A combined parametric quadratic programming and precise integration method based dynamic analysis of elastic-plastic hardening/softening problems

The objective of the paper is to develop a new algorithm for numerical solution of dynamic elastic-plastic strain hardening/softening problems. The gradient dependent model is adopted in the numerical model to overcome the result mesh-sensitivity problem in the dynamic strain softening or strain localization analysis. The equations for the dynamic elastic-plastic problems are derived in terms of the parametric variational principle, which is valid for associated, non-associated and strain softening plastic constitutive models in the finite element analysis. The precise integration method, which has been widely used for discretization in time domain of the linear problems, is introduced for the solution of dynamic nonlinear equations. The new algorithm proposed is based on the combination of the parametric quadratic programming method and the precise integration method and has all the advantages in both of the algorithms. Results of numerical examples demonstrate not only the validity, but also the advantages of the algorithm proposed for the numerical solution of nonlinear dynamic problems. The project supported by the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation (G1999032805), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19872016, 50178016, 19832010) and the Foundation for University Key Teacher by the Ministry of Education of China     

重庆“朝天扬帆”钢结构工程风振研究

“朝天扬帆”是位于重庆朝天间广场的钢结构雕塑工程,该工程建筑型体复杂、结构布局不规则,通过该雕塑工程缩尺模型的几洞试验,确定其风载计算的体型系数;用时程法计算结构的风振响应,且在模拟作用于结构上的脉动风时程曲线时考虑结构的高度相关性,应用ALGOR93软件对结构进行风振时程分析,并自编程序加以前、后处理。通过对比该结构在脉动风和平均风作用下的杆件内力、节点位移响应,约定结构风振系数,为该雕塑工程抗风设计参数的确定提供理论依据。     

FEEDBACK CONTROL OPTIMIZATION FOR SEISMICALLY EXCITED BUILDINGS

A feedback control optimization method of partially observable linear structures via stationary response is proposed and analyzed with linear building structures equipped with control devices and sensors. First, the partially observable control problem of the structure under horizontal ground acceleration excitation is converted into a completely observable control problem. Then the It6 stochastic differential equations of the system are derived based on the stochastic averaging method for quasi-integrable Hamiltonian systems and the stationary solution to the Fokker-Plank-Kolmogorov （FPK） equation associated with the It6 equations is obtained. The performance index in terms of the mean system energy and mean square control force is established and the optimal control force is obtained by minimizing the performance index. Finally, the numerical results for a three-story building structure model under E1 Centro, Hachinohe, Northridge and Kobe earthquake excitations are given to illustrate the application and the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

不确定非线性结构动力响应的区间分析方法

研究多自由度非线性不确定参数系统的动力响应问题. 以区间数学为基础，将不确定 性参数用区间进行定量化，借助一阶Taylor级数，给出了近似估计非线性振动系统动力响 应范围的区间分析方法. 从数学证明和数值算例两方面，将其与概率摄动有限元法进行了比 较，结果显示区间分析方法对不确定参数先验信息具有要求较少、精度较高的优点.     

模糊桁架结构在模糊激励下的动力响应分析

研究了模糊参数桁架结构在模糊荷载激励下的动力响应分析问题. 不仅模糊桁架结构的物 理参数、几何尺寸具有模糊性，而且外载荷幅值也具有模糊性时，从Duhamel积分式出发，利用模糊因子法、区间运算和振型叠加法求出了结构动力响应模糊变量的表达式. 最后通过算例考察了结构参数和作用荷载的模糊性对结构动力响应的影响，表明所提出的计算模型和 分析方法是正确与可行的.     

频响函数综合法预测结构在水下的动特性

通过对一个结构模型在空气中和水下的动特性的研究，探讨了由结构在空气中的模态参数和水的附加质量预测结构在水下的模态参数的频响函数综合法，用以替代实体结构在水下的动特性试验。应用这种方法预测得到了结构在水下的模态参数并与结构的湿模态试验结果进行了对比。研究结果表明，对于所研究的梁形结构，不考虑水的阻尼，将水对结构的影响考虑成为附加质量，应用频响函数综合法预测结构在水下的模态参数是可行的     

Tiling solutions for optimal biological sensing

Biological systems, from cells to organisms, must respond to the ever-changing environment in order to survive and function. This is not a simple task given the often random nature of the signals they receive, as well as the intrinsically stochastic, many-body and often self-organized nature of the processes that control their sensing and response and limited resources. Despite a wide range of scales and functions that can be observed in the living world, some common principles that govern the behavior of biological systems emerge. Here I review two examples of very different biological problems: information transmission in gene regulatory networks and diversity of adaptive immune receptor repertoires that protect us from pathogens. I discuss the trade-offs that physical laws impose on these systems and show that the optimal designs of both immune repertoires and gene regulatory networks display similar discrete tiling structures. These solutions rely on locally non-overlapping placements of the responding elements (genes and receptors) that, overall, cover space nearly uniformly.     

Responsive mechanism of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole-based two-photon fluorescent probes for zinc and hydroxide ions

Response theory is used to investigate one- and two-photon absorption(TPA) as well as the emission properties of a series of potential zinc ion and pH sensitive materials containing 2-(2’-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole(HPBO) end groups.Special emphasis is placed on the evolution of their optical properties upon combining with zinc ions or deprotonation.Our calculated results indicate that upon combining with zinc ions or deprotonation,these HPBO derivatives show drastic changes in their one-photon absorption(OPA),emission,and TPA properties.Moreover,the mechanisms of the probes are analyzed and found to be an intramolecular charge transfer.These compounds are thus proved to be excellent candidates for two-photon fluorescent zinc and pH probes.     

Consequences of weak Allee effect on prey in the May–Holling–Tanner predator–prey model

In this work, a modified Holling–Tanner predator–prey model is analyzed, considering important aspects describing the interaction such as the predator growth function is of a logistic type; a weak Allee effect acting in the prey growth function, and the functional response is of hyperbolic type. Making a change of variables and time rescaling, we obtain a polynomial differential equations system topologically equivalent to the original one in which the non‐hyperbolic equilibrium point (0,0) is an attractor for all parameter values. An important consequence of this property is the existence of a separatrix curve dividing the behavior of trajectories in the phase plane, and the system exhibits the bistability phenomenon, because the trajectories can have different ω ? limit sets; as example, the origin (0,0) or a stable limit cycle surrounding an unstable positive equilibrium point. We show that, under certain parameter conditions, a positive equilibrium may undergo saddle‐node, Hopf, and Bogdanov–Takens bifurcations; the existence of a homoclinic curve on the phase plane is also proved, which breaks in an unstable limit cycle. Some simulations to reinforce our results are also shown. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于层次分析法的企业网络舆情危机应对评价研究

网络舆情危机应对评价是企业在新的舆论背景下研究危机应对的重点.采用定量和定性分析有机结合的层次分析法确定指标体系及权重,给出了企业网络舆情危机应对评价的步骤,并进行了评价验证.该评价体系为相关单位网络舆情危机应对评价提供一定的参考和指导.