Water waves diffraction by a submerged sphere and dual integral transforms

A solution of the diffraction problem for a submerged sphere in finite water depth based on the linearized potential theory is presented. The sphere can take different positions relative to the bottom. A new method is suggested to solve this problem. This method is a generalization of the integral transforms. Two systems of the curvilinear coordinates are used, two spectral systems are constructed and two spectral functions are introduced to obtain the solution. For the first spectral function an integral representation is obtained, for the second spectral function an integro-operator equation is derived. Different asymptotic approximations are considered.     

Flexural‐Gravity Wave Scattering by a Circular‐Arc‐Shaped Porous Plate

The interaction of flexural‐gravity waves with a thin circular‐arc‐shaped permeable plate submerged beneath the ice‐covered surface of water with uniform finite depth is considered under the assumption of linear theory. The problem is reduced to a second kind hypersingular integral equation for the potential difference across the plate which is solved approximately by an expansion–collocation method. Utilizing the solution, the reflection and the transmission coefficients and the hydrodynamic forces are evaluated numerically. The focus of the paper is to illustrate the effect of a porous curved plate submerged in finite depth water with an ice‐cover on the normally incident waves. Numerical results for a circular‐arc‐shaped plate for different configurations are derived and represented graphically. Also, by choosing an appropriate set of parameters, the known results for a circular‐arc‐shaped rigid plate submerged in deep water and a semicircular porous plate submerged in finite depth water with a free surface are recovered as special cases.     

Interaction of surface water waves with a vertical elastic plate: a hypersingular integral equation approach

In this paper, we present an alternative method to investigate scattering of water waves by a submerged thin vertical elastic plate in the context of linear theory. The plate is submerged either in deep water or in the water of uniform finite depth. Using the condition on the plate, together with the end conditions, the derivative of the velocity potential in the direction of normal to the plate is expressed in terms of a Green’s function. This expression is compared with that obtained by employing Green’s integral theorem to the scattered velocity potential and the Green’s function for the fluid region. This produces a hypersingular integral equation of the first kind in the difference in potential across the plate. The reflection coefficients are computed using the solution of the hypersingular integral equation. We find good agreement when the results for these quantities are compared with those for a vertical elastic plate and submerged and partially immersed rigid plates. New results for the hydrodynamic force on the plate, the shear stress and the shear strain of the vertical elastic plate are also evaluated and represented graphically.     

非线性第二类Volterra积分方程的Chebyshev谱配置法

我们在参考了相关文献的基础上,考察了一类非线性Volterra积分方程的Chebyshev谱配置法.方法中,我们将该类非线性方程转化为两个方程进行数值逼近.我们选择N阶Chebyshev Gauss-Lobatto点作为配置点,对积分项用N阶高斯数值积分公式逼近.收敛性分析结果表明数值误差的收敛阶为N^（1/2）-m,其中m是已知函数最高连续导数的阶数.我们也开展数值实验证实这一理论分析结果.     

常微分方程(组)的高次积分因子与高次积分及其微分特征列集算法

考虑了一般微分方程(组)高次积分和其微分特征列集(吴方法)机械化确定算法.首先提出微分方程的积分因子和首次积分的推广高次积分因子与其对应的高次积分的概念.其次给出了由高次积分因子确定其对应的高次积分的计算公式,使确定高次积分的问题转化为求高次积分因子的问题.再其次对确定高次积分因子的问题,给出了微分特征列集算法.最后用给定的算法确定了二阶和三阶微分方程拥有高次积分的结构定理,并给出了具体的算例和结论.     

Dynamic modeling and simulations of the wave glider

Wave glider is a new wave-powered autonomous marine vehicle, which is composed of a submerged glider connected to a surface floater via a tether. Such an advanced vessel is designed to harvest energy in ocean surface waves to generate forward thrust. Equipped with solar panel and battery as well as some dedicated sensors, the wave glider is able to achieve long duration missions via sea-side control. In this paper, a 4-DOF (degree-of-freedom) mathematical model of the wave glider is established using Newton–Euler approach. The second-order wave drift force on the horizontal plane and the first order wave force on the vertical direction are considered. The hydrodynamic parameters were calculated using the potential flow theory and empirical formula. Furthermore, motion simulation of the wave glider with respect to the sensitivity analysis to some key environmental factors and the heading control ability is conducted. The simulation results are presented and discussed in detail, which provides theoretical guidance and reference for wave glider design.     

