Finite difference approximations for the fractional Fokker–Planck equation

The fractional Fokker–Planck equation has been used in many physical transport problems which take place under the influence of an external force field. In this paper we examine some practical numerical methods to solve a class of initial-boundary value problems for the fractional Fokker–Planck equation on a finite domain. The solvability, stability, consistency, and convergence of these methods are discussed. Their stability is proved by the energy method. Two numerical examples are also presented to evaluate these finite difference methods against the exact analytical solutions.     

Detection of maximum loadability limits and weak buses using Chaotic PSO considering security constraints

In the current research chaotic search is used with the optimization technique for solving non-linear complicated power system problems because Chaos can overcome the local optima problem of optimization technique. Power system problem, more specifically voltage stability, is one of the practical examples of non-linear, complex, convex problems. Smart grid, restructured energy system and socio-economic development fetch various uncertain events in power systems and the level of uncertainty increases to a great extent day by day. In this context, analysis of voltage stability is essential. The efficient method to assess the voltage stability is maximum loadability limit (MLL). MLL problem is formulated as a maximization problem considering practical security constraints (SCs). Detection of weak buses is also important for the analysis of power system stability. Both MLL and weak buses are identified by PSO methods and FACTS devices can be applied to the detected weak buses for the improvement of stability. Three particle swarm optimization (PSO) techniques namely General PSO (GPSO), Adaptive PSO (APSO) and Chaotic PSO (CPSO) are presented for the comparative study with obtaining MLL and weak buses under different SCs. In APSO method, PSO-parameters are made adaptive with the problem and chaos is incorporated in CPSO method to obtain reliable convergence and better performances. All three methods are applied on standard IEEE 14 bus, 30 bus, 57 bus and 118 bus test systems to show their comparative computing effectiveness and optimization efficiencies.     

A Notion of Stochastic Input-to-State Stability and Its Application to Stability of Cascaded Stochastic Nonlinear Systems

In this paper, the property of practical input-to-state stability and its application to stability of cascaded nonlinear systems are investigated in the stochastic framework. Firstly, the notion of （practical） stochastic input-to-state stability with respect to a stochastic input is introduced, and then by the method of changing supply functions, （a） an （practical） SISS-Lyapunov function for the overall system is obtained from the corresponding Lyapunov functions for cascaded （practical） SISS subsystems.     

Neural networks for a class of bi-level variational inequalities

In this paper, a class of bi-level variational inequalities for describing some practical equilibrium problems, which especially arise from engineering, management and economics, is presented, and a neural network approach for solving the bi-level variational inequalities is proposed. The energy function and neural dynamics of the proposed neural network are defined in this paper, and then the existence of the solution and the asymptotic stability of the neural network are shown. The simulation algorithm is presented and the performance of the proposed neural network approach is demonstrated by some numerical examples.     

A finite difference scheme for two-dimensional semiconductor device of heat conduction on composite triangular grids

The momentary state of a semiconductor device of heat conduction is described by a system of four nonlinear partial differential equations. One elliptic equation is for the electrostatic, two parabolic equations are for the electron concentration and the hole concentration, and one heat exchange equation is for the temperature. According to the necessary of practical numerical simulations and based on the balance equation, finite difference schemes for two-dimensional transient behavior of a semiconductor device of heat conduction on composite triangular grids are constructed. Studying their stability and convergence properties, the error estimate in the energy norm is obtained. Finally, a numerical example is given.     

电力市场实用稳定性的判定条件

首次把实用稳定性的理论用于电力市场稳定性的研究中.结合Alvarado提出的电力市场动态模型,利用微分代数方程与特征值技术,从理论上研究电力市场的实用稳定性,并且给出了判断电力市场实用稳定、一致实用稳定和实用渐近稳定性的充分条件.利用这些实用稳定性条件,对于Alvarado给出的数值算例,可方便地利用初始数据判断电力市场模型的实用稳定性,并通过实例提供了假设模型中某个参数在电力市场变化中起主要作用,如何控制电力市场模型实用稳定性的方法.最后利用Maple软件包给出了参数变化引起模型实用稳定和不稳定的图形演示.     

