Dynamic response of pulsatile flow of blood in a stenosed tapered artery

The aim of this paper is to throw some light on the rheological study of pulsatile blood flow in a stenosed tapered arterial segment. Arterial wall is considered to be rigid and flexible separately for improving the similarity to the in vivo situation. The streaming blood is considered to be Newtonian. The governing nonlinear equations of motion are sought using the well‐known stream function‐vorticity method and are solved numerically by finite difference technique. Important rheological parameters, such as axial velocity component, wall shear stress, and flow separation region are estimated in the neighborhood of the stenosis. Effects of stenosis height, vessel tapering, and wall flexibility on the blood flow are investigated properly and are explained in detail through their graphical representations.     

Accelerated method for optimization over density matrices in quantum state estimation

In this paper, a class of minimization problems over density matrices arising in the quantum state estimation is investigated. By making use of the Nesterov’s accelerated strategies, we introduce a modified augmented Lagrangian method to solve it, where the subproblem is tackled by the projected Barzilai–Borwein method with nonmonotone line search. Compared with the existing projected gradient method, several numerical examples are tested to show that the proposed method is efficient and promising.     

Fast proximal algorithms for nonsmooth convex optimization

In the lines of our previous approach to devise proximal algorithms for nonsmooth convex optimization by applying Nesterov fast gradient concept to the Moreau–Yosida regularization of a convex function, we develop three new proximal algorithms for nonsmooth convex optimization. In these algorithms, the errors in computing approximate solutions for the Moreau–Yosida regularization are not fixed beforehand, while preserving the complexity estimates already established. We report some preliminary computational results to give a first estimate of their performance.     

弹性介质中受轴向冲击载荷作用的圆柱壳的屈曲临界载荷计算分析

建立并求解了弹性介质中圆柱壳的径向位移控制方程,考虑边界条件及相容条件,得到了应力波传播及反射过程中圆柱壳的动力屈曲分叉条件.通过计算得到了不同时间段屈曲临界载荷与应力波波阵面到达圆柱壳的位置、弹性介质的刚度、壳体未嵌入弹性介质部分的长度与总长之比的关系.数值计算结果表明,弹性介质中的圆柱壳发生轴对称屈曲和非轴对称屈曲趋势一致;嵌入弹性介质部分越深、弹性介质刚度越大圆柱壳越难屈曲;屈曲临界载荷随着弹性介质刚度的增大经历了增长缓慢、增长迅速以及增长较慢3个阶段;应力波反射前波阵面通过分界面后,屈曲仅发生在应力波传播区域,反射波波阵面通过分界面前,临界载荷较小时屈曲先发生在反射端部,随着轴向阶数增大,屈曲覆盖整个圆柱壳区域,反射波波阵面通过分界面后,壳体发生的屈曲始终覆盖整个圆柱壳区域.     

波形钢腹板箱梁的约束扭转剪应力分析

基于周边不变形理论,结合闭口薄壁杆件约束扭转的计算分析,研究了波形钢腹板箱梁在约束扭转时混凝土悬臂板上扭转剪应力的分布,并进行了计算.通过对悬臂板在约束扭转中剪力流计算公式的推导,进一步阐述了其自由扭转剪应力及翘曲扭转剪应力的分布,指出了相关文献在这部分计算中存在的问题.通过一个简支波形钢腹板组合箱梁算例,将该文方法计算结果与ANSYS有限元计算结果进行比较.结果表明:在波形钢腹板箱梁截面中,主要由波形钢腹板承受扭转剪应力,其次是混凝土底板,底板剪应力最大值发生在底板中心处,其数值近似等于腹板剪应力的一半,而混凝土顶板和悬臂部分的扭转剪应力很小;该文计算的扭转剪应力结果在总体上符合有限元得到的扭转剪应力分布规律,在悬臂自由端为0,随着离开悬臂自由端距离的增大,扭转剪应力逐渐增大并达到峰值.     

Crystallization and Physical Ageing of Poly (2-vinyl pyridine)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers

Summary: A set of melt miscible Poly(2-vinyl pyridine)-b-Poly(ethylene oxide) (P2VP-b-PEO) block copolymers of different compositions were studied. Transmission electron microscopy shows phase separation in the materials during the crystallization process of the PEO block as crystalline lamellae are observed for all compositions evaluated. The isothermal crystallization kinetics of PEO is progressively retarded as the P2VP content in the copolymer increases, since P2VP hinders molecular mobility in the miscible amorphous phase. Polarized light optical microscopy demonstrated that the glassy P2VP block has a negative effect on the secondary nucleation of the PEO. Finally, physical ageing experiments performed in the glassy state of the amorphous mixed phase, at different ageing times, demonstrated that a nucleating effect can be induced in the glassy state as a consequence of the reorganization of the amorphous regions. This nucleating effect significantly alters the cold crystallization rate upon subsequent heating above the glass transition temperature.     

财务供应链管理提高企业短期财务绩效的实证研究

近几年来,无论是理论界还是实务界,对供应链管理理念在企业短期财务管理中的应用日益关注.负营运资本管理和类金融模式即是两种典型的形式.对2001-2006年间实施后一年较前一年的79个供应链管理样本进行细分,分为物理供应链样本25个,财务供应链样本54个,运用单样本t检验、单样本位置参数的Wilcoxon符号秩检验和一般线性回归法来深入探究两类供应链管理之间的关系以及二者对企业财务绩效的影响有何差异.实证结果显示:在物理供应链样本中,产成品周转率和存货周转率在10%的水平上有了显著的提高,但并未转化为盈利指标的改善.在财务供应链样本中,营业利润率和净资产收益率在5%的水平上有了显著的提高,即看到了盈利指标的改善.财务供应链管理对业绩的影响更为直接.但回归分析的结果显示:实施类金融模式会阻碍营业利润率的提高.该文的研究结论在更深入的层面上揭示了两类供应链管理之间的关系,有利于提高对供应链管理对企业财务绩效影响机制的认识.     

一维六方准晶中带三条不对称裂纹的圆形孔口问题的解析解

利用复变函数方法,通过构造保角映射,研究了一维六方准晶中带不对称三裂纹的圆形孔口的反平面剪切问题,给出了Ⅲ型裂纹问题的应力强度因子,在极限情形下,不仅可以还原为已有的结果,而且求得一维六方准晶中L裂纹问题在裂纹尖端的应力强度因子.     

Age dependence of the drag force in an aqueous foam

The drag force on a sphere moving through an aqueous foam is measured as the foam ages. After an initial period, the steady-state drag decreases with age T as T ^{−0.54±0.14}. As the mean bubble size R in the foam coarsens as T ^0.5, this implies that the drag force scales as The transient buildup of the force when the sphere starts to move is described by a single exponential approach to the steady-state drag while its relaxation when the motion stops is described by the sum of three exponential relaxations. This is as for fresh foam, but the coefficients and time constants vary systematically with age. For the most part, these quantities also show a power law scaling with T. The age dependence of the quantities determined in this study is discussed in terms of the mean bubble size.