The simplest problems for elastic Cosserat surfaces

For elastic Cosserat surfaces, we discuss an attempt to characterize cases where the equations are reducible to algebraic form and to explain how the reduction can be accomplished.

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Résumé Pour les surfaces élastiques de Cosserat, on decrira les différents cas où les equations peuvent être ramenées à une forme algébrique. On expliquera comment peut être accomplie cette reduction.

     

On the simplest fractional-order memristor-based chaotic system

In 1695, G. Leibniz laid the foundations of fractional calculus, but mathematicians revived it only 300 years later. In 1971, L.O. Chua postulated the existence of a fourth circuit element, called memristor, but Williams??s group of HP Labs realized it only 37 years later. By looking at these interdisciplinary and promising research areas, in this paper, a novel fractional-order system including a memristor is introduced. In particular, chaotic behaviors in the simplest fractional-order memristor-based system are shown. Numerical integrations (via a predictor?Ccorrector method) and stability analysis of the system equilibria are carried out, with the aim to show that chaos can be found when the order of the derivative is 0.965. Finally, the presence of chaos is confirmed by the application of the recently introduced 0-1 test.     

The simplest parametrized normal forms of Hopf and generalized Hopf bifurcations

This paper considers the computation of the simplest parameterized normal forms (SPNF) of Hopf and generalized Hopf bifurcations. Although the notion of the simplest normal form has been studied for more than two decades, most of the efforts have been spent on the systems that do not involve perturbation parameters due to the restriction of the computational complexity. Very recently, two singularities – single zero and Hopf bifurcation – have been investigated, and the SPNFs for these two cases have been obtained. This paper extends a recently developed method for Hopf bifurcation to compute the SPNF of generalized Hopf bifurcations. The attention is focused on a codimension-2 generalized Hopf bifurcation. It is shown that the SPNF cannot be obtained by using only a near-identity transformation. Additional transformations such as time and parameter rescaling are further introduced. Moreover, an efficient recursive formula is presented for computing the SPNF. Examples are given to demonstrate the applicability of the new method.     

Impulse and mass transport in a cartilage bioreactor using the lattice Boltzmann method

Mass and Impulse transport of oxygen enriched water in cartilage cell breeding reactor are simulated using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The solver is attached with a shear stress and pressure calculator to quantify the load distribution on the cells. The solver was validated using the backward-facing step flow, which is a classical benchmark of similar discrete geometry for the bioreactor. This is achieved by comparing the qualitative and quantitative results obtained by LBM with the traditional solution and experimental approach for such a problem. The D2Q9 lattice model is used to carry out the calculations for the flow field, with a first order bounce-back boundary condition. Oxygen consumption efficiency levels in the bioreactor were reported.     

捷联惯导系统最简多位置解析对准改进算法

最简多位置解析对准作为测量IMU偏置的简单方法,降低了传统多位置解析对准的工程复杂度,摆脱了伺服平台的限制,但是最简多位置解析对准目前使用的是几何方法,几何方法计算复杂,精度受先验信息的影响。针对这一问题,提出了最简多位置对准解析算法,通过解析算法可得到IMU偏置的解析解。通常两位置即可求得IMU偏置,特殊情况需要三位置,某些特殊位置可以计算特定轴向的偏置。解析法计算简单,不受先验信息的影响,并通过实例仿真证实该算法的有效性,计算误差主要由一阶近似误差和测量噪声引起。     

The stiffness and strength of the gyroid lattice

Recently, a nanoscale lattice material, based upon the gyroid topology has been self-assembled by phase separation techniques (Scherer et al., 2012) and prototyped in thin film applications. The mechanical properties of the gyroid are reported here. It is a cubic lattice, with a connectivity of three struts per joint, and is bending-dominated in its elasto-plastic response to all loading states except for hydrostatic: under a hydrostatic stress it exhibits stretching-dominated behaviour. The three independent elastic constants of the lattice are determined through a unit cell analysis using the finite element method; it is found that the elastic and shear modulus scale quadratically with the relative density of the lattice, whereas the bulk modulus scales linearly. The plastic collapse response of a rigid, ideally plastic gyroid lattice is explored using the upper bound method, and is validated by finite element calculations for an elastic-ideally plastic lattice. The effect of geometrical imperfections, in the form of random perturbations to the joint positions, is investigated for both stiffness and strength. It is demonstrated that the hydrostatic modulus and strength are imperfection sensitive, in contrast to the deviatoric response. The macroscopic yield surface of the imperfect lattice is adequately described by a modified version of Hill’s anisotropic yield criterion. The article ends with a case study on the stress induced within a gyroid thin film, when the film and its substrate are subjected to a thermal expansion mismatch.     

Global dynamics in the simplest models of three-dimensional water-wave patterns

We explore the idea that periodic or chaotic finite motions corresponding to attractors in the simplest models of resonant wave interactions might shed light on the problem of pattern formation. First we identify those dynamical regimes of interest which imply certain specific relations between physically observable variables, e.g. between amplitudes and phases of Fourier harmonics comprising the pattern. To be of relevance to reality, the regimes must be robust.The issue of structural stability of low-dimensional dynamical models is central to our work. We show that the classical model of three-wave resonant interactions in a non-conservative medium is structurally unstable with respect to small cubic interactions. The structural instability is found to be due to the presence of certain extremely sensitive points in the unperturbed system attractors. The model describing the horse-shoe pattern formation due to non-conservative quintet interactions [11] is also analyzed and a rich family of attractors is mapped. The absence of such sensitive points in the found attractors thus indicates the robustness of the regimes of interest. Applicability of these models to the problem of 3-D water wave patterns is discussed. Our general conclusion is that extreme caution is necessary in applying the dynamical system approach, based upon low-dimensional models, to the problem of water wave pattern formation.     

On the equivalence of simplest non-linear rheological equations for viscoelastic polymer media

Some equivalence conditions are formulated for non-linear models of polymer melts and solutions that are analogous to known conditions for three-constant linear rheological equations. The resulting model is analysed in simple shear and elongational flows. The kinematics of finite elastoviscous strains is considered in an appendix.     

The theoretical analysis of the anticipation lattice models for traffic flow

Based on the anticipation lattice hydrodynamic models, which are described by the partial differential equations, the continuum version of the model is investigated through a reductive perturbation method. The linear stability theory is used to discuss the stability of the continuum model. The Korteweg–de Vries (for short, KdV) equation near the neutral stability line and the modified Korteweg–de Vries (for short, mKdV) equation near the critical point are obtained by using the nonlinear analysis method. And the corresponding solutions for the traffic density waves are derived, respectively. The results display that the anticipation factor has an important influence on traffic flow. From the simulation, it is shown that the traffic jam is suppressed efficiently with taking into account the anticipation effect, and the analytical result is consonant with the simulation one.     

The role of spinodal region in the kinetics of lattice phase transitions

We consider a one-dimensional chain of phase-transforming springs with harmonic long-range interactions. The nearest-neighbor interactions are assumed to be trilinear, with a spinodal region separating two material phases. We derive the traveling wave solutions governing the motion of an isolated phase boundary through the chain and obtain the functional relation between the driving force and the velocity of a phase boundary which can be used as the closing kinetic relation for the classical continuum theory. We show that a sufficiently wide spinodal region substantially alters the phase boundary kinetics at low velocities and results in a richer solution structure, with phase boundaries emitting short-length lattice waves in both direction. Numerical simulations suggest that solutions of the Riemann problem for the discrete system converge to the obtained traveling waves near the phase boundary.