Cartan geometries and multiplicative forms

In this paper we show that Cartan geometries can be studied via transitive Lie groupoids endowed with a special kind of vector-valued multiplicative 1-forms. This viewpoint leads us to a more general notion, that of Cartan bundle, which encompasses both Cartan geometries and G-structures.     

von Neumann’s trace inequality for Hilbert–Schmidt operators

von Neumann’s inequality in matrix theory refers to the fact that the Frobenius scalar product of two matrices is less than or equal to the scalar product of the respective singular values. Moreover, equality can only happen if the two matrices share a joint set of singular vectors, and this latter part is hard to find in the literature. We extend these facts to the separable Hilbert space setting, and provide a self-contained proof of the “latter part”.     

A duality relation for busy cycles inGI/G/1 queues

Using a generalization of the classical ballot theorem, Niu and Cooper [7] established a duality relation between the joint distribution of several variables associated with the busy cycle inM/G/1 (with a modified first service) and the corresponding joint distribution of several related variables in its dualGI/M/1. In this note, we generalize this duality relation toGI/G/1 queues with modified first services; this clarifies the original result, and shows that the generalized ballot theorem is superfluous for the duality relation.     

Relative K-homology and K-homology of an ideal

We provide a straightforward proof of one of the main results of the Baum-Douglas K-homology theory: If A is a separable nuclear C ^*-algebra and I an ideal of A, then the natural restriction map K ⁰(A, I) K ⁰(I) is an isomorphism of Abelian groups.     

对称圆柱正交异性层合扁球壳的非线性稳定问题

本文建立了对称圆柱正交异性层合扁球壳的大挠度理论.依据这一理论.并应用修正迭代法.我们得到了均布压力作用下具有夹紧固定边界的对称圆柱正交异性层合扁球壳的临界载荷解析解.     

修正迭代法在薄圆板非线性后屈曲分析中的应用

本文进一步将修正迭代法推广到薄圆板轴对称后屈曲分析中,由此获得该问题的一种新的近似解析解.作者期望将此方法应用于更为复杂结构的板的后屈曲分析中去.     

修正的Kadomtsev-Petviasvili方程的对称和守恒律

修正Kadomtsev-Petviasvili (MKP)方程是非线性偏微分方程和物理学中的一个重要模型. 最近楼森岳教授指出从可积系统的一个点李对称出发, 可以得到无穷多的守恒律. 应用楼教授的思想, 首先研究MKP方程的经典的李点对称, 然后根据二阶延拓结构(Lie-Bäcklund算子), 构造MKP方程的无穷多守恒律.     

基于波尔兹曼方法研究幂律流体的椭圆柱绕流

基于格子波尔兹曼方法(lattice Boltzmann method) 和幂律流体本构方程, 建立二维流动模型, 将充分发展的速度分布与理论解进行对比, 吻合良好. 对幂律流体的圆柱绕流进行模拟, 采用了反弹格式的无滑移圆柱边界, 并使用应力积分法计算阻力系数, 分析了稳态圆柱绕流时, 阻力系数随幂律指数n 以及雷诺数Re 的变化规律. 分析了椭圆横轴/纵轴长度比和幂律指数n, 对压力系数Cp 和黏度系数Cv 的影响. 得到的变化规律与有限元方法规律一致, 验证了格子波尔兹曼模型的可行性.     

Sloshing and energy dissipation in an egg: SPH simulations and experiments

Tall structures, such as towers and bridges, can oscillate at excessive magnitudes when subjected to wind and earthquake loads. Liquid sloshing absorbers can be used to suppress these excessive oscillations by tuning the frequency of the sloshing to the critical frequency of the structure. Sloshing absorbers are simple structures consisting of a partially full container of liquid with a free surface. Tuning ensures that significant amounts of harmful energy can be extracted from the structure to the sloshing liquid. However, there needs to be a rapid means of dissipating this energy to avoid its returning back to the structure (then back to the liquid periodically).A hen׳s egg seems to have evolved to efficiently dissipate energy to protect its embryo using sloshing of its liquid content. Hence, the potential to implement the egg׳s unique properties as a sloshing absorber for structural control, is the main focus of this study. Numerical simulations, using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), and experimental comparisons are presented in this paper. One objective is to demonstrate the ability of SPH to simulate complex free surface behaviour in three dimensions. Such a tool is then useful to identify different dissipation modes. Effects of fill volume and viscosity on the rate of dissipation, are also investigated.