An exact frequency equation in closed form for Timoshenko beam clampled at both ends

The author has discovered several errors which are not typographical in the frequency equations for a Timoshenko beam clamped at both ends by Huang who presented the frequency equations and normal mode equations for all six common types of simple, finite beams in closed form for the first time. The exact frequency equations in closed form for Timoshenko beams clamped at both ends are derived based on his analysis. And then in order to justify the amended solutions of Huang, two versions of the closed form exact method and the Ritz method are applied. The frequency equations by the previous researcher present frequencies for only the flexural modes, while the closed form exact method and the Ritz method give ones for the thickness–shear modes as well as the bending modes. The purpose of the present study is to reveal the errors, correct them, and give some numerical results.     

Effective Superpotentials for Compact D5-Brane Calabi-Yau Geometries

For compact Calabi-Yau geometries with D5-branes we study N = 1 effective superpotentials depending on both open- and closed-string fields. We develop methods to derive the open/closed Picard-Fuchs differential equations, which control D5-brane deformations as well as complex structure deformations of the compact Calabi-Yau space. Their solutions encode the flat open/closed coordinates and the effective superpotential. For two explicit examples of compact D5-brane Calabi-Yau hypersurface geometries we apply our techniques and express the calculated superpotentials in terms of flat open/closed coordinates. By evaluating these superpotentials at their critical points we reproduce the domain wall tensions that have recently appeared in the literature. Finally we extract orbifold disk invariants from the superpotentials, which, up to overall numerical normalizations, correspond to orbifold disk Gromov-Witten invariants in the mirror geometry.     

一种新的概念性层裂模型

 在重建Cochran-Banner模型的基础上提出了一种新的概念性层裂模型。这种新模型仅保留Cochran-Banner模型中的强度函数,重新定义损伤,并抛弃了基本假设：一旦微损伤形成,使微损伤演化远远易于使固体进一步体积应变,进而修正了差分微元中固体比容的计算。在新的模型中,一旦拉伸应力达到层裂强度,重新定义的损伤将由强度函数确定的应力松弛方程、计及损伤的能量守恒方程、状态方程以及本构方程等一系列封闭方程组确定。新模型中也仅包含两个参数：层裂强度及临界损伤度,它们的确定能使在一定初、边值条件下的层裂试验的数值计算结果与实验测得的靶自由面速度历史或靶-低阻抗界面应力历史以及回收观测的层裂面上的损伤一致。强调指出,选定强度函数或应力松弛方程提供了确定损伤的可能,同时排除了任何外加的损伤演化方程。     

Conformal field theory representation and background-independent action for superstring field theory

The two-dimensional conformal field theory representation of Witten's open superstring field theory is discussed. We argue that the previously suggested cubic action for the superstring is actually dependent on the spacetime background, and suggest a modification which formally removes this dependence. The transformation from the new version of the superstring cubic action to Witten's action for open string states is discussed. A class of linearized solutions to the equations of motion of the open superstring cubic action are exhibited. These solutions are in one-to-one correspondence with the physical excitations (both massless and massive) of the open and closed type I superstrings.     

可控磁性量子点杂质引起的单电子自旋过滤器

本文提出一种基于电子-电子自旋交换相互作用获得自旋极化电流的模型.该方案中,需要两个距离相近的量子点.其中一个是开放系统,另一个是封闭系统.开放系统能完成单电子输运,封闭系统产生比较强的局域磁场,两个系统之间有电子-电子自旋交换相互作用.该相互作用会影响电子输运,从而可以对电子输运产生自旋过滤效应.我们用量子主方程描述开放系统的演化,在有效哈密顿量的基础上,可以得到解析结果.结果显示,在低温条件下,交换相互作用足够强的时候,系统给出的自旋过滤效率接近1.     

Newtonian Cosmology in Lagrangian Formulation: Foundations and Perturbation Theory

The Newtonian theory of spatially unbounded, self-gravitating, pressureless continua in Lagrangian form is reconsidered. Following a review of the pertinent kinematics, we present alternative formulations of the Lagrangian evolution equations and establish conditions for the equivalence of the Lagrangian and Eulerian representations. We then distinguish open models based on Euclidean space R³ from closed models based (without loss of generality) on a flat torus T³. Using a simple averaging method we show that the spatially averaged variables of an inhomogeneous toroidal model form a spatially homogeneous background model and that the averages of open models, if they exist at all, in general do not obey the dynamical laws of homogeneous models. We then specialize to those inhomogeneous toroidal models whose (unique) backgrounds have a Hubble flow, and derive Lagrangian evolution equations which govern the (conformally rescaled) displacement of the inhomogeneous flow with respect to its homogeneous background. Finally, we set up an iteration scheme and prove that the resulting equations have unique solutions at any order for given initial data, while for open models there exist infinitely many different solutions for given data.     

