The asymptotic stability analysis in stochastic logistic model with Poisson growth coefficient

The asymptotic stability of a discrete logistic model with random growth coefficient is studied in this paper. Firstly, the discrete logistic model with random growth coefficient is built and reduced into its deterministic equivalent system by orthogonal polynomial approximation. Then, the linear stability theory and the Jury criterion of nonlinear deterministic discrete systems are applied to the equivalent one. At last, by mathematical analysis, we find that the parameter interval for asymptotic stability of nontrivial equilibrium in stochastic logistic system gets smaller as the random intensity or statistical parameters of random variable is increased and the random parameter's influence on asymptotic stability in stochastic logistic system becomes prominent.     

On the mechanism of void growth and the effect of straining mode in ductile materials

Finite element analysis is employed to investigate void growth embedded in elastic–plastic matrix material. Axisymmetric and plane stress conditions are considered. The simulation of void growth in a unit cell model is carried out over a wide range of triaxial tensile stressing or large plastic straining for various strain hardening materials to study the mechanism of void growth in ductile materials. Triaxial tension and large plastic strain encircling around the void are found to be of most importance for driving void growth. The straining mode of incremental loading which favors the necessary strain concentration around void for its growth can be characterized by the vanishing condition of a parameter called “the third invariant of generalized strain rate”. Under this condition, it accentuates the internal strain concentration and the strain energy stored/dissipated within the material layer surrounding the void. Experimental results are cited to justify the effect of this loading parameter.     

A theoretical medelling of the chain structure formation in electrorheological fluids

A model was developed to understand the aggregation process of the particles in electrorheological (ER) fluids under the action of an applied electric field. By establishing a generalized virtual work principle based on the consideration that the released electromagnetic energy accompanying the growth of the chain should equal to the dissipated energy related with friction resistance of the viscous fluid in the chain formation, the governing differential equation of the chain growth was established. Based on this energy model, the velocity of the chain forming, and the response time of ER fluid can be predicted. The present model can also predict the effect of the temperature and some microstructural parameters, such as the dielectric constants and concentration of the particles, etc., on the response of an ER system. Biography: Lupiu Yu-lan (1962-), Associate Professor, Doctor     

Dislocation emission from nanovoid with the effect of neighboring nanovoids and surface stresses

In the light of the vital mechanism for nanovoid evolution depending strongly on the effect of neighboring nanovoids, a generalized self-consistent model is suggested to describe nanovoid growth by the dislocation emission from nanovoid surface accounting for the effect of neighboring nanovoids and surface stresses in ductile porous materials. The explicit solution of the critical stress for dislocation emission is derived by means of the complex variable method. Analysis shows the advanced model can be implemented as the effective means to address the strong dependence of the nanovoid growth by the dislocation emission upon the size and volume fraction of nanovoid, growth/shrinkage of the neighboring nanovoid, remote applied stress as well as the surface effect.     

Modeling Historical Development: Fitting a Competing Practices System to Coded Archival Data

This project used curve fitting to refine an ecological model of historical development. Dirlam (1972, 1980, and 1996) constructed multidimensional classifiers for coding sociocultural practices by using theories of children's drawing, students' writing, and developmental researchers' methods. The last involved an eleven-dimensional classifier based mostly on Danziger's (1990) insights. An NDS analysis began with Van Geert's (1991) variant of the Lotka-Volterra two-species model, which was generalized by Dirlam (1997) to many competing species, each embodying an evolutionary strategy. Excellent fits to codings of research strategies in 599 articles from Child Development and Developmental Psychology, 1969-1992, revealed chaotic growth unless suppressed by new strategies. In this paper, coding was extended to 313 new articles published from 1930-1968. A refined model using Levins' (1969) logistic weed produced more meaningful parameter values and suggested dynamic differences between evolutionary strategies and sociocultural practices. Statistically adequate solutions with both low growth and high growth were found. To differentiate solutions, we proposed independent experimental testing and examining the scientific meaning of parameter values. The analysis identified two novel dynamic entities: default and polarized practices. Removing the person-practice link and coding many dimensions at once extends dynamic modeling to a greatly enriched variety of cultural and historical processes.     

Regime diagram and three-dimensional effects of convective interactions in the hydrodynamic Czochralski model

The generalized diagram of the critical Grashof numbers as functions of the Prandtl number is presented. The diagram shows the zones of occurrence of flow field and temperature fluctuations in the axisymmetric and three-dimensional formulations of the crystal growth model using the pulling from a melt. The structure of thermals at high Prandtl numbers and the distinctive features of the three-dimensional convection structure in the zones of stabilization and hazardous mode changeover at different Prandtl numbers are discussed. The effect of crystal rotation on the flow and temperature field patterns is estimated.     

