Mathematical analysis of carbon nanotube model

In this paper, we present a recently developed mathematical model for a short double-wall carbon nanotube. The model is governed by a system of two coupled hyperbolic equations and is reduced to an evolution equation. This equation defines a dissipative semi-group. We show that the semi-group generator is an unbounded nonselfadjoint operator with compact resolvent. Moreover, this operator is a relatively compact perturbation of a certain selfadjoint operator.     

Analytical analysis of buckling and post-buckling of fluid conveying multi-walled carbon nanotubes

In this work, buckling and post-buckling analysis of fluid conveying multi-walled carbon nanotubes are investigated analytically. The nonlinear governing equations of motion and boundary conditions are derived based on Eringen nonlocal elasticity theory. The nanotube is modeled based on Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories. The Von Karman strain–displacement equation is used to model the structural nonlinearities. Furthermore, the Van der Waals interaction between adjacent layers is taken into account. An analytical approach is employed to determine the critical (buckling) fluid flow velocities and post-buckling deflection. The effects of the small-scale parameter, Van der Waals force, ends support, shear deformation and aspect ratio are carefully examined on the critical fluid velocities and post-buckling behavior.     

Applied multiscale method to analysis of nonlinear vibration for double-walled carbon nanotubes

The aim of this paper is to show how the concept of nonlinear normal modes (NNMs) can be used to characterize the nonlinear dynamical behaviors of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs). DWCNTs are modeled as double simply supported elastic beams with van der Waals (vdW) forces between the inner and outer walls. The multiscale method for deriving the approximate solutions of NNMs is applicable to the nonlinear systems. According to the procedure, the typical features – coaxial and noncoaxial vibrations of the system are exhibited in the literature. Moreover, the case of 1:3 internal resonance is discussed in detail, which can give rise to much more complex phenomenon for DWCNTs systems. Meanwhile, the amplitude-time curves of the nonlinear vibration with different initial conditions are presented, and the amplitude-frequency characteristic curves of the nonlinear vibration are also obtained.     

Strict inequality of Robin eigenvalues for elliptic differential operators on Lipschitz domains

On a bounded Lipschitz domain we consider two selfadjoint operator realizations of the same second order elliptic differential expression subject to Robin boundary conditions, where the coefficients in the boundary conditions are functions. We prove that inequality between these functions on the boundary implies strict inequality between the eigenvalues of the two operators, provided that the inequality of the functions in the boundary conditions is strict on an arbitrarily small nonempty, open set.     

Asymptotic and Spectral Analysis of the Spatially Nonhomogeneous Timoshenko Beam Model

We develop spectral and asymptotic analysis for a class of nonselfadjoint operators which are the dynamics generators for the systems governed by the equations of the spatially nonhomogeneous Timoshenko beam model with a 2–parameter family of dissipative boundary conditions. Our results split into two groups. We prove asymptotic formulas for the spectra of the aforementioned operators (the spectrum of each operator consists of two branches of discrete complex eigenvalues and each branch has only two points of accumulation: +∞ and —∞), and for their generalized eigenvectors. Our second main result is the fact that these operators are Riesz spectral. To obtain this result, we prove that the systems of generalized eigenvectors form Riesz bases in the corresponding energy spaces. We also obtain the asymptotics of the spectra and the eigenfunctions for the nonselfadjoint polynomial operator pencils associated with these operators. The pencil asymptotics are essential for the proofs of the spectral results for the aforementioned dynamics generators.     

Dynamic analysis of functionally graded nanocomposite beams reinforced by randomly oriented carbon nanotube under the action of moving load

This work deals with a study of the vibrational properties of functionally graded nanocomposite beams reinforced by randomly oriented straight single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) under the actions of moving load. Timoshenko and Euler-Bernoulli beam theories are used to evaluate dynamic characteristics of the beam. The Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka approach based on an equivalent fiber is used to investigate the material properties of the beam. An embedded carbon nanotube in a polymer matrix and its surrounding inter-phase is replaced with an equivalent fiber for predicting the mechanical properties of the carbon nanotube/polymer composite. The primary contribution of the present work deals with the global elastic properties of nano-structured composite beams. The system of equations of motion is derived by using Hamilton’s principle under the assumptions of the Timoshenko beam theory. The finite element method is employed to discretize the model and obtain a numerical approximation of the motion equation. In order to evaluate time response of the system, Newmark method is also used. Numerical results are presented in both tabular and graphical forms to figure out the effects of various material distributions, carbon nanotube orientations, velocity of the moving load, shear deformation, slenderness ratios and boundary conditions on the dynamic characteristics of the beam. The results show that the above mentioned effects play very important role on the dynamic behavior of the beam and it is believed that new results are presented for dynamics of FG nano-structure beams under moving loads which are of interest to the scientific and engineering community in the area of FGM nano-structures.     

