrivere le curve invarianti di librazione nel caso della standard map generalizzata. Dopo aver effettuato alcuni cambiamenti preliminari di variabili, calcoliamo la forma normale di Birkhoff ad un ordine fissato. Il sistema risultante descrive curve invarianti attorno ad orbite periodiche. Studiamo la stabilità di tali curve di librazione tramite un metodo numerico sviluppato da J. Greene.

     

二维Logistic映射的分岔与分形

理论分析了二维Logistic映射的分岔，并采用相图、分岔图、功率谱、Lyapunov指数和分维数计算的方法，揭示出：二维Logistic映射可按倍周期分岔和Hopf分岔走向混沌；在倍周期分岔过程中，系统在参数空间和相空间中都表现出自相似性和尺度变换下的不变性．对二维Logistic映射的吸引盆及其Mandelbrot-Julia集(简称M-J集)的研究表明：吸引盆中周期和非周期区域之间的边界是分形的，这意味着无法预测相平面上点运动的归宿；M-J集的结构由控制参数决定，且它们的边界是分形的．     

复合Logistic映射中的逆分岔与分形

利用分岔图，揭示出复合Logistic映射可按倍周期分岔走向混沌，且混沌区中存在混沌危机及逆分岔现象．同时，分析了复合Logistic映射临界点的轨道，给出了复合Logistic映射Mandelbrot-Julia集(简称M-J集)的定义，推广了Welstead和Cromer所提出的周期点查找技术，并利用该技术，构造出一系列复合Logistic映射的M-J集．在此基础上，研究了M-J集的对称性；探索了M集周期区域分布的拓扑不变性；通过定性地建立M集上J集的整体刻画，发现M集包含了J集构造的大量信息．     

Convective coupled map for simulating spatiotemporal chaos in flows

A coupled map lattices with convective nonlinearity or, for short, Convective Coupled Map (CCM) is proposed in this paper to simulate spatiotemporal chaos in fluid flows. It is found that the parameter region of spatiotemporal chaos can be determined by the maximal Liapunov exponent of its complexity time series. This simple model implies a similar physical mechanism for turbulence such that the route to spatiotemporal chaos in fluid flows can be envisaged. The study is supported by “Nonlinear Sciences Project” from the State Science and Technology Commission of China.     

交通事故的时空热点分析

针对目前交通事故分析中时空维度分离的不足，以H市2013―2015年的交通事故数据为研究对象，根据自组织神经网络、平行坐标系、时空颜色矩阵和时空网络核密度估计、热点分析法，分别从行政区划以及道路网络上进行交通事故的时空特征分析，从宏观和微观角度揭示交通事故的时空热点区域。结果表明，整体来说，在空间上，H市交通事故热点区域4个街道高于8个镇，呈明显的“两带一中心”分布，即硖许线与101省道形成的带状区域和市政府所在的行政中心区域；时间上，早、晚高峰时段最为严重，夜晚较为轻微，呈明显的区域特征分布，即工业办公区热点出现在早高峰时段，生活住宅区热点出现在晚高峰时段，商业消费区热点出现在夜晚时段。