NONLINEAR SATURATION OF BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY IN THE GENERALIZED PHILLIPS MODEL (Ⅰ) -THE UPPER BOUND ON THE EVOLUTION OF DISTURBANCE TO THE NONLINEARLY UNSTABLE BASIC FLOW

On the basis of the nonlinear stability theorem in the context of Arnol’s second theorem for the generalized Phillips model, nonlinear saturation of baroclinic instability in the generalized Phillips model is investigated. By choosing appropriate artificial stable basic flows, the upper bounds on the disturbance energy and potential enstrophy to the nonlinearly unstable basic flow in the generalized Phillips model are obtained, which are analytic completely and without the limitation of infinitesimal initial disturbance.     

COVID-19: data-driven dynamics,statistical and distributed delay models,and observations

Nonlinear Dynamics - COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Here, the dynamics of this epidemic is studied by using a generalized logistic function...     

Periodic Traveling Waves for Diffusion Equations with Time Delayed and Non-local Responding Reaction

We develop a singular perturbation technique to study the existence of periodic traveling wave solutions with large wave speed for a class of reaction-diffusion equations with time delay and non-local response. Unlike the classical singular perturbation method, our approach is based on a transformation of the differential equations to integral equations in a Banach space that reduces the singular perturbation problem to a regular perturbation problem. The periodic traveling wave solutions then are obtained by the use of Liapunov-Schmidt method and a generalized implicit function theorem. The general result obtained has been applied to a non-local reaction-diffusion equation derived from an age-structured population model with a logistic type of birth function.     

On the propagation of generalized transverse waves in heat-conducting elastic materials

A generalized transverse wave is a propagating acceleration discontinuity on which the temperature and the entropy, together with their gradients, are continuous. In a heat-conducting elastic material the propagation and growth of such waves are uninfluenced by thermomechanical interaction. It is shown in this paper that in any given plane there is at least one direction in which a generalized transverse wave may propagate, and the existence is also proved of at least one direction in which a pair of generalized transverse waves may travel. Necessary and sufficient conditions are established for the speeds of propagation of these waves to be real. Relationships between transverse and generalized transverse waves are also studied, and in the last two sections of the paper the directions in which generalized transverse waves may propagate in an isotropic heat-conducting elastic material are systematically worked out and classified.     

NONLINEAR SATURATION OF BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY IN THE GENERALIZED PHILLIPS MODEL(Ⅱ)-THE LOWER BOUND ON THE DISTURBANCE ENERGY AND POTENTIAL ENSTROPHY TO THE NONLINEARLY UNSTABLE BASIC FLOW

On the basis of the nonlinear stability theorem in the context of Arnol’d’s second theorem for the generalized Phillips model,nonlinear saturation of baroclinic instability in the generalized Phillips model is investigatedThe lower bound on the disturbance energy and potential enstrophy to the nonlinearly unstable basic flow in the generalized Phillips model is presented,which indicates that there may exist an allocation between a nonlinearly unstable basic flow and a growing disturbance     

Study on the generalized thermoelastic vibration of the optically excited semiconducting microcantilevers

In this paper, the theory of coupled plasma, thermal and elastic wave was used to study the vibration of semiconducting microcantilevers during photothermal process. The generalized thermoelastic model was adopted, along with plasma wave model, to obtain the vibration response of semiconducting microcantilevers under periodical laser excitation. The influence of thermal relaxation time on the vibration was investigated. The conventional and generalized thermoelastic theories for the temperature and deflection of microcantilever were compared. The simulation results for the amplitude and phase versus the modulation frequency revealed that near resonance frequency the generalized hyperbolic thermoelastic model was more suitable to describe the vibration characterization of microcantilevers than the conventional thermoelstic model.     

A predictive mechano-biological model of the bone-implant healing

The quality of the fixation orthopaedic implant to its surrounding bone determines its clinical longevity. Up to 20% of hip replacement operations are currently revisions for aseptic loosening. While this fixation quality is determined primarily by the bone and tissue anchoring the implant, conditions influencing bone growth in the early post-operative period include the surgical technique and coupled mechanical and biochemical factors. The aim of the study was to propose an original mechano-biological formulation of the healing process of periprosthetic tissue. The multiphasic porous model involved the solid osseous matrix, the extracellular fluid phase, the osteoblastic cellular phase responsible from the bone formation and the growth factor phase promoting the cellular activity. To derive the non-linear convective-diffuse governing equations, mass balance was associated to cell active haptotactic and chemotactic migration, growth factor diffusion, cell proliferation (logistic law) and bone formation (reactive medium). The in-vivo application concerned a canine axisymmetric implant which was stable and mechanically unloaded. Predictive numerical results were compared to ex-vivo data from a histologic study. The generic healing pattern involving two main oscillations of the radial bone formation was well predicted. In the future, the model could assist in evaluating the role of growth factor concentrations and their temporal delivering as far as the role of pertinent sources such as bioactive coating or additional biomaterials.     