Asymptotic analysis of nonselfadjoint operators generated by coupled Euler‐Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam model

In the current paper, we present a series of results on the asymptotic and spectral analysis of coupled Euler‐Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam model. The model is well‐known in the different branches of the engineering sciences, such as in mechanical and civil engineering (in modelling of responses of the suspended bridges to a strong wind), in aeronautical engineering (in predicting and suppressing flutter in aircraft wings, tails, and control surfaces), in engineering and practical aspects of the computer science (in suppressing bending‐torsional flutter of a new generation of hard disk drives, which is expected to pack high track densities (20,000+TPI) and rotate at very high speeds (25,000+RPM)), in medical science (in bio mechanical modelling of bloodcarrying vessels in the body, which are elastic and collapsible). The aforementioned mathematical model is governed by a system of two coupled differential equations and a two parameter family of boundary conditions representing the action of the self‐straining actuators. This linear hyperbolic system is equivalent to a single operator evolution equation in the energy space. That equation defines a semigroup of bounded operators and a dynamics generator of the semigroup is our main object of interest. We formulate and proof the following results: (a) the dynamics generator is a nonselfadjoint operator with compact resolvent from the class ??p with p > 1; (b) precise spectral asymptotics for the two‐branch discrete spectrum; (c) a nonselfadjoint operator, which is the inverse of the dynamics generator, is a finite‐rank perturbation of a selfadjoint operator. The latter fact is crucial for the proof that the root vectors of the dynamics generator form a complete and minimal set. In our forthcoming paper, we will use the spectral results to prove that the dynamics generator is Riesz spectral, which will allow us to solve several boundary and distributed controllability problems via the spectral decomposition method. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Thermal-mechanical vibration and instability of a fluid-conveying single-walled carbon nanotube embedded in an elastic medium based on nonlocal elasticity theory

Based on the theories of thermal elasticity mechanics and nonlocal elasticity, an elastic Bernoulli-Euler beam model is developed for thermal-mechanical vibration and buckling instability of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) conveying fluid and resting on an elastic medium. The finite element method is adopted to obtain the numerical solutions to the model. The effects of temperature change, nonlocal parameter and elastic medium constant on the vibration frequency and buckling instability of SWCNT conveying fluid are investigated. It can be concluded that at low or room temperature, the fundamental natural frequency and critical flow velocity for the SWCNT increase as the temperature change increases, on the other hand, while at high temperature the fundamental natural frequency and critical flow velocity decrease as the temperature change increases. The fundamental natural frequency for the SWCNT decreases as the nonlocal parameter increases, both the fundamental natural frequency and critical flow velocity increase as elastic medium constant increases.     

Small scale effect on vibrational response of single-walled carbon nanotubes with different boundary conditions based on nonlocal beam models

The free vibration response of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is investigated in this work using various nonlocal beam theories. To this end, the nonlocal elasticity equations of Eringen are incorporated into the various classical beam theories namely as Euler-Bernoulli beam theory (EBT), Timoshenko beam theory (TBT), and Reddy beam theory (RBT) to consider the size-effects on the vibration analysis of SWCNTs. The generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is employed to discretize the governing differential equations of each nonlocal beam theory corresponding to four commonly used boundary conditions. Then molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is implemented to obtain fundamental frequencies of nanotubes with different chiralities and values of aspect ratio to compare them with the results obtained by the nonlocal beam models. Through the fitting of the two series of numerical results, appropriate values of nonlocal parameter are derived relevant to each type of chirality, nonlocal beam model, and boundary conditions. It is found that in contrast to the chirality, the type of nonlocal beam model and boundary conditions make difference between the calibrated values of nonlocal parameter corresponding to each one.     

Uniform stabilization of a nonlinear structural acoustic model with a Timoshenko beam interface

This paper is concerned with a nonlinear model which describes the interaction of sound and elastic waves in a two‐dimensional acoustic chamber in which one flat ‘wall’, the interface, is flexible. The composite dynamics of the structural acoustic model is described by the linearized equations for a gas defined on the interior of the chamber and the nonlinear Timoshenko beam equations on the interface. Uniform stability of the energy associated with the interactive system of partial differential equations is achieved by incorporating a nonlinear feedback boundary damping scheme in the equations for the gas and the beam. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Error bounds for asymptotic expansions of the distribution of the MLE in a GMANOVA model

Summary In this paper we obtain asymptotic expansions for the distribution function and the density function of a linear combination of the MLE in a GMANOVA model, and for the density function of the MLE itself. We also obtain certain error bounds for the asymptotic expansions.     

