Investigation of Natural Convection in a Cubic Cavity near 4°C

The problem of the natural convection of water near the density inversion point is solved numerically for a cubic cavity with isothermal horizontal walls and thermally insulated vertical walls. For different Grashof numbers, six steady-state flows are obtained and the ranges of existence of these flows are found.     

多孔介质中二维对流传热的分叉

本文利用分叉理论研究了流体饱和的二维多孔介质从底部加热所引起的自然对流,用有限差分方法确定对流的分叉进程;揭示其模式转换机理及分叉对非正常流动图象形成的影响;同时确定了矩形截面宽高比与临界端利数的关系。还提出了一个判别分支稳定笥的简明方法。     

Non-Symmetric Convective Flows in Laterally Heated Rectangular Cavities

Bifurcations of central symmetry breaking and stability of nonsymmetric states of buoyancy-driven convection in laterally heated cavities are studied numerically. The calculations are carried out using two independent numerical approaches. Stability and weakly nonlinear analysis of the calculated bifurcations are studied by the spectral Galerkin method. Time-marching calculations are carried out using the finite volume method. By applying two independent numerical approaches the subcritical steady flows, their stability, the transitions between different states and flows at small and large supercriticalities are comprehensively investigated. It is shown how these numerical techniques can be applied for interpreting a particular experimental result.     

A torus bifurcation theorem with symmetry

A general theory for the study of degenerate Hopf bifurcation in the presence of symmetry has been carried out only in situations where the normal form equations decouple into phase/amplitude equations. In this paper we prove a theorem showing that in general we expect such degeneracies to lead to secondary torus bifurcations. We then apply this theorem to the case of degenerate Hopf bifurcation with triangular (D₃) symmetry, proving that in codimension two there exist regions of parameter space where two branches of asymptotically stable 2-tori coexist but where no stable periodic solutions are present. Although this study does not lead to a theory for degenerate Hopf bifurcations in the presence of symmetry, it does present examples that would have to be accounted for by any such general theory.     

平面Poisenille流动的二维Hopf分叉

本文用直接数值模拟的方法计算了二维Ｐｏｉｓｅｕｉｌｌｅ流动中扰动波的演化问题。得到了二维平衡态,在一定的波数下,Ｒｅ３９５０时,这种平衡态,将变得不稳定,模拟发现出现第二周期解,即二次分叉。     

Hopf bifurcation of an oscillator with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities and with delayed velocity feedback

This paper studies the local dynamics of an SDOF system with quadratic and cubic stiffness terms, and with linear delayed velocity feedback. The analysis indicates that for a sufficiently large velocity feedback gain, the equilibrium of the system may undergo a number of stability switches with an increase of time delay, and then becomes unstable forever. At each critical value of time delay for which the system changes its stability, a generic Hopf bifurcation occurs and a periodic motion emerges in a one-sided neighbourhood of the critical time delay. The method of Fredholm alternative is applied to determine the bifurcating periodic motions and their stability. It stresses on the effect of the system parameters on the stable regions and the amplitudes of the bifurcating periodic solutions. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19972025)     

Bifurcation in two-dimensional neural network model with delay

A kind of 2-dimensional neural network model with delay is considered. By analyzing the distribution of the roots of the characteristic equation associated with the model, a bifurcation diagram was drawn in an appropriate parameter plane. It is found that a line is a pitchfork bifurcation curve. Further more, the stability of each fixed point and existence of Hopf bifurcation were obtained. Finally, the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions were determined by using the normal form method and centre manifold theory. Foundation item: the National Natural Science, Foundation of China (19831030) Biography: WEI Jun-jie, Professor, Doctor, E-mail: weijj@hit.edu.cn     

多孔介质中的非达西自然对流的分岔研究

利用分岔理论研究了多孔介质底部加热所引起的非达西自然对流。用有限差分方法计算了对流的分岔;确定了Beta数与临界瑞利数的关系。结果表明：随着Be从0增大到1,出现分岔的单胞对流的临界瑞利数Rac从39．35单调地增大到41．15。双胞对流亦有类似的趋势。这说明惯性－湍流效应有使对流稳定性增强的趋势。     

Feigenbaum Scenario Exhibited by Thin Plate Dynamics

The dimensionless partial differential equations governing thedynamics of a thin flexible isotropic plate with an external load arederived and investigated. The period doubling bifurcations, as well asthe chaotic dynamics, are detected and analyzed. The algorithms leadingto the reduction of the original equations to those of a difference setof ordinary differential and algebraic equations are proposed, comparedto other known methods, and then applied to the problem.Among others, it is shown that, in spite of the system complexity, theFeigenbaum scenario exhibited by one-dimensional maps also governs theroute to chaos in the continuous system under consideration.     

Hopf Bifurcation on a Two-Neuron System with Distributed Delays: A Frequency Domain Approach

In this paper, a more general two-neuron model with distributed delays and weak kernel is investigated. By applying the frequency domain approach and analyzing the associated characteristic equation, the existence of bifurcation parameter point is determined. Furthermore, we found that if the mean delay is used as a bifurcation parameter, Hopf bifurcation occurs for the weak kernel. This means that a family of periodic solutions bifurcates from the equilibrium when the bifurcation parameter exceeds a critical value. The direction and stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are determine by the Nyquist criterion and the graphical Hopf bifurcation theorem. Some numerical simulations for justifying the theoretical analysis are also given.