广义黏弹组合模型的等效性及其基本性质

对广义黏弹组合模型的等效性及其基本性质进行了研究,结果表明:广义Maxwell模型由于并联结构,其蠕变柔量很难得到. 但提出了求解广义Maxwell模型蠕变柔量的方法,给出了其具体表达式,且在此基础上证明了广义Maxwell模型与Kelvin链的等效性,建立了这两个模型物理参数间的转换关系式. 证明了广义黏弹组合模型的一个基本性质:当将模型的松弛时间谱和延迟时间谱由大到小顺序排列时,松弛时间与延迟时间互不相等,且相互交织,两相邻松弛时间中间有且仅有一个延迟时间,同时,两相邻延迟时间中间有且仅有一个松弛时间;当两者同阶相比时,延迟时间总是大于松弛时间. 这一基本性质明确了使用广义黏弹组合模型来描述现实中某种特定材料的黏弹性行为时,该材料必须具备的基本条件,因此,它可作为这类流变模型在工程应用中的一个实用判据. Wiechert模型和广义中村模型、广义Jeffreys模型和广义N-K模型、Maxwell链和广义Kelvin模型之间的等效性可作为特例.最后,实例验证了所提出的求解广义黏弹组合模型蠕变柔量方法及其基本性质.      

Modeling of growth and remodeling in soft biological tissues with multiple constituents

Among the various important characteristics of biological tissues is their ability to grow and remodel. It is well-known that one of the primary triggers behind the growth and remodeling process is changes in the mechanical environment, for instance changes in stress, strain, etc. These mechanisms of mechanotransduction are the driving force behind many changes in structure and function including growth and remodeling. The purpose of this article is to formulate better constitutive equations for the stress in tissues with multiple constituents undergoing growth and remodeling. This is a very complex problem and is of tremendous importance. Here, we do the modeling from a mechanics point of view, utilizing the theory of natural configurations coupled with population dynamics to accurately model the production and removal of the different constituents that comprise the tissue. This is accomplished by deriving a generalized McKendrick equation for growth and remodeling and has the advantage of directly including the age distribution of constituents into the model. The population distribution function is then used to determine the stress in the tissue.     

New model of propagation rates of long crack due to structure fatigue

By comparison of the characteristics of existing models for long fatigue crack propagation rates, a new model, called the generalized passivation-lancet model for long fatigue crack propagation rates （GPLFCPR）, and a general formula for characterizing the process of crack growth rates are proposed based on the passivation-lancet theory. The GPLFCPR model overcomes disadvantages of the existing models and can describe the rules of the entire fatigue crack growth process from the cracking threshold to the critical fracturing point effectively with explicit physical meaning. It also reflects the influence of material characteristics, such as strength parameters, fracture parameters and heat treatment. Experimental results obtained by testing LZ50 steel, AlZnMgCu0.5, 0.5Cr0.5Mo0.25V steel, etc., show good consistency with the new model. The GPLFCPR model is valuable in theoretical research and practical applications.     

Maximum principles for generalized solutions of quasi-linear elliptic equations

1　IntroductionandMainRrsultsSincethe 1 950s,therehasbeenarapidprogressinthestudyoftheregularitytheoryforgeneralizedsolutionsofsecond_orderlinearellipticequationsindivergenceformwithseveralvariables,whichhasplayedanimportantroleinthestudyofquasi_linearequations (seeRefs.[1 ,2 ] ) .But,inspiteofthefactthatMorry[3 ]provedtheFredholmAlternativetheoremwithrespecttotheexistenceofgeneralizedsolutionsofsecond_orderlinearellipticequationsindivergenceform (whichisageneralizationoftheclassicaltheory)a…     

Exact traveling wave solutions in the coupled plane-base rotator model of DNA

The internal dynamics of the DNA base pairs is studied starting from the generalized coupled plane base-rotator model of DNA, obtained by Yomosa and later improved by Takeno and Homma. We conceive the double-stranded DNA as an anisotropically coupled spin chain simple model. The generalized Hamiltonian expressed in terms of quasi-spin operators is averaged over the generalized coherent states in the Perelomov sense, in order to obtain the classical non-linear evolution equations of this molecular system where the inhomogeneity has not been considered. This approach provides the equations of motion, which could be reduced to a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a saturable nonlinearity. This non-linear equation, under certain restrictions in the parametric space, supports traveling periodic triangular, bell, bubble and kink like solutions.     

Constitutive equation with fractional derivatives for the generalized UCM model

A fundamental problem on the constitutive equation with fractional derivatives for the generalized upper convected Maxwell model (UCM) is studied. The existing investigations on the constitutive equation are reviewed and their limitations or deficiencies are highlighted. By utilizing the convected coordinates approach, a mathematically rigorous constitutive equation with fractional derivatives for the generalized UCM model is proposed, which has an explicit expression for the stress tensor. This model can be reduced to the linear generalized Maxwell model with fractional derivatives, the UCM model and some other existing models. In addition, the rheological properties of this proposed model in the start-up of simple shear and elongation flows are investigated. It is shown that this generalized UCM model can describe the various stress evolution processes and the strain hardening effect of the viscoelastic fluids.     

Forecast analysis of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in the USA by a generalized fractional-order SEIR model

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, a generalized fractional-order SEIR model is proposed, denoted by SEIQRP model, which divided the population into susceptible, exposed, infectious, quarantined,...