One-dimensional displacement of active matter on curved substrates

We analytically find the diffusion of overdamped active Brownian particles (ABPs) constrained to move along curved one-dimensional channels. The autonomous motion of these particles is achieved by a projection of their internal propulsion force along the channels' long section. In particular, the diffusion of ABPs moving on one-dimensional channels with a form of a circle, an ellipse, and a limacon of second order is analysed. To characterise the effect of substrate's geometry and self-propulsion on their diffusion, analytical expressions for the ABPs short- and long-time variances, as well as their steady angular probability density functions are offered. Curvature effects are found to reduce the time an ABP reaches its steady state. Our theoretical results are validated using Brownian dynamics simulations. This model may be relevant for experiments dealing with catalytic driven systems, bacteria, and tumour cell dispersion in one-dimensional channels.     

Harnack inequalities for SDEs driven by subordinate Brownian motions

By using regularization approximations of the underlying subordinator and a gradient estimate approach, the dimension-independent Harnack inequalities are established for the inhomogeneous semigroup associated with a class of SDEs with Lévy noise containing a subordinate Brownian motion. Our estimates in Harnack type inequalities improve the corresponding ones in the recent paper by Wang and Wang (2014) [10].     

Orbits in a stochastic Goodwin–Lotka–Volterra model

This paper examines the cycling behavior of a deterministic and a stochastic version of the economic interpretation of the Lotka–Volterra model, the Goodwin model. We provide a characterization of orbits in the deterministic highly non-linear model. We then study a stochastic version, with Brownian noise introduced via a heterogeneous productivity factor. Existence conditions for a solution to the system are provided. We prove that the system produces cycles around a unique equilibrium point in finite time for general volatility levels, using stochastic Lyapunov techniques for recurrent domains. Numerical insights are provided.     

端部激励相位差下斜拉索的非线性振动

斜拉桥中拉索承受着多种端部激励，可激发大幅空间振动．以斜拉索为对象，探究不同端部激励间相位差对其非线性振动的影响．首先，推导斜拉索无量纲离散控制方程，引入考虑相位的三向端部激励得到一般化模型；然后，针对拉索下端存在的纵桥向、竖向和横桥向激励的两两组合，受大幅或小幅激励，及其在主共振区或主参数共振区几组因素，共计12种工况，采用数值分析法分别研究了各工况下不同激励相位差时的斜拉索稳态响应．研究发现：激励相位差能加剧与激励频率相近的面内、外模态振动；在任意端部激励组合下，激励相位差不仅可使斜拉索非线性振动出现定量变化，还可改变内共振的表现形式．面内、外激励组合下，相位差对拉索响应幅值的影响以π为周期变化，且当相位差趋于π/2 + kπ (k = 0, 1, 2…)时影响最为突出；而面内激励组合下，以2π为变化周期，当相位差为π + 2kπ (k = 0, 1, 2, …)时其对稳态幅值的影响最显著．其原因是：面外激励关于拉索所在的竖直面对称，故其本质上以π为周期；而面内激励无此对称性，仍以2π为周期．因此，有无面外激励参与决定了激励间相位差对斜拉索响应的影响规律．     

高速铁路连续梁桥的共振响应与振动控制研究

以液体粘滞阻尼器为振动控制外部装置，主桥采用欧拉伯努利梁，通过中国和谐号动车组CRH380AL、日本新干线Shinkansen700和欧洲高速列车HSLMA8三种不同类型的高速列车对比，模拟分析了高速列车作用下桥梁结构共振响应的影响因素，以及粘滞阻尼器的阻尼系数与安装位置对桥梁结构振动响应的减振效果。研究结果表明，（1）合理有效地布置列车荷载轴距，可使桥梁结构发生基频共振的列车时速在运营时速之外，避免了桥梁结构发生较大振动峰值响应，即桥梁结构的基频共振；（2）随着粘滞阻尼器阻尼系数的增大，桥梁的加速度峰值在列车不同时速下均在减少，对桥梁振动有着不同程度的减振效果；（3）通过合理安置液体粘滞阻尼器，可有效降低高速列车作用下桥梁结构的共振响应；（4）随着粘滞阻尼器与主梁的连接点位置逐渐远离支座，粘滞阻尼器的减振效果逐渐明显；（5）随着粘滞阻尼器与桥台的连接点位置逐渐靠近支座，粘滞阻尼器的减振效果略有提升，但不明显。     

Two-dimensional model of elastically coupled molecular motors

A flashing ratchet model of a two-headed molecular motor in a two-dimensional potential is proposed to simulate the hand-over-hand motion of kinesins.Extensive Langevin simulations of the model are performed.We discuss the dependences of motion and efficiency on the model parameters,including the external force and the temperature.A good qualitative agreement with the expected behavior is observed.     

Brownian diode: Molecular motor based on a semi-permeable Brownian particle with internal potential drop

A model of an autonomous isothermal Brownian motor with an internal propulsion mechanism is considered. The motor is a Brownian particle which is semi-transparent for molecules of surrounding ideal gas. Molecular passage through the particle is controlled by a potential similar to that in the transition rate theory, i.e. characterized by two stationary states with a finite energy difference separated by a potential barrier. The internal potential drop maintains the diode-like asymmetry of molecular fluxes through the particle, which results in the particle?s stationary drift.     

Fractional Bilinear Stochastic Equations with the Drift in the First Fractional Chaos

Abstract

In the paper we compute the explicit form of the fractional chaos decomposition of the solution of a fractional stochastic bilinear equation with the drift in the fractional chaos of order one and initial condition in a finite fractional chaos. The large deviations principle is also obtained for the one-dimensional distributions of the solution of the equation perturbed by a small noise.