A positivity‐preserving nonstandard finite difference scheme for the damped wave equation

A positivity‐preserving nonstandard finite difference scheme is constructed to solve an initial‐boundary value problem involving heat transfer described by the Maxwell‐Cattaneo thermal conduction law, i.e., a modified form of the classical Fourier flux relation. The resulting heat transport equation is the damped wave equation, a PDE of hyperbolic type. In addition, exact analytical solutions are given, special cases are mentioned, and it is noted that the positivity condition is equivalent to the usual linear stability criteria. Finally, solution profiles are plotted and possible extensions to a delayed diffusion equation and nonlinear reaction‐diffusion systems are discussed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2004.     

Error analysis of the L2 least‐squares finite element method for incompressible inviscid rotational flows

In this article we analyze the L² least‐squares finite element approximations to the incompressible inviscid rotational flow problem, which is recast into the velocity‐vorticity‐pressure formulation. The least‐squares functional is defined in terms of the sum of the squared L² norms of the residual equations over a suitable product function space. We first derive a coercivity type a priori estimate for the first‐order system problem that will play the crucial role in the error analysis. We then show that the method exhibits an optimal rate of convergence in the H¹ norm for velocity and pressure and a suboptimal rate of convergence in the L² norm for vorticity. A numerical example in two dimensions is presented, which confirms the theoretical error estimates. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2004     

Domain decomposition preconditioners of Neumann-Neumann type for hp-approximations on boundary layer meshes in three dimensions

We develop and analyse Neumann–Neumann methods for hpfinite-element approximations of scalar elliptic problems ongeometrically refined boundary layer meshes in three dimensions.These are meshes that are highly anisotropic where the aspectratio typically grows exponentially with the polynomial degree.The condition number of our preconditioners is shown to be independentof the aspect ratio of the mesh and of potentially large jumpsof the coefficients. In addition, it only grows polylogarithmicallywith the polynomial degree, as in the case of p approximationson shape-regular meshes. This work generalizes our previousone on two-dimensional problems in Toselli & Vasseur (2003a,submitted to Numerische Mathematik, 2003c to appear in Comput.Methods Appl. Mech. Engng.) and the estimates derived here canbe employed to prove condition number bounds for certain typesof FETI methods.     

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">F</Emphasis>-local subgroups of the groups with a generalized finite element of order 2 or 4

We prove the existence of infinite subgroups with nontrivial locally finite radicals and of infinite locally finite subgroups in the groups with almost finite almost solvable elements of order 2 and 4 and in the groups with almost finite elements.     

Finite groups with a seminormal Hall subgroup

Tests for π-solvability of a finite group with seminormal Hall π-subgroup are established and the nilpotency of the third commutator subgroup of any group with seminormal noncyclic Sylow subgroups is proved.     

An iterative stabilized fractional step algorithm for numerical solution of incompressible N–S equations

Stabilized fractional step algorithm has been widely employed for numerical solution of incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. However, smaller time step sizes are required to use for existing explicit and semi‐implicit versions of the algorithm due to their fully or partially explicit nature particularly for highly viscous flow problems. The purpose of this paper is to present two modified versions of the fractional step algorithm using characteristic based split and Taylor–Galerkin like based split. The proposed modified versions of the algorithm are based on introducing an iterative procedure into the algorithm and allow much larger time step sizes than those required to the preceding ones. A numerical study of stability at acceptable convergence rate and accuracy as well as capability in circumventing the restriction imposed by the LBB condition for the proposed iterative versions of the algorithm is carried out with the plane Poisseuille flow problem under different Reynolds numbers ranging from low to high viscosities. Numerical experiments in the plane Poisseuille flow and the lid‐driven cavity flow problems demonstrate the improved performance of the proposed versions of the algorithm, which are further applied to numerical simulation of the polymer injection moulding process. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

常曲率空间中有限点集的两类几何不等式

应用距离几何的理论与方法,研究了n维常曲率空间中有限点集的一些几何度量之间关系,建立了常曲率空间中有限点集的两类几何不等式,推广了已有的结果.     

Constitutive Relations for Finite Elastic-Inelastic Strains

The evolutionary constitutive elastic-inelastic relation with its compatible objective derivative is derived in general form using the kinematics of superposition of small elastic and inelastic strains on finite elastic-inelastic strains. The equation is rendered concrete using the elastic law for a slightly compressible material.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 138–149, September–October, 2005.     

兼职辅助工作的机器维修模型

本文研究了单修理工有效利用闲期兼职辅助工作的机器维修模型。这个模型被视为带休假策略的有限源排队问题，利用拟生灭过程的方法，给出了系统在稳态下机器故障数的分布和机器等待维修时间的分布，并将结果与经典的机器维修模型作了比较。