A numerical and experimental hybrid approach for the investigation of aerodynamic forces on stay cables suffering from rain-wind induced vibration

The aerodynamic forces on a stay cable under a rain-wind induced vibration (RWIV) are difficult to measure directly in a wind tunnel test. This paper presents a hybrid approach that combines an experiment with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the investigation on aerodynamic forces of a stay cable under a RWIV. The stay cable and flow field were considered as two substructures of the system. The oscillation of the stay cable was first measured by using a wind tunnel test of a RWIV under an artificial rainfall condition. The oscillation of the cable was treated as a previously known moving boundary condition and applied to the flow field. Only the flow field with the known moving cable boundary was then numerically simulated by using a CFD method (such as Fluent 6.3). The transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable with a predetermined cable oscillation were obtained from numerical calculations. The characteristics of the aerodynamic forces in the time domain and frequency domain were then analysed for various cases. To verify the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed hybrid approach, the transient aerodynamic forces were applied to a single-degree-of-freedom model (SDOF) of the stay cable to calculate the RWIV of the cable. A comparison was performed between the oscillation responses of the stay cable obtained from the calculated (SDOF model) and experimental results, and the results indicate that the hybrid approach accurately simulates the transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable. The equivalent damping ratios induced by the aerodynamic forces were obtained for various wind speeds. Furthermore, a nonlinear model of the aerodynamic force is proposed based on the calculation results, and the coefficients in the model were identified by a nonlinear least-squares technique.     

The unusual physicochemical properties of azulene and azulene-based compounds

This review shows the unusual physicochemical properties and wide application of azulene and its derivatives. The recent synthesis strategies of kinds of substituted azulene are also listed.     

ε－次可微多目标规划的最优性条件

本文主要从多目标规划相应的加权问题出发，讨论了在ε－次可微的条件下，凸多目标规划问题η－有效解存在的必要条件与充分条件．     

某些含氮有机物光催化氧化产生的自由基中间体

本文用自旋捕捉技术与ESR相结合的方法研究了某些含氮有机物TiO₂光催化降解的过程中形成的活泼中间体.选择的化合物中有丁胺、戊胺、庚胺、六氢吡啶、吡啶、2-甲基吡啶、2,6-二甲基吡啶,这些分子中的氮原子分别作为初级脂肪胺、饱和环中的二级胺以及芳环中的三级胺出现,实验中观察到N-中心自由基及C-中心自由基与自旋捕捉剂加合物的ESR信号,表明这些自由基参与这些化合物光降解的初始过程,对深入了解其光降机理是有意义的.     

Nonlinear Galerkin methods and mixed finite elements: two-grid algorithms for the Navier-Stokes equations

Summary. A nonlinear Galerkin method using mixed finite elements is presented for the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The scheme is based on two finite element spaces and for the approximation of the velocity, defined respectively on one coarse grid with grid size and one fine grid with grid size and one finite element space for the approximation of the pressure. Nonlinearity and time dependence are both treated on the coarse space. We prove that the difference between the new nonlinear Galerkin method and the standard Galerkin solution is of the order of $H^2$, both in velocity ( and pressure norm). We also discuss a penalized version of our algorithm which enjoys similar properties. Received October 5, 1993 / Revised version received November 29, 1993     

A metastable flame-front interface and Carrier''s problem

Metastable dynamics for a nonlocal PDE modeling the upwards propagation of a flame-front interface in a vertical channel is analyzed in the one-dimensional case where the channel cross-section is taken to be the slab -1<x<1. In a certain asymptotic limit, the interface assumes a roughly concave parabolic shape, and the tip of the parabola drifts asymptotically exponentially slowly towards the boundary of the domain. In contrast to previous analyses that studied this behavior by transforming the governing nonlocal PDE to a convection–diffusion equation, a novel nonlinear transformation is introduced that transforms the problem to a singularly perturbed quasilinear PDE. The steady-state problem for this transformed PDE, for which the parabolic interface shape maps onto a one-spike solution, is closely related to a class of two-point boundary value problems with seemingly spurious solutions studied initially by G. Carrier in 1968. Rigorous and formal asymptotic results for a one-spike solution to this transformed PDE are obtained together with a formal metastability analysis of certain time-dependent solutions.     

High-energy scale revival and giant kink in the dispersion of a cuprate superconductor

In the present photoemission study of a cuprate superconductor Bi1.74Pb0.38Sr1.88CuO6+delta, we discovered a large scale dispersion of the lowest band, which unexpectedly follows the band structure calculation very well. Similar behavior observed in blue bronze and the Mott insulator Ca2CuO2Cl2 suggests that the origin of hopping-dominated dispersion in an overdoped cuprate might be quite complicated. A giant kink in the dispersion is observed, and the complete self-energy containing all interaction information is extracted for a doped cuprate. These results recovered significant missing pieces in our current understanding of the electronic structure of cuprates.     

A New Method for Establishing Pseudo Orthogonal Properties of Eigenfunction Expansion Form in Fracture Mechanics

A new and simple method is developed to establish the pseudo orthogonal properties (POP) of the eigenfunction expansion form (EEF) of crack-tip stress complex potential functions for cracked anisotropic and piezoelectric materials, respectively. Di?erent from previous research, the complex argument separation technique is not required so that cumbersome manipulations are avoided. Moreover, it is shown, di?erent from the previous research too, that the orthogonal …     

Green Approach to the Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Mesh Surface for Oil/Water Separation

We report a simple and environment friendly method to fabricate superhydrophobic metallic mesh surfaces for oil/water separation. The obtained mesh surface exhibits superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity after it was dried in an oven at 200 °C for 10 min. A rough silver layer is formed on the mesh surface after immersion, and the spontaneous adsorption of airborne carbon contaminants on the silver surface lower the surface free energy of the mesh. No low‐surface‐energy reagents and/or volatile organic solvents are used. In addition, we demonstrate that by using the mesh box, oils can be separated and collected from the surface of water repeatedly, and that high separation efficiencies of larger than 92 % are retained for various oils. Moreover, the superhydrophobic mesh also possesses excellent corrosion resistance and thermal stability. Hence, these superhydrophobic meshes might be good candidates for the practical separation of oil from the surface of water.