Strict practical stability of nonlinear impulsive systems by employing two Lyapunov-like functions

This paper develops the concepts of strict practical stability of ordinary differential equations to impulsive differential system. Strict practical stability, known as stability in tube-like domain, can be made to estimate upper bound and lower bound of the solutions of impulsive differential equations. This note provides several stability criteria for strict practical stability of nonlinear dynamical systems with impulse effects by employing two Lyapunov-like functions under general restrictions. It may provide a greater prospect to solve problems which exhibit impulsive effects.     

Eventual practical stability of impulsive differential equations with time delay in terms of two measurements

In this paper we introduce a new stability—eventual practical stability for impulsive differential equations with time delay. By using Lyapunov functions and comparison principle, we will get some criteria of eventual practical stability, eventual practical quasistability and strong eventual practical stability for impulsive differential equations with time delay in terms of two measurements.     

一类非线性动力系统实用稳定域的研究及应用

借助于李雅普诺夫函数讨论了一类非线性动力系统的实用稳定性和实用稳定域的估计问题,得到了实用稳定域存在的充分条件,给出了一类动力系统实用稳定域的具体形式.通过具体实例说明了所给条件的实用性,改进了已有的结果.     

On the Robust Practical Global Stability of Nonlinear Time-varying Systems

The goal of this paper is twofold. The first part presents a Lyapunov statement and proof of the concept of robust global practical exponential stability (RpGES) for nonlinear time varying systems. A RpGES-Lyapunov function for the overall system is exhibited. Its proof is a consequence of some results on converse Lyapunov theorems obtained by Tsinias in 19. The second part provides sufficient conditions for the robust practical globally uniformly asymptotically stability (RpGUAS).     

Error estimates of finite element methods for nonstationary thermal convection problems with temperature-dependent coefficients

Summary. General error estimates are proved for a class of finite element schemes for nonstationary thermal convection problems with temperature-dependent coefficients. These variable coefficients turn the diffusion and the buoyancy terms to be nonlinear, which increases the nonlinearity of the problems. An argument based on the energy method leads to optimal error estimates for the velocity and the temperature without any stability conditions. Error estimates are also provided for schemes modified by approximate coefficients, which are used conveniently in practical computations.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 65M12, 65M60, 76M10     

A new approach to practical stability of impulsive functional differential equations in terms of two measures

In this work, we consider a new approach to the practical stability theory of impulsive functional differential equations. With Lyapunov functionals and Razumikhin technique, we use a new technique in the division of Lyapunov functions, given by Shunian Zhang, and obtain conditions sufficient for the uniform practical (asymptotical) stability of impulsive delay differential equations. An example is also discussed to illustrate the advantage of the proposed results.     

Stability of impulsive systems depending on a parameter

In this paper, we present a practical exponential stability result for impulsive dynamic systems depending on a parameter. Stability theorem and converse stability theorem are established by employing the second Lyapunov method. These theorems are used to analyze the practical exponential stability of the solution of perturbed impulsive systems and cascaded impulsive systems, depending on a parameter. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

变截面箱形薄壁立柱屈曲荷载的近似分析解

变截面箱形薄壁立柱弯扭屈曲的三个控制方程是二阶或四阶变系数的常微分方程,很难用解析的方法求解。本文用多项式来近似截面的几何特性和微分方程的某些系数,用能量原理和伽辽金法分别导出了计算这种立柱弯曲和扭转屈曲荷载的近似公式,用数值算例来验证了所给解答的正确性。本文的计算结果为论证变截面箱形薄壁立柱的稳定性提供了依据。本文具有实用价值。     

Energy criterion of nonlinear stability of a flow of the Rivlin–Ericksen fluid in porous medium

Nonlinear stability of the motionless state of the thermosolutal Rivlin–Ericksen fluid in porous medium for the case of stress-free boundaries is studied by generalized energy method. By means of introducing an energy functional we will prove a sufficient condition for unconditional nonlinear stability of the motionless state. The nonlinearly stabilizing effect of concentration on the system is proved. Furthermore, for certain range of system parameters our sufficient condition for stability is also necessary.     