New strings for old Veneziano amplitudes: I. Analytical treatment

The bosonic string theory evolved as an attempt to find a physical/quantum mechanical model capable of reproducing Euler’s beta function (Veneziano amplitude) and its multidimensional analogue. The multidimensional analogue of beta function was studied mathematically for some time from different angles by mathematicians such as Selberg, Weil and Deligne, among many others. The results of their studies apparently were not taken into account in physics literature on string theory. In a recent publication [IJMPA 19 (2004) 1655] an attempt was made to restore the missing links. The results of this publication are incomplete, however, since no attempts were made at reproduction of known spectra of both open an closed bosonic strings or at restoration of the underlying model(s) reproducing such spectra. Nevertheless, as discussed in this publication the existing mathematical interpretation of the multidimensional analogue of Euler’s beta function as one of the periods associated with the corresponding differential form “living” on the Fermat-type (hyper)surfaces, happens to be crucial for restoration of the quantum/statistical mechanical model reproducing such generalized beta function. Unlike the traditional formulations, this model is supersymmetric. Details leading to restoration of this model will be presented in the forthcoming Parts 2–4 of our work. They are devoted, respectively, to the group-theoretic, symplectic and combinatorial treatments of this model. In this paper the discussion is restricted mainly to the study of analytical properties of the multiparticle Veneziano and Veneziano-like (tachyon-free) amplitudes. In the last case, we demonstrate that the Veneziano-like amplitudes alone (with parameters adjusted accordingly) are capable of reproducing known spectra of both open and closed bosonic strings. The choice of parameters is subject to some constraints dictated by the mathematical interpretation of these amplitudes as periods of Fermat-type (hyper)surfaces considered as complex manifolds of Hodge-type.     

Dimension on discrete spaces

In this paper we develop some combinatorial models for continuous spaces. We study the approximations of continuous spaces by graphs, molecular spaces, and coordinate matrices. We define the dimension on a discrete space by means of axioms based on an obvious geometrical background. This work presents some discrete models ofn-dimensional Euclidean spaces,n-dimensional spheres, a torus, and a projective plane. It explains how to construct new discrete spaces and describes in this connection several three-dimensional closed surfaces with some topological singularities. It also analyzes the topology of (3+1)-space-time. We are also discussing the question by R. Sorkin about how to derive the system of simplicial complexes from a system of open coverings of a topological space.     

Numerical study of the influence of flow blockage on the aerodynamic coefficients of models in low-speed wind tunnels

With the use of ANSYS Fluent software and ANSYS ICEM CFD calculation grid generator, the flows past a wing airfoil, an infinite cylinder, and 3D blunted bodies located in the open and closed test sections of low-speed wind tunnels were calculated. The mathematical model of the flows included the Reynolds equations and the SST model of turbulence. It was found that the ratios between the aerodynamic coefficients in the test section and in the free (unbounded) stream could be fairly well approximated with a piecewise-linear function of the blockage factor, whose value weakly depended on the angle of attack. The calculated data and data gained in the analysis of previously reported experimental studies proved to be in a good agreement. The impact of the extension of the closed test section on the airfoil lift force is analyzed.     

用弛豫法探寻新的双开口膜泡

基于面积差弹性模型, 用弛豫法探寻满足开口膜泡边界条件的欧拉-拉格朗日方程组的新解, 得到了双开口的哑铃形分支解, 并结合以前得到的单开口哑铃形及闭合哑铃形, 对它们之间的相变进行了深入的研究. 为了探究实验上是否可能发现这些形状, 与以往实验上观察到的较小约化弛豫面积差的杯形、管形、烟囱形开口形状的能量进行了比较, 发现这些新形状在较大的约化弛豫面积差值时, 在某些线张力区间比以往发现的形状能量更低. 另外为了对比, 本文对于实验上已知的杯形、管形、烟囱形及球形之间的相变行进行了探讨, 并对两者之间的不同特点进行了对比.     

A pulsar model from an oscillating black hole

The first part of this paper examines conditions in accord with Einstein's criterion of regularity on the field solutions everywhere that would correspond to the existence of a black hole star, following from solutions of his (nonvacuum) field equations. Black hole is defined here as a star whose matter is so condensed as to correspond to a complete family of spatially closed geodesics. The condition imposed is that the angular momentum of a test body in each of the closed geodesics is a constant of the motion. The second part of the paper examines the implications in the problem of the condensed star of a generalized (factorized) version of the metrical field equations, discovered earlier by the author. It is found that in general relativity stars should naturally pulsate, and in its succeeding cycles the gravitational radius of the star is attenuated by a factor exp(–0.349T), where T is the pulsation period. Conditions are discussed for the possibility that the (relatively) regular emissions of radiation from a pulsar may be dynamically rooted in a (smaller) part of the pulsation cycle when the star is out of the black hole state (less dense open geodesics)—when radiation would be emitted to the outside world—and the (greater) part of the cycle when it is in the black hole state (more dense closed geodesics)—when radiation would not be emitted.     

