Numbering homoclinic points of diffeomorphisms in the plane

In this paper we introduce a numerical conjugacy invariant for planar maps with homoclinic points. This invariant can be estimated based on partial information about the location of compact pieces of the stable and unstable manifolds of the system. The invariant is also related to topological entropy, and we indicate a method by which good bounds on the entropy of a system can be obtained.     

On the Solution of Mixed Problems in Linear Anti-plane Piezoelectricity

In the present paper we consider interior and exterior mixed boundary value problems of anti-plane shear in the static theory of linear piezoelectricity. Using the boundary integral equation method we reduce the problems to systems of singular integral equations with discontinuous coefficients to which the classical Nöether’s theorems on existence of the solution can be applied. This allows us to establish well-posedness results and to obtain integral solutions of the corresponding mixed boundary value problems for a rather general class of piezoelectric materials. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) 45E05, 45F15, 74F15.     

On Cavitation, Configurational Forces and Implications for Fracture in a Nonlinearly Elastic Material

Experiments on polymers indicate that large tensile stress can induce cavitation, that is, the appearance of voids that were not previously evident in the material. This phenomenon can be viewed as either the growth of pre-existing infinitesimal holes in the material or, alternatively, as the spontaneous creation of new holes in an initially perfect body. In this paper our approach is to adopt both views concurrently within the framework of the variational theory of nonlinear elasticity. We model an elastomer on a macroscale as a void-free material and, on a microscale, as a material containing certain defects that are the only points at which hole formation can occur. Mathematically, this is accomplished by the use of deformations whose point singularities are constrained. One consequence of this viewpoint is that cavitation may then take place at a point that is not energetically optimal. We show that this disparity will generate configurational forces, a type of force identified previously in dislocations in crystals, in phase transitions in solids, in solidification, and in fracture mechanics. As an application of this approach we study the energetically optimal point for a solitary hole to form in a homogeneous and isotropic elastic ball subject to radial boundary displacements. We show, in particular, that the center of the ball is the unique optimal point. Finally, we speculate that the configurational force generated by cavitation at a non-optimal material point may be sufficient to result in the onset of fracture. The analysis utilizes the energy-momentum tensor, the asymptotics of an equilibrium solution with an isolated singularity, and the linear theory of elasticity at the stressed configuration that the body occupies immediately prior to cavitation. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Impact of singularity of Navier-Stokes equation upon atmospheric motion equations

Some conclusions about the smooth function classes stability for the basic system of equations of atmospheric motion and instability for Navier-Stokes equation are summarized. On the basis of this, by taking the basic system of equations of atmospheric motion via Boussinesq approximation as example to explain in detail that the instability about some simplified models of the basic system of equations for atmospheric motion is caused by the instability of Navier-Stokes equation, thereby, a principle to guarantee the stability of simplified equation is drawn in simplifying the basic system of equations.     

随机扰动的同宿分岔系统研究

利用一维扩展过程的奇点理论并结合能量包络的随机平均法，考查“隐藏在余维２分岔点之后”的同宿分岔系统受参激白噪声影响的分岔行为。     

A UNIFORMLY DIFFERENCE SCHEME OF SINGULAR PERTURBATION PROBLEM FOR A SEMILINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH MIXED BOUNDARY VALUE CONDITION

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Regularization of Discontinuous Vector Fields on $${\mathbb{R}^3}$$ via Singular Perturbation

Singular perturbations problems in dimension three which are approximations of discontinuous vector fields are studied in this paper. The main result states that the regularization process developed by Sotomayor and Teixeira produces a singular problem for which the discontinuous set is a center manifold. Moreover, the definition of sliding vector field coincides with the reduced problem of the corresponding singular problem for a class of vector fields.      

机器人通过奇点的运动学逆问题的数值解法

机器人在完成其规划动作时,常可能要通过其运动链的奇点,这时求解其运动学逆问题的通用算法遇到本质的困难,本文给出了一种算法,它可以成功地克服这个困难。文中还给出了计算实例。     

边界元法分析薄形层合结构

薄形层合结构由于几何形状的特殊性,其力学分析是数值计算的难点.边界元法分析层合结构具有较大的优势,但对于薄形层合结构,边界源点和对边上的积分单元距离很近,边界积分方程中存在几乎奇异积分,常规的数值积分方法已经失效.文章引入一种半解析化方法,计算薄形层合结构边界元法中的几乎奇异积分,使边界元法能成功分析三维薄形层合结构的层间界面应力和各层内点力学参量.