Dislocation theory as a physical field theory

Dislocations are the elementary carriers in many situations of plastic flow. Since they can be seen, counted and typified, e.g. in the electron microscope, and since their presence changes the state of the (elastoplastic) medium, the dislocations have the status of a physical state quantity. In spite of this a continuum theory of elastoplasticity can be built up which does not use the concept of dislocation. However, disregarding the dislocations implies approximation, and this approximation is not always good, in spite of the smallness of the dislocation diameter (order atomic distance). It is discussed how a field theory of dislocations can be developed which takes full account of the dislocational degrees of freedom.

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Sommario In molte situazioni le dislocazioni sono i portatori puntiformi del flusso plastico. Poiché esse possono essere viste, contate e classificate, per esempio mediante il microscopio elettronico, e poiché la loro presenza cambia lo stato del mezzo (elastoplastico), le dislocazioni svolgono il ruolo di una variabile di stato. Nonostante ciò, si può formulare una teoria dell'elastoplasticità che non usa il concetto di dislocazione. Tuttavia, il trascurare le dislocazioni comporta un'approssimazione, e tale approssimazione non è sempre buona nonostante la piccolezza delle dislocazioni (dell'ordine della distanza interatomica). Si discute come si possasviluppare una teoria di campo delle dislocazione che tenga conto completo del loro grado di mobilità.

     

Moment problem formulation of the Schrödinger equation

We show that it is possible to project out in an exact manner the lowest eigenstate of Schrödinger equations. Taking into account the nodeless property of the lowest eigenstate one can replace the full Schrödinger equation by a moment problem whose measure is the eigenstate itself. The infinite set of positivity inequalities linked to this moment problem provides a framework which allows to compute sequences of upper and lower bounds to the unknown eigenvalue and eigenfunction.The effective computation is based on deep convexity properties embedded in the set of hierarchical inequalities associated to this moment problem. The convexity allows to get the bounds through linear programming. We illustrate the method with simple one dimensional problems.Laboratoire de la Direction des Sciences de la Matière du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique.     

Witten's formulas for intersection pairings on moduli spaces of flat G-bundles

In a 1992 paper (J. Geom. Phys. 9 (1992) 303), Witten gave a formula for the intersection pairings of the moduli space of flat G-bundles over an oriented surface, possibly with markings. In this paper, we give a general proof of Witten's formula, for arbitrary compact, simple groups, and any markings for which the moduli space has at most orbifold singularities.     

Monatomic gas as a singular limit of polyatomic gas in molecular extended thermodynamics with many moments

The difference in the theoretical structure between monatomic and polyatomic gases in highly nonequilibrium states is discussed from the viewpoint of molecular extended thermodynamics (MET) of rarefied gases, which is free from the local equilibrium assumption. The MET theories of these two types of gases are based on the moment balance equations with different hierarchy structures due to whether the internal degrees of freedom of a molecule are incorporated in their distribution functions or not. In particular, the number of balance equations in the MET theory of polyatomic gases is greater than the number in the corresponding theory of monatomic gases. The closure procedure for the system of balance equations of polyatomic gases obtained in a recent paper (Arima et al., 2014) is adopted. We prove that the solutions for polyatomic gases converge, in the limit where the degrees of freedom of a molecule D$D$ tend to 3, to the ones for monatomic gases provided that we impose appropriate initial conditions compatible with monatomic gases. Thus a MET theory of rarefied monatomic gases can be identified as a singular limit of the corresponding MET theory of rarefied polyatomic gases. As illustrative examples, the asymptotic behaviors when D→3$D\to 3$ in the dispersion relation of ultrasonic waves and in the shock wave structure are shown.     

Physicochemical Investigation on the Complexes of Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) with Aminocyclodiphosph(V)azane Derivative

Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) form 2:1 complexes with aminocyclodiphosph(V)azane derivative. The complexes have been investigated in solution by the spectrophometric molar ratio and conductometeric methods. The ligand and its complexes have been isolated in solid state and characterized on the basis of microanalytical, infrared, electronic, magnetic moment, 1 H NMR and mass spectral data. The cobalt and nickel complexes were assigned to be in tetrahedral structure while the copper complex is assigned to be in square planar.     

Moment theory for the analytical determination of rate constants for solute permeation at the interface of spherical molecular aggregates

Moment equations were developed on the basis of the Einstein equation for diffusion and the random walk model to analytically determine the rate constant for the interfacial solute permeation from a bulk solvent into molecular aggregates (k_in) and the inverse rate constant from the molecular aggregates to the bulk solvent (k_out). The moment equations were in good agreement with those derived in a different manner. To demonstrate their effectiveness in one concrete example, the moment equations were used to analytically determine the values of k_in and k_out of three electrically neutral solutes, i.e. resorcinol, phenol, and nitrobenzene, from the first absolute (μ_1A) and second central (μ_2C) moments of their elution peaks, as measured by electrokinetic chromatography (EKC), in which the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles were used as a pseudostationary phase. The values of k_in and k_out should be determined with no chemical modifications and no physical action with the molecular aggregates because they are dynamic systems formed through weak interactions between the components. The moment analysis of the elution peak profiles measured by EKC is effective to unambiguously determine k_in, k_out, and the partition equilibrium constant (k_in/k_out) under appropriate experimental conditions.     

Some open questions on the Fibonacci polytope

We propose several problems on the Fibonacci polytope.     

电冰箱复合启动实验研究

通过电冰箱低电压启动实验,采用临界状态比较法和启动时间比较法探讨了不同型号压缩机的最佳启动电容,得出了其最佳启动电容与压缩机功率的关系,实验表明随压缩机功率增大启动电容相应增加。压缩机功率大于200W时启动电容趋于75μF。同时研究了压缩机低电压启动影响因素,确立了启动继电器、热保护装置与压缩机的良好匹配,实验表明:采用该复合启动装置及其对应参数既保护压缩机又可使其下限启动电压达140 V,比目前国内外同类产品的下限值187 V低47 V,同时保证220 V电压时一次启动正常运转。     

Analysis of combustion regimes and conditional statistics of autoigniting turbulent n-heptane sprays

DNS is performed for a statistically one dimensional layer of a spray region resembling diesel engine conditions. The group and collective combustion regimes are identified according to the ratio of the chemical and transport time scales for a single droplet. The statistics in group combustion are similar with those in gas phase combustion. The collective combustion regime involves interspersed rich regions with different dissipation characteristics. Reasonable agreements are shown with the scaled AMC model and the linear evaporation model in the ranges of meaningful probability. Initially the evaporation terms are dominant in the budgets of the conditional enthalpy equation. After ignition the chemical reaction term becomes dominant to be balanced by the time rate of change term. For modeling turbulent spray combustion it may not be essential to consider detailed micro structures around each droplet, unless in the droplet combustion regime.     

Non-existence of degree bounds for weighted sums of squares representations

Given a fixed family of polynomials , we study the problem of representing polynomials in the form

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f=s₀+s₁h₁++s_rh_r