补偿Lévy流的实践稳定性

本文的目的是讨论补偿Ｌéｖｙ流的实践稳定性问题．我们推广了一些微分不等式,并通过Ｌｙａｐｕｎｏｖ函数与比较原理,得到补偿Ｌéｖｙ流的实践稳定性的若干判据．     

A Model Equation Illustrating Subcritical Instability to Long Waves in Shear Flows

A model equation somewhat more general than Burger's equation has been employed by Herron [1] to gain insight into the stability characteristics of parallel shear flows. This equation, namely, u_t + uu_y = u_xx + u_yy, has an exact solution U(y) = ?2tanh y. It was shown in [1] that this solution is linearly stable, and more recently, Galdi and Herron [3] have proved conditional stability to finite perturbations of sufficiently small initial amplitude using energy methods. The present study utilizes multiple-scaling methods to derive a nonlinear evolution equation for a long-wave perturbation whose amplitude varies slowly in space and time. A transformation to the heat-conduction equation has been found which enables this amplitude equation to be solved exactly. Although all disturbances ultimately decay due to diffusion, it is found that subcritical instability is possible in that realistic disturbances of finite initial amplitude can amplify substantially before finally decaying. This behavior is probably typical of perturbations to shear flows of practical interest, and the results illustrate deficiencies of the energy method.     

Equilibria for anisotropic surface energies with wetting and line tension

We study the stability of surfaces trapped between two parallel planes with free boundary on these planes. The energy functional consists of anisotropic surface energy, wetting energy, and line tension. Equilibrium surfaces are surfaces with constant anisotropic mean curvature. We study the case where the Wulff shape is of “product form”, that is, its horizontal sections are all homothetic and have a certain symmetry. Such an anisotropic surface energy is a natural generalization of the area of the surface. In particular, we study the stability of parts of anisotropic Delaunay surfaces which arise as equilibrium surfaces. They are surfaces of the same product form of the Wulff shape. We show that, for these surfaces, the stability analysis can be reduced to the case where the surface is axially symmetric and the functional is replaced by an appropriate axially symmetric one. Moreover, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the stability of anisotropic sessile drops.     

一类随机时滞递归神经网络的指数稳定性(英文)

本文研究了一类随机时滞递归神经网络的指数稳定性问题.利用非负鞅收敛定理和Lyapunov泛函的方法,获得了这类神经网络矩指数稳定性的新的代数准则,所给代数准则简单易用.一个具体实例用来说明稳定性判别准则的应用.     

The sliding mode control for an airfoil system driven by harmonic and colored Gaussian noise excitations

This paper addresses a sliding mode control (SMC) for an airfoil model excited by a combination of harmonic force and colored Gaussian noise. Firstly, to reveal effects of random factors, the airfoil model with colored Gaussian noise is established. Next, via a perturbation technique and the stochastic averaging method, an analytical expression for the time-averaging mean square response is derived, which agrees well with results by Monte Carlo simulations. Additionally, we uncover that colored noise can induce a stochastic jump phenomenon, which can cause a catastrophic structural failure of the airfoil or even a disintegration of the aircraft. Subsequently, the SMC strategy is employed to design an effective controller for suppressing such a jump phenomenon of the stochastic airfoil system. In the case of the proposed stochastic airfoil system, we introduce concepts of ultimately reachability with an arbitrary small bound and a mean square practical stability to realize the reachability of the sliding mode and the stability of the system state. Finally, several numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed SMC algorithm. We show that the jump phenomenon can be suppressed efficiently to avoid a catastrophic failure of the wing structure due to large deformation/deflection, and the energy cost is discussed to analyze the SMC approach.