VIBRATION AND BUCKLING OF COMPOSITE THIN-WALLED BEAMS WITH SHEAR DEFORMABILITY

In this paper, a theoretical model is developed for the dynamic analysis of composite thin-walled beams with open or closed cross-sections. The present model incorporates, in a full form, the shear flexibility (bending and warping shear) as well as a state of initial stresses. This allows to study the free vibration and buckling problems in a unified fashion. An analytical solution of the developed equations is obtained for the case of simply supported thin-walled beams. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the importance of the shear flexibility on the vibration and buckling behavior of the considered structures.     

Equations in Dual Variables for Whittaker Functions

It is known that the Whittaker functions w(q) associated with the group GL(N) are eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonians of the open Toda chain, hence satisfy a set of differential equations in the Toda variables q _i . Using the expression of the q _i for the closed Toda chain in terms of Sklyanin variables _i , and the known relations between the open and the closed Toda chains, we show that Whittaker functions also satisfy a set of new difference equations in _i .     

Unified model equations for microstructure evolution

Unified model equations hidden in microstructure evolution are discovered in this paper. The governing equations in Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner theory, and diffusion screening theory are derived with some approximations from the unified model equations. The governing equations in multiparticle diffusion simulation and phase-field simulation in microstructure evolution are also derived from the unified model equations. The advantages and limitations for different theories and simulations in microstructure evolution are compared in detail. This comparison can guide scientists to select computational tools for their needs in microstructure evolution. The unified model equations can be applied in many new technological fields, such as self-assembly in nanoscience.     

Pre-geometrical field theory of the open string

We propose a gauge invariant, background independent string action, which contains open and closed string fields and no kinetic terms. The kinetic term is generated through the condensation of the string fields, which is the solution of the equations of motion. we solve the equations and show that the action is classically equivalent to the open string action proposed by Hata et al.     

Exact ground state and finite-size scaling in a supersymmetric lattice model

We study a model of strongly correlated fermions in one dimension with extended N = 2 supersymmetry. The model is related to the spin S = 1/2 XXZ Heisenberg chain at anisotropy Delta = -1/2 with a real magnetic field on the boundary. We exploit the combinatorial properties of the ground state to determine its exact wave function on finite lattices with up to 30 sites. We compute several correlation functions of the fermionic and spin fields. We discuss the continuum limit by constructing lattice observables with well defined finite-size scaling behavior. For the fermionic model with periodic boundary conditions we give the emptiness formation probability in closed form.     

A multifluid interpenetration mix model

In this Letter, we derive a set of multifluid moment equations with and without internal and external fields from the collisional Boltzmann equation in a self-consistent manner. The new equations are mathematically closed and physically consistent with one free parameter, contained in a phenomenological closure for the collisional frequency and to be determined by experimental data. The new equations provide a theoretical foundation for a large fraction of phenomenological mix models. They contain all the physical terms, particularly the terms associated with the Reynolds stress due to both species interpenetrations and random chaotic motions. Under certain assumptions, the new model equations successfully reduce to the other mix models.     

Effective Action for Scalar Fields in Two-Dimensional Gravity

We consider a general two-dimensional gravity model minimally or nonminimally coupled to a scalar field. The canonical form of the model is elucidated, and a general solution of the equations of motion in the massless case is reviewed. In the presence of a scalar field all geometric fields (zweibein and Lorentz connection) are excluded from the model by solving exactly their Hamiltonian equations of motion. In this way the effective equations of motion and the corresponding effective action for a scalar field are obtained. It is written in a Minkowskian space-time and does not include any geometric variables. The effective action arises as a boundary term and is nontrivial both for open and closed universes. The reason is that unphysical degrees of freedom cannot be compactly supported because they must satisfy the constraint equation. As an example we consider spherically reduced gravity minimally coupled to a massless scalar field. The effective action is used to reproduce the Fisher and Roberts solutions.     

Strong Standing Gravitational Wave in a Closed Universe

We consider homogeneous time-like sections of a spacetime that correspond to Bianchi type-VIII model. For this model, we find a new class of regular solutions of vacuum Einstein’s equations, which describe a strong standing gravitational wave in a Universe, which is closed in some direction.     

Glottal flow through a two-mass model: comparison of Navier-Stokes solutions with simplified models

A new numerical model of the vocal folds is presented based on the well-known two-mass models of the vocal folds. The two-mass model is coupled to a model of glottal airflow based on the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Glottal waves are produced using different initial glottal gaps and different subglottal pressures. Fundamental frequency, glottal peak flow, and closed phase of the glottal waves have been compared with values known from the literature. The phonation threshold pressure was determined for different initial glottal gaps. The phonation threshold pressure obtained using the flow model with Navier-Stokes equations corresponds better to values determined in normal phonation than the phonation threshold pressure obtained using the flow model based on the Bernoulli equation. Using the Navier-Stokes equations, an increase of the subglottal pressure causes the fundamental frequency and the glottal peak flow to increase, whereas the fundamental frequency in the Bernoulli-based model does not change with increasing pressure.