Static analysis of rectangular nano-plate using three-dimensional theory of elasticity

Analytical solution for bending of a simply supported rectangular graphene sheets based on three dimensional theory of elasticity, is studied employing non-local continuum mechanics. By applying the Fourier series solution to the both displacement and stress field along the in-plane rectangular coordinates direction, and to the governing equation and constitutive relations, the three-dimensional governing equations in term of displacement components can be obtained. Closed form solution for the bending behavior of nano-plate is obtained by exerting the surface tractions on the state equations. To validate the accuracy and convergence of the present approach, numerical results are presented and compared with the results available in the open literature. Effect of non-local parameter, aspect ratio, thickness to length ratio and half wave numbers in the bending behavior of plate are examined. Furthermore, these results may also serve as benchmark to further results into the two-dimensional plate theories.     

The guaranteed cost control for uncertain nonlinear large-scale stochastic systems via state and static output feedback

The guaranteed cost control (GCC) problem involved in decentralized robust control of a class of uncertain nonlinear large-scale stochastic systems with high-order interconnections is considered. After determining the appropriate conditions for the stochastic GCC controller, a class of decentralized local state feedback controllers is derived using the linear matrix inequality (LMI). The extension of the result of the study to the static output feedback control problem is discussed by considering the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions. The efficiency of the proposed design method is demonstrated on the basis of simulation results.     

The oscillatory behavior, static and dynamic analyses of a micro/nano gyroscope considering geometric nonlinearities and intermolecular forces

The nonlinear dynamic and static deflection of a micro/nano gyroscope under DC voltages and base rotation are investigated. The gyroscope undertakes two cou- pled bending motions along the drive and sense directions and subjected to electrostatic actuations and intermolecular forces. The nonlinear governing equations of motion for the system with the effect of electrostatic force, intermolecular tractions and base rotation are derived using extended Hamilton principle. Under constant voltage, the gyroscope finds the preformed shape. First, the deflection of the rnicro/nano gyroscope under electrostatic forces is obtained by static and dynamic analyses. Furthermore, the static and dynamic in- stability of the system are investigated. Afterward the oscillatory behavior of the pre-deformed micro/nano gyroscope around equilibrium is studied. The effects of intermolecular and nonlinear parameters on the static and dynamic de- flection, natural frequencies and instability of the micro/nano gyroscope are studied. The presented model can be used to exactly determine static and the dynamic behavior of vibratory micro/nano gyroscopes.     

FULLY SYMBOLIC GENERATION OF COMPLEX MULTIBODY MODELS*

Abstract

In this paper, a quasistatic finite element model of a spur gear pair is developed. A node-to-target contact formulation is given, where calculations of initial gaps are based upon the actual geometry of the gear flanks rather than upon a contact node and a facet or a line segment. By using a special contact search algorithm, profile modifications and mounting errors are easily incorporated in the analysis. The problem, which also includes friction, is solved by using a nonsmooth Newton method. The static transmission error can be calculated with accuracy with a relatively small number of nodes along the gear flanks. Several examples are given in order to demonstrate the model.     

Totally umbilic null hypersurfaces in generalized Robertson–Walker spaces

We show that there is a correspondence between totally umbilic null hypersurfaces in generalized Robertson–Walker spaces and twisted decompositions of the fibre. This allows us to prove that nullcones are the unique totally umbilic null hypersurfaces in the closed Friedmann Cosmological model. We also apply this kind of ideas to static spaces, in particular to Reissner–Nordström and Schwarzschild exterior spacetimes.     

Topic tracking with Bayesian belief network

The task of topic tracking is to monitor a stream of stories and find all subsequent stories that discuss the same topic. Using Bayesian belief network we give three topic tracking models: a static topic model BSTM and two dynamic topic models BDTM-I, BDTM-II. BDTM-II merges the advantages of BSTM and BDTM-I, has better tracking performance than the former two, and effectively alleviates topic drift phenomenon. Applying unrelated coming stories to update BDTM-I and BDTM-II can filter noises existed in topics. Experiments on TDT corpora show that BSTM decreases (C_det)_norm by 5.5% comparing to VSM, BDTM-II decreases (C_det)_norm by 6.3% and 6.0% comparing to BSTM and BDTM-I respectively, using unrelated stories can improve the tracking performance.     

Minimizing makespan on a single burn-in oven in semiconductor manufacturing

This paper considers a scheduling problem for a single burn-in oven in semiconductor manufacturing industry where the oven is a batch processing machine and each batch processing time is represented by the largest processing time among those of all the jobs contained in the batch. The objective measure of the problem is the maximum completion time (makespan) of all jobs. This paper investigates a static case in which all jobs are available to process at time zero, and also analyzes a dynamic case with different job-release times, for which a branch-and-bound algorithm and several heuristics are exploited. The worst case error performance ratios of the heuristics are also derived.     

Evolution of the N = 20 and N = 28 shell closures in neutron-rich nuclei

The isospin dependence of shell closure phenomena is studied for light neutron-rich nuclei within a microscopic self-consistent approach using the Gogny force. Introducing configuration mixing, ³²Mg is found to be dynamically deformed, although the N = 20 spherical shell closure persists at the mean-field level for all N = 20 isotones. In contrast, the N = 28 spherical shell closure is found to disappear for N - Z≥ 10 whereas deformed shell closures are preserved and lead to shape coexistence in ⁴⁴ S. Configuration mixing shows that the ground state of this nucleus is triaxially deformed. The first 2⁺ excitation energy E_x = 1.46 MeV and the reduced transition probability B(E2;0⁺ _gs→ 2⁺ ₁)= 420 e ² fm ⁴ obtained with our approach are in good agreement with experimental data. Received: 26 July 2000 / Accepted: 30 August 2000     

Monte-Carlo study of correlations in quantum spin chains at non-zero temperature

Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chains with various spin values (S=1/2,1,3/2,2,5/2) are studied numerically with the quantum Monte-Carlo method. Effective spin S chains are realized by ferromagnetically coupling n=2S antiferromagnetic spin chains with S=1/2. The temperature dependence of the uniform susceptibility, the staggered susceptibility, and the static structure factor peak intensity are computed down to very low temperatures, . The correlation length at each temperature is deduced from numerical measurements of the instantaneous spin-spin correlation function. At high temperatures, very good agreement with exact results for the classical spin chain is obtained independent of the value of S. For the S=2 chain which has a gap , the correlation length and the uniform susceptibility in the temperature range are well predicted by the semi-classical theory of Damle and Sachdev. Received: 23 December 1997 / Revised and Accepted: 11 March 1998