非光滑第二类Fredholm方程Collocation解的迭代──校正方法

本文对于一类具非光滑核第二类Ｆｒｅｄｈｏｌｍ方程的Ｃｏｌｌｏｃａｔｉｏｎ解提出一种迭代─校正方法，使得在计算量增加很少的前提下，成倍提高逼近解精度，并将此方法用于平面多角域上边界积分方程，从而给出其相应微分方程逼近解的高精度算法。此方法还是一种自适应方法。     

Método de elementos de borde jerárquico basado en el árbol de Barnes-Hut aplicado a flujo reptante exterior

In this work, a hierarchical variant of a boundary element method and its use in Stokes flow around three-dimensional rigid bodies in steady regime is presented. The proposal is based on the descending hierarchical low-order and self-adaptive algorithm of Barnes-Hut, and it is used in conjunction with an indirect boundary integral formulation of second class, whose source term is a function of the undisturbed velocity. The solution field is the double layer surface density, which is modified in order to complete the eigenvalue spectrum of the integral operator. In this way, the rigid modes are eliminated and both a non-zero force and a non-null torque on the body could be calculated. The elements are low order flat triangles, and an iterative solution by generalized minimal residual (GMRES) is used. Numerical examples include cases with analytical solutions, bodies with edges and vertices, or with intricate shapes. The main advantage of the presented technique is the possibility of considering a greater number of degrees of freedom regarding traditional collocation methods, due to the decreased demand of main memory and the reduction in the computation times.     

Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer for Cooling of Photovoltaic Cells

Photovoltaic cells are devices which convert solar radiation directly into electricity. However, solar radiation increases the photovoltaic cells temperature [1] [2]. The temperature has an influence on the degradation of the cell efficiency and the lifetime of a PV cell. This work reports on a cooling water technique for cells, whereby the cooling system was placed at the front surface of the cells to dissipate away excess heat and to block unwanted radiation. Using water as a cooling medium for the cells, the overheating of closed panel is greatly reduced without prejudicing luminosity and water acts as a filter to remove a portion of solar spectrum in the infrared band but allows transmission of the visible spectrum most useful for the PV operation. The aims of this study are to develop a 3D thermal model to simulate the cooling and heat transfer in Photovoltaic panel and recommend a cooling technique for the PV panel. In order to have a good estimation for the temperature distribution, the three-dimensional flow and heat transfer across the cooling block is investigated numerically by solving the continuity, momentum and energy equations using FLUENT. The second objective of this work is to study the influence of the geometrical dimensions of the panel, water mass flow rate and water inlet temperature on the flow distribution and the solar panel temperature. The results obtained by the model are compared with experimental results from testing the prototype of the cooling device. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Chaotic analysis of pressure fluctuation signal in the gas–liquid–solid slurry column

The pressure signal of a slurry column is easily obtained by using a pressure sensor, and a chaotic analysis method is used to analyze these signals in order to indicate the flow pattern of the slurry column. The slopes of the correlation integral curve indicate the flow pattern of the slurry column in various operating conditions. The flow pattern is dispersed bubble regime when the superficial velocity is low and the correlation integral curve has two slopes. The flow pattern changes into transition regime with increase in the superficial velocity, the correlation integral curve has only one slope. In the case of the flow pattern becoming a slugging regime, there are several slopes to the correlation integral curve. So it is convenient to find out the flow pattern in the slurry column by solving the slopes of the correlation integral of the pressure signal. The maximum Lyapunov exponent represents the chaos in a slurry column with various solid holdups. The maximum Lyapunov exponent is nearly similar at different heights when the flow patterns are dispersed bubble regime and slugging regime, but the maximum Lyapunov exponent at the axial height is quite different when the flow pattern is transition regime.     

Lyapunov Stability of a Class of Operator Integro-differential Equations with Applications to Viscoelasticity

The Lyapunov stability is analysed for a class of integro-differential equations with unbounded operator coefficients. These equations arise in the study of non-conservative stability problems for viscoelastic thin-walled elements of structures. Some sufficient stability conditions are derived by using the direct Lyapunov method. These conditions are formulated for arbitrary kernels of the Volterra integral operator in terms of norms of the operator coefficients. Employing these conditions the supersonic flutter of a viscoelastic panel is studied and explicit expressions for the critical gas velocity are derived. Dependence of the critical flow velocity on the material characteristics and compressive load is analysed numerically.     

