Transmission property for a one-dimensional photonic crystal containing a subwavelength layer and a nonlinear layer

Using the transfer matrix method, we investigate the transmission property of a one-dimensional photonic crystal doped with a linear subwavelength layer and a Kerr-type nonlinear layer. We find that a thin film of subwavelength layer can significantly modify the characteristic of optical bistability. We also find that the sequence of the thin film and the nonlinear layer has a major impact on the hysteretic behavior. With the investigations to the linear defect mode and the electric field distribution in the nonlinear material, we explain these phenomena. PACS 42.65.Pc; 42.25.Bs; 42.70.Qs; 42.65.-k; 78.66.-w     

Automated analysis of the architecture of receptors, imaged by atomic force microscopy

Fast neurotransmission involves the operation of ionotropic receptors, which are multi-subunit proteins that respond to activation by opening an integral ion channel. Examples of such channels include the GABA(A) receptor, the 5-HT(3) receptor and the P2X receptor for ATP. These receptors contain more than one type of subunit, although the exact subunit stoichiometry and arrangement around the receptor rosette is often unknown. We are using atomic force microscopy (AFM) of purified receptors to address these issues. Measurement of the molecular volume of the receptor permits the determination of the number of subunits that it contains. Furthermore, analysis of the geometry of complexes between receptors and subunit-specific antibodies reveals the subunit arrangement. Our AFM-based approach has so far been dependent on manual data processing, which is both time-consuming and prone to operator bias. In this study, we set out to develop a novel method capable of automatic segmentation and quantitative analysis of both single receptor particles and receptor-antibody complexes. The method was validated using images of wild type and mutant forms of the P2X(6) receptor. We suggest that the automated method will greatly facilitate further progress in the use of AFM for the determination of receptor and multi-protein architecture.     

基于永磁体间的磁性负刚度的分析与优化

为了有效地降低磁性负刚度结构的非线性程度,从简单三磁体结构出发,引入新型负刚度结构模型——五磁体对称结构,运用MATLAB建立新型负刚度结构的磁力学模型并应用Ansoft Maxwell进行仿真验证.研究永磁体间的相对位置参数对五磁体对称结构的负刚度曲线走势的影响,在微幅振动下对基于磁引力的负刚度曲线拟合后使用谐波平衡...     

Study on propagation efficiency and fidelity of subthreshold signal in feed-forward hybrid neural network under electromagnetic radiation

Nonlinear Dynamics - The hybrid neural model provides a computationally effective and biophysics-based neuron behavior model, which maintains its simplicity by incorporating the dynamics...     

基于步态切换的欠驱动双足机器人控制方法

由于高维、非线性、欠驱动等特点, 3-D双足机器人的稳定性控制依然是一个研究难点. 一些传统的控制方法, 如基于事件的反馈控制方法和PD控制方法, 抗扰动能力较弱, 鲁棒性较差. 通过观察, 人类受到外部扰动影响时, 会通过调整步态重新获得稳定性,相较之下仅依靠一个步态获得的稳定性是有限的. 受此启发, 本文针对上述问题提出一种基于步态切换的欠驱动3-D双足机器人控制方法. 首先, 以能耗最少为优化目标, 通过非线性优化方法预先设计多组不同步长、步速的步态作为参考步态, 以构建一个步态库; 然后, 通过综合考虑步态切换过程中的稳定性与能效, 建立了多目标步态切换函数; 最后, 将该步态切换函数作为优化目标, 并求解该最小化问题获得下一步的参考步态, 从而实现步态切换, 达到使用步态库?多轨迹方法来提高鲁棒性的目的. 在仿真实验中运用该步态切换控制方法, 欠驱动3-D双足机器人可实现相对高度在[-20, 20] mm内随机变化的不平整地面上行走, 而仅采用单步态控制策略则无法克服这样的外部扰动, 从而说明了基于步态切换的欠驱动双足机器人控制方法的有效性.      

Decentralized coordination of autonomous swarms inspired by chaotic behavior of ants

In this paper, we propose a decentralized coordination algorithm for a group of mobile nodes, called an autonomous swarm, on a finite two-dimensional space, which can efficiently coordinate cooperatively the autonomous swarm to the optimal solution. Our algorithm is inspired by chaotic behavior of a single ant and self-organization behavior of the whole ant colony. To construct this algorithm, we firstly assume that each agent is a nonlinear oscillator presenting the chaotic behavior of a single ant. Then we establish a self-organization mechanism according to the self-organization behavior of the whole ant colony. Moreover, we analyze the convergence of the proposed algorithm. Finally, we experimentally evaluate the performance of our algorithm with the clustering and dispersion operations of a swarm. Comparison results of the proposed algorithm and the gradient-type one are also presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in approximately global optimization for swarms.     

多自由度Maxwell阻尼器减震结构(Ⅱ)——等效阻尼

对多自由度带支撑Maxwell阻尼器减震结构的等效阻尼比进行了系统研究。构建了耗能结构一般微分和积分混合地震响应方程组;基于与多自由度随机平均法分析完全相同的等效准则,建立了耗能结构各振型等效阻尼比的一般解析计算式。与一些典型问题的模态应变能法的计算精度进行对比分析,结果显示:本文方法的计算结果在特定条件下与精确解完全相同;在一个二自由度系统中相对位移响应方差的误差分别为0.99%和0.45%,优于应变能法的8%和5.4%,表明了本文方法的有效性。从而为建立此类耗能结构等效阻尼分析的完备解析解法、直接应用反应谱法进行实际工程设计提供了依据。     

Exact solutions and Painlevé analysis of a new (2+1)-dimensional generalized KdV equation

The new (2+1)-dimensional generalized KdV equation which exists the bilinear form is mainly discussed. We prove that the equation does not admit the Painlevé property even by taking the arbitrary constant a=0. However, this result is different from Radha and Lakshmanan??s work. In addition, based on Hirota bilinear method, periodic wave solutions in terms of Riemann theta function and rational solutions are derived, respectively. The asymptotic properties of the periodic wave solutions are analyzed in detail.     

基于壁面主动变形的湍流减阻控制研究

采用谱方法, 对反向控制下壁面主动变形的槽道湍流进行了直接数值模 拟研究. 结果表明, 在壁面最大变形量小于5倍黏性尺度条件下, 压差阻力可略, 摩擦阻力 降低7.6%. 施加控制后, 湍流强度和雷诺应力受到明显抑制, 平均速度剖面对数区上移. 受壁面法向运动的影响, 条带结构强度减弱、尺度变大; 流向涡外移且强度减弱, 其倾斜和 抬起的角度均有不同程度的减小. 壁面变形呈现流向拉长的凹槽结构, 其平均间距 为90倍黏性尺度.