基于复模态的控制力矩陀螺配置优化

由于陀螺耦合效应,系统动力学方程的特征值和特征向量皆为复数形式,不便于进行控制力矩陀螺的配置优化和控制律设计。本文基于复模态理论,构造出一种实数域上的伪模态矩阵,从而实现方程解耦。综合考虑结构模态、控制输入能量和传感器接收能量的复合优化准则,获得了控制力矩陀螺的最优配置。结果表明,采用线性二次型最优控制,能够快速将结构的响应振幅降至5%以内,验证了使用伪模态矩阵进行方程解耦的可行性及控制的有效性。     

Fixed Final Time Optimal Control via Simple Cell Mapping

A cell mapping strategy based on Bellman'sPrinciple of optimality (BP) is proposed to solve the fixed final time optimalcontrol of strongly nonlinear systems with state and control bounds. Thefixed final time problem is transformed into a fixed final time-fixed finalstate optimal control problem by reversing the time. This transformationallows to solve the problem in the framework of the BP. Backward searchingalgorithms within the cell mapping context are used to obtain the solution ofthe new problem. This approach reduces considerably the computational effortrequired for the original problem when it is solved by a forward searchingapproach. The vibration control problem of damped and undamped variablestiffness oscillators with bounded stiffness tuning range is studied todemonstrate the effectiveness of the approach. A numerical study on theconvergence of the method is also presented.     

Thermocapillary convection in an absorbing-scattering medium subjected to irradiation

The criteria for the onset of thermocapillary convection in a horizontal radiating fluid layer heated by an incident thermal radiative energy source are determined. The fluid layer is an absorbing and isotropically scattering medium confined between a free upper surface and an insulated rigid lower surface. Linear analysis is performed on the continuity, momentum, energy, and approximate radiative equations. The resulting disturbance equations are solved using a numerical optimization technique to obtain the eigenvalues governing the onset of convective motion. The influence of thermal radiation on the critical Marangoni number is examined. Attention is drawn to the physical significance of the heat transfer mode, gravitational force, the scattering effect, and the surface radiative properties. The conditions leading to the onset of convection are presented as functions of the optical thickness, scattering albedo, Planck number, surface emissivities, and transmissivities.     

BEWARE OF THE BEACH HIDDEN KILLER--RIP CURRENT

离岸流是垂直于海岸线、向外海方向快速移动的强劲海流。对于海边的人员来说非常危险,没有经验的游泳者一旦被离岸流带离浅滩,很难与之对抗游回岸边,往往因力竭而溺水。每年海滨区域都有大量的溺亡事件与此相关,但有关离岸流的知识在公众的视野里仍比较缺乏。本文从流体力学的角度对离岸流的危害、形成、特征以及分类进行了简要介绍,并在如何防范离岸流、保障自身安全等方面给出了一些建议。     

超静定型钢桁架优化设计的面积比法

满应力准则是对超静定型钢桁架进行优化设计的有效方法．但这种方法的主要缺点在于收敛速度很慢甚至不收敛,这给设计工作带来很大的不便．对问题进行了研究,在“型钢压杆稳定设计直接法”的基础上,提出了满应力优化设计的一种新方法——面积比法,有效地提高了设计过程的收敛速度,降低了设计成本,供有关结构设计人员参考．     

Optimal Transitions of a Spacecraft with an Energy Storage and a Low-Power Thruster

A solution is found to the problem on optimal transitions of a spacecraft with a low-power thruster and an energy storage between two close noncoplanar circular orbits. The maximum payload is chosen to be the optimality criterion. The optimal time-dependences of controls and optimal relationships among the mass parameters of the propulsion system are presented. Ranges of these parameters are found within which an energy storage would be appropriate for use. The results are compared with those for a constant-power thruster. The effect of the radial increment and the increment in the orbit inclination angle on the efficiency of the energy storage is studied     

建筑结构最优阻尼及最优配置研究

利用阻尼来抗震是建筑物最简单的抗震方法,当在阻尼数目少于楼层数时,为使所布置的阻尼达到最优的抗震效果,本文开发了两种最优阻尼配置方法。第一种方法是根据临界激励法确定计算所有可能布置位置中的临界阻尼,选择最小的临界阻尼位置作为最优配置。第二种方法则是根据给定阻尼,计算最优控制效果以确定最优阻尼配置。然后根据实代码遗传算法,在结构抗震效果基本保证的前提下,寻找最优阻尼以降低结构总的阻尼增量。最后给出了一个计算实例。     

Minimization of the Wing Airfoil Drag Coefficient Using the Optimal Control Method

The problem of designing a wing airfoil starting from the surface velocity (or pressure) distribution, given in multi-parameter form, is considered. In the diffuser region, the velocity decrease law is determined from the conditions of minimum drag and separationless flow for a given Reynolds number. The case of boundary layer suction for the purpose of improving the aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoil is studied. A solution is obtained using optimal control theory.     

Optimal reinsurance under risk and uncertainty

This paper deals with the optimal reinsurance problem if both insurer and reinsurer are facing risk and uncertainty, though the classical uncertainty free case is also included. The insurer and reinsurer degrees of uncertainty do not have to be identical. The decision variable is not the retained (or ceded) risk, but its sensitivity with respect to the total claims. Thus, if one imposes strictly positive lower bounds for this variable, the reinsurer moral hazard is totally eliminated.Three main contributions seem to be reached. Firstly, necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are given in a very general setting. Secondly, the optimal contract is often a bang–bang solution, i.e., the sensitivity between the retained risk and the total claims saturates the imposed constraints. Thirdly, the optimal reinsurance problem is equivalent to other linear programming problem, despite the fact that risk, uncertainty, and many premium principles are not linear. This may be important because linear problems may be easily solved in practice, since there are very efficient algorithms.     

Nash equilibrium strategies for a defined contribution pension management

This paper studies the time-consistent investment strategy for a defined contribution (DC) pension plan under the mean–variance criterion. Since the time horizon of a pension fund management problem is relatively long, two background risks are taken into account: the inflation risk and the salary risk. Meanwhile, there are a risk-free asset, a stock and an inflation-indexed bond available in the financial market. The extended Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB for short) equation of the equilibrium value function and the verification theorem corresponding to our problem are presented. The closed-form time-consistent investment strategy and the equilibrium efficient frontier are obtained by stochastic control technique. The effects of the inflation and stochastic income on the equilibrium strategy and the equilibrium efficient frontier are illustrated by mathematical and numerical analysis. Finally, we compare in detail the time-consistent results in our paper with the pre-commitment one and find the distinct properties of these two results.