Augmented Lagrangian Algorithms Based on the Spectral Projected Gradient Method for Solving Nonlinear Programming Problems

The spectral projected gradient method SPG is an algorithm for large-scale bound-constrained optimization introduced recently by Birgin, Martínez, and Raydan. It is based on the Raydan unconstrained generalization of the Barzilai-Borwein method for quadratics. The SPG algorithm turned out to be surprisingly effective for solving many large-scale minimization problems with box constraints. Therefore, it is natural to test its perfomance for solving the sub-problems that appear in nonlinear programming methods based on augmented Lagrangians. In this work, augmented Lagrangian methods which use SPG as the underlying convex-constraint solver are introduced (ALSPG) and the methods are tested in two sets of problems. First, a meaningful subset of large-scale nonlinearly constrained problems of the CUTE collection is solved and compared with the perfomance of LANCELOT. Second, a family of location problems in the minimax formulation is solved against the package FFSQP.     

一种修正的HS共轭梯度法及全局收敛性

<正>1引言考虑无约束极小化问题:(?),(1)其中f(x)连续可微,其梯度函数用g(x)表示.共轭梯度法求解(1)的常用迭代格式为:x_(k+1)=x_k+α_kd_k,(2)(?)(3)其中g_k=▽f(x_k),α_k≥0是由某种线搜索得到的步长因子;d_k为搜索方向,β_k为标量,β_k的不同选择产生了不同的共轭梯度法.著名的β_k公式有:     

一类非线性椭圆方程的刘维尔型定理

设（Mⁿ,g）是一个n维非紧的完备黎曼流行.本文考虑有正解的非线性椭圆方程△_fu+au log u=0的刘维尔型定理,其中a是一个非零常数.利用Bochner公式和极大值原理,获得了以上方程在Bakry-Emery里奇曲率有下界时正解的Li-Yau型梯度估计和某些有关的刘维尔理论,推广了文献[7]的结果.     

一类共轭梯度法的全局收敛性结果

本文证明了在Grippo-Lucidi线搜索下当βk取βk=σ1βPRPk+σ2βnewk,其中σ1≥0,σ2≥0,σ1+σ2＞0,βnewk=gTk(gk-gk-1)/-dTk-1gk-1时一类共轭梯度法的全局收敛性,并给出了此类方法良好的数值效果.     

无约束最优化的信赖域BB法

梯度法是求解无约束最优化的一类重要方法.步长选取的好坏与梯度法的数值表现息息相关.注意到BB步长隐含了目标函数的二阶信息,本文将BB法与信赖域方法相结合,利用BB步长的倒数去近似目标函数的Hesse矩阵,同时利用信赖域子问题更加灵活地选取梯度法的步长,给出求解无约束最优化问题的单调和非单调信赖域BB法.在适当的假设条件下,证明了算法的全局收敛性.数值试验表明,与已有的求解无约束优化问题的BB类型的方法相比,非单调信赖域BB法中e_k=‖x_k-x~*‖的下降呈现更明显的阶梯状和单调性,因此收敛速度更快.     

薄膜/涂层的摩擦学设计及其研究进展

介绍了近年来有机分子自组装薄膜(SAMs)、物理气相沉积(PVD)和化学气相沉积(CVD)类金刚石薄膜(DLC)、液相法制备类金刚石薄膜、功能梯度薄膜以及绿色环保电化学沉积镀层的制备及其摩擦学研究进展,讨论了薄膜/涂层的制备方法和影响薄膜/涂层结构及其摩擦学性能的各种因素,评述了几种具代表性的薄膜/涂层摩擦磨损机理,分析并指出了SAMs、DLC、梯度薄膜和电镀镀层的摩擦学研究方向.     

具有切应力梯度的平行平板流动腔的构造

在近年来关于流体切应力与细胞力学行为之间关系的研究中,流体切应力梯度被认为是诱发动脉粥样硬化和内膜增生的重要因素之一.本文探讨如何利用常用的离体细胞力学实验工具--平行平板流动腔模拟具有梯度的定常流切应力环境.结果表明,根据Hele-Shaw流的原理和常用复势W(Z)=AZn(n＞1)的特性,可构造出具有各种切应力梯度分布的流动腔.与其它模拟切应力梯度的方法比较,本文的方法更加简洁、可行.     

Small scale effects on buckling and postbuckling behaviors of axially loaded FGM nanoshells based on nonlocal strain gradient elasticity theory

By means of a comprehensive theory of elasticity, namely, a nonlocal strain gradient continuum theory, size-dependent nonlinear axial instability characteristics of cylindrical nanoshells made of functionally graded material (FGM) are examined. To take small scale effects into consideration in a more accurate way, a nonlocal stress field parameter and an internal length scale parameter are incorporated simultaneously into an exponential shear deformation shell theory. The variation of material properties associated with FGM nanoshells is supposed along the shell thickness, and it is modeled based on the Mori-Tanaka homogenization scheme. With a boundary layer theory of shell buckling and a perturbation-based solving process, the nonlocal strain gradient load-deflection and load-shortening stability paths are derived explicitly. It is observed that the strain gradient size effect causes to the increases of both the critical axial buckling load and the width of snap-through phenomenon related to the postbuckling regime, while the nonlocal size dependency leads to the decreases of them. Moreover, the influence of the nonlocal type of small scale effect on the axial instability characteristics of FGM nanoshells is more than that of the strain gradient one.     

SrS相变和弹性性质的第一原理计算

利用平面波赝势密度泛函方法和准谐德拜模型研究了SrS从NaCl结构到CsCl结构的相变以及弹性性质.在零温下,我们计算的相变压强为17.9 GPa,这与实验值和其他作者的计算值符合很好.研究还表明:相变压强随温度增加而非线性地增加,然而力学不稳性的压强随温度增加而线性地增加.     

Viscoelastic wave propagation in the viscoelastic single walled carbon nanotubes based on nonlocal strain gradient theory

In this paper, the viscoelastic wave propagation in an embedded viscoelastic single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is studied based on the nonlocal strain gradient theory. The characteristic equation for the viscoelastic wave in SWCNTs is derived. The emphasis is placed on the influence of the tube diameter on the viscoelastic wave dispersion. A blocking diameter is observed, above which the wave could not propagate in SWCNTs. The results show that the blocking diameter is greatly dependent on the damping coefficient, the nonlocal and the strain gradient length scale parameters, as well as the Winkler modulus of the surrounding elastic medium. These findings may provide a prospective application of SWCNTs in nanodevices and nanocomposites.