Inverse mode problems for the finite element model of a vibrating rod

The inverse mode problems for the finite element model of an axially vibrating rod are formulated and solved. It is known that for the finite element model, based on linear shape functions, of the rod, the mass and stiffness matrices are both tridiagonal. It is shown that the finite element model of the rod can be constructed from two eigenvalues, their corresponding eigenvectors and the total mass of the rod. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the construction of a physically realizable rod with positive mass and stiffness elements from two eigenpairs and the total mass of the rod are established. If these conditions are satisfied, then the construction of the model is unique.     

The asymptotic validity of invariant procedures for the repeated measures model and multivariate linear model

Fairly general sufficient conditions are given to guarantee that invariant tests about means in the multivariate linear model and the repeated measures model have the correct asymptotic size when the normal assumption under which the tests are derived is relaxed. These conditions are the same as Huber's condition which guarantees asymptotic validity of the size of the F-test for the univariate linear model.     

Asymptotic expansions for the distribution of the crossing number of a strip by a Markov-modulated random walk

We obtain complete asymptotic expansions for the distribution of the crossing number of a strip in n steps by sample paths of a random walk defined on a finite Markov chain. We assume that the Cramér condition holds for the distribution of jumps and the width of the strip grows with n. The method consists in finding factorization representations of the moment generating functions of the distributions under study, isolating the main terms in the asymptotics of the representations, and inverting those main terms by the modified saddle-point method.     

Vibration characteristics of single-walled carbon nanotubes based on an anisotropic elastic shell model including chirality effect

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) exhibit remarkable chirality-dependent mechanical phenomena. In present paper, an anisotropic elastic shell model is developed to study the vibration characteristics of chiral SWCNTs. Analytical solution is presented by using the Flügge shell theory and complex method. The suggested model is justified by a good agreement between the present results and some experimental and numerical available data in literature. Furthermore, the model is used to elucidate the effect of tube chirality on the frequencies of SWCNTs. Finally, the influences of the externally applied mid-face axial force and torque on longitudinal, radial and torsional frequencies of SWCNTs are investigated.     

Inverse problems for the Sturm-Liouville equation with the discontinuous coefficient

In this study we derive the Gelfand-Levitan-Marchenko type main integral equation of the inverse problem for the boundary value problem $L$ and prove the uniquely solvability of the main integral equation. Further, we give the solution of the inverse problem by the spectral data and by two spectrum.     

A matrix approach to status quo analysis in the graph model for conflict resolution

An algebraic method is developed to carry out status quo analysis within the framework of the graph model for conflict resolution. As a form of post-stability analysis, status quo analysis aims at confirming that possible equilibria, or states stable for all decision-makers, are in fact reachable from the status quo or any other initial state. Although pseudo-codes for status quo analysis have been developed, they have never been implemented within a practical decision support system. The novel matrix approach to status quo analysis designed here is convenient for computer implementation and easy to employ, as is illustrated by an application to a real-world conflict case. Moveover, the proposed explicit matrix approach reveals an inherent link between status quo analysis and the traditional stability analysis and, hence, provides the possibility of establishing an integrated paradigm for stability and status quo analyses.     

Vibration behavior of simply supported inclined single-walled carbon nanotubes conveying viscous fluids flow using nonlocal Rayleigh beam model

A mathematical model is proposed to investigate the dynamic response of an inclined single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) subjected to a viscous fluid flow. The tangential interaction of the inside fluid flow with the equivalent continuum structure (ECS) of the SWCNT is taken into account via a slip boundary condition. The dimensionless equations of motion describing longitudinal and lateral vibrations of the fluid-conveying ECS are obtained in the context of nonlocal elasticity theory of Eringen. The unknown displacement fields are expressed in terms of admissible mode shapes associated with the ECS under simply supported conditions with immovable ends. Using Galerkin method, the discrete form of the equations of motion is derived. The time history plots of the normalized longitudinal and transverse displacements as well as the nonlocal axial force and bending moment of the midspan point of the SWCNT are provided for different levels of the fluid flow speed, small-scale parameter, and inclination angle of the SWCNT. The effects of small-scale parameter, inclination angle, speed and density of the fluid flow on the maximum dynamic amplitude factors of longitudinal and transverse displacements as well as those of nonlocal axial force and bending moment of the SWCNT are then studied in some detail.     

Asymptotic solution for EI Nino-southern oscillation of nonlinear model

A class of nonlinear coupled system for El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO) model is considered.Using the asymptotic theory and method of variational iteration,the asymptotic expansion of the solution for ENSO models is obtained.     

Asymptotic stability of solutions to the nonisentropic hydrodynamic model for semiconductors

In this paper, the asymptotic stability of smooth solutions to the multidimensional nonisentropic hydrodynamic model for semiconductors is established, under the assumption that the initial data are a small perturbation of the stationary solutions for the thermal equilibrium state, whose proofs mainly depend on the basic energy methods.