Convergence and conditioning of a Nyström method for Stokes flow in exterior three-dimensional domains

Convergence and conditioning results are presented for the lowest-order member of a family of Nyström methods for arbitrary, exterior, three-dimensional Stokes flow. The flow problem is formulated in terms of a recently introduced two-parameter, weakly singular boundary integral equation of the second kind. In contrast to methods based on product integration, coordinate transformation and singularity subtraction, the family of Nyström methods considered here is based on a local polynomial correction determined by an auxiliary system of moment equations. The polynomial correction is designed to remove the weak singularity in the integral equation and provide control over the approximation error. Here we focus attention on the lowest-order method of the family, whose implementation is especially simple. We outline a convergence theorem for this method and illustrate it with various numerical examples. Our examples show that well-conditioned, accurate approximations can be obtained with reasonable meshes for a range of different geometries.     

A Nyström method for a class of Fredholm integral equations of the third kind on unbounded domains

The author proposes a numerical procedure in order to approximate the solution of a class of Fredholm integral equations of the third kind on unbounded domains. The given equation is transformed in a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Hence, according to the integration interval, the equation is regularized by means of a suitable one-to-one map or is transformed in a system of two Fredholm integral equations that are subsequently regularized. In both cases a Nyström method is applied, the convergence and the stability of which are proved in spaces of weighted continuous functions. Error estimates and numerical tests are also included.     

具有积分边界条件的常微分方程边值问题的数值解

讨论了一类具有积分边界条件的二阶常微分方程非局部边值问题的数值解.对非局部积分边界条件采用了离散的多点边值问题进行逼近,通过常系数情况下解的局部性质,建立了这类边值问题的指数型差分格式,并且给出了格式的误差分析,证明了格式是一致收敛的.     

一类非线性偏积分微分方程二阶差分全离散格式

给出了数值求解一类非线性偏积分微分方程的二阶全离散差分格式.采用了二阶向后差分格式,积分项的离散利用了Lubich的二阶卷积求积公式,给出了稳定性的证明、误差估计及收敛性的结果.     

The stream function coordinate system for solution of one-dimensional unsteady compressible flow problems

A one-dimensional unsteady compressible isentropic flow problem is solved using a floating grid finite difference method. GENMIX, a computer program for solution of two-dimensional parabolic flow problems, has been adopted for this purpose. The advantages of utilizing the staggered floating grid method are demonstrated through solution of flow in a shocktube. The present method is able to precisely locate the discontinuities in temperature and density profiles.     

关于二层海中的二阶波浪绕射问题*

在本文中,我们用二层海模型,探讨了层化海洋中任意三维物体的二阶波浪绕射问题,给出了多色波场中二阶波浪散射势边值问题的数学提法以及基于一个弱的远场辐射条件下解的表式。同时,利用Green定理,并通过引入一个辅助势函数,我们导出了结构所受二阶波浪荷载的积分表式。结果表明,海水的层化特性对结构物所受之二阶差频波浪荷载可能具有显著的影响。     

Formation of a jet in case of non-stationary flow of a perfect fluid from a slit

The problem of flow of a perfect fluid from a slit separating two parallel planes is given a mathematical formulation for the case of a submerged jet, as well as for the case of a flow with a free boundary. Various types of flow are classified. The results of numerical solutions are compared with experimental data. The phenomenon of reversal of the vortex sheet which occurs when the flow rate through the slit is reduced, is discussed. The self-modelling problem is solving using the method of matching the asymptotic expansions. A cumulative effect is discovered, namely that the rate of penetration of a narrow central part of the self-modelling jet exceeds the rate of flow of the main part of the jet by one order of magnitude.     

非均匀法向荷载下半空间的二阶弹性效应问题

本文提供各向同性弹性半空间，在非均匀分布法向荷载下，二阶弹性效应的一个封闭形式解，运用积分变换方法，讨论了按Ｈｅｒｔｚ规律分布的荷载情形；导出了不可压缩各向同性弹性材料的极限解；算出了上述二阶弹性材料问题在ｚ方向的位移和法向应力数值。我们发现，与线弹性情形相比较，在二阶弹性材料中相应位移增大而法向应力减小。     

一类偏积分微分方程二阶差分全离散格式

本文给出了数值求解一类偏积分微分方程的二阶差分全离散格式．时间方向采用了二阶向后差分格式,积分项的离散利用了Lubich的二阶卷积求积公式,给出了稳定性的证明、误差估计及收敛性的结果,并给出了数值例子．