RIGID EQUILIBRIUM AS EXEMPLIFIED BY BIRDS STANDING ON A BRANCH1)

为了提高理论力学课堂的趣味性,本文以树枝上小鸟作为刚体平衡的例子,应用力的平行四边形法则、力的可传性、三力平衡汇交定理等基本原理分析了树枝上小鸟的双腿受力,以及啄木鸟尾巴在保持身体平衡中的作用,并讨论了小鸟不同姿态对其受力的影响,期望达到提高学习兴趣、寓教于乐、改善教学效果的目的。     

REVIEW ON AMERICAN TEXTBOOKS OF STATICS

为对美国静力学教材有较为全面的理解,以便于在教学和教材建设中参考借鉴,本文研究这些教材的历史发展与现状。概述美国静力学教材的起源与演变。选择有代表性的7本仍在使用的教材,考察这些教材的主要内容及其教学处理,分析这些教材的教学理念和特点。     

CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION OF EXPERIMENT IN STRUCTURAL MECHANICS TEACHING1)

实验教学是很多理工科课程的重要教学环节,但是很多课程的实验教学模式还不够成熟,且开设困难。针对这一问题,本文以结构力学课程为例,分析当前高校结构力学实验开设难、开设少的原因,对比了几种典型实验方式的优劣。重点讨论了课堂演示实验的优势和实施办法,探索并列举了诸多简便易行的课堂演示实验案例。实践表明,课堂演示模型用日常简易材料制成,易于调动学生的参与积极性,同时增强学生的动手能力及理论联系实际的能力。最终提出了多种实验方式相结合的结构力学实验模式,可为当前高校结构力学和相关课程的课堂教学及实验环节提供借鉴。     

ON THE CULTIVATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS MAJORING MECHANICS BASED ON THE IDEA OF UNIVERSITY

21世纪信息技术、微纳米技术和生物技术等新兴领域的高速发展给力学专业的人才培养带来了机遇与挑战。本文简单介绍了高等教育的基本理念与发展及其在中国的演变。通过分析现阶段社会发展的需求和力学发展的趋势,阐述了力学本科的培养目标应该是具有宽广的人文素养和深厚的专业知识的创新型人才。本文结合上海大学二十余年来理论与应用力学本科人才培养的实际情况,对实现这一目标提出了几点参考建议。     

LEONARDO DA VINCI AND FLUID MECHANICS 1)

旷世全才列奥纳多·达·芬奇(Leonardo da Vinci),被世人誉为画家、雕刻家、天文学家、发明家、音乐家、数学家、解剖学家、生理学家、地质学家、植物学家、作家、军事、建筑工程和制图师,是意大利文艺复兴时期人文主义的代表人物。本文对其流体力学相关思想及湍流、飞行、波浪和风暴等几个方面的研究贡献进行梳理,认为他是流体力学科学研究的先驱和奠基人,也是一位“流体力学家”。     

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL ZHOU PEIYUAN COMPETITION ON MECHANICS

全国周培源大学生力学竞赛为《力学与实践》编委会发起并承办的一项大学生科技赛事,经过三十多年的发展,已经成功举办了12届,也成为展示高校力学教学水平的一个窗口。在《力学与实践》创刊40周之际,本文对全国周培源大学生力学竞赛的发展历程和组织模式进行了较为系统的回顾和梳理;对各届的组织规模和创新形式进行归纳与汇总;并通过案例说明力学竞赛对力学教学和人才培养所发挥的作用。     

On the metabolites produced by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides a fungus proposed for the Ambrosia artemisiifolia biocontrol; spectroscopic data and absolute configuration assignment of colletochlorin A

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. is responsible for serious allergies induced on humans. Different approaches for its control were proposed during the COST Action FA1203 “Sustainable management of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Europe” (SMARTER). Fungal secondary metabolites often show potential herbicidal activity. Three phytotoxins were purified from the fungal culture filtrates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, isolated from infected leaves of A. artemisiifolia. They were identified by spectroscopic and chemical methods as colletochlorin A, orcinol and tyrosol (1, 2 and 3). The absolute configuration 6’R to colletochlorin A was assigned for the first time applying the advanced Mosher’s method. When assayed by leaf-puncture on A. artemisiifolia only 1 caused the appearance of large necrosis. The same symptoms were also induced by 1 on ambrosia plantlets associated with plant wilting. On Lemna minor, colletochlorin A caused a clear fronds browning, with a total reduction in chlorophyll content.     

On the self-similar solution to the Euler equations for an incompressible fluid in three dimensions

The equations for a self-similar solution to an inviscid incompressible fluid are mapped into an integral equation that hopefully can be solved by iteration. It is argued that the exponents of the similarity are ruled by Kelvin's theorem of conservation of circulation. The end result is an iteration with a nonlinear term entering a kernel given by a 3D integral for a swirling flow, likely within reach of present-day computational power. Because of the slow decay of the similarity solution at large distances, its kinetic energy diverges, and some mathematical results excluding non-trivial solutions of the Euler equations in the self-similar case do not apply.     

Mixing time of an unaligned Gibbs sampler on the square

The paper concerns a particular example of the Gibbs sampler and its mixing efficiency. Coordinates of a point are rerandomized in the unit square ${[0,1]}^2$ to approach a stationary distribution with density proportional to $exp(?A^2{(u?v)}^2)$ for $(u,v)\in {[0,1]}^2$ with some large parameter $A$.Diaconis conjectured the mixing time of this process to be $O\left(A^2\right)$ which we confirm in this paper. This improves on the currently known $O(exp\left(A^2\right))$ estimate.