Weak coupling of a Reynolds model and a Stokes model for hydrodynamic lubrication

The Reynolds model is a reduced Stokes model, valid for narrow lubrication regions. In order to be able to handle locally non‐narrow regions such as pits or grooves, often displaying rapid geometrical variations, there is a need to be able to transit to the more accurate Stokes model. A fundamental problem is how to couple the two models in a numerical simulation, preferably allowing for different meshes in the different domains. In this paper, we present a weak coupling method for Reynolds and Stokes models for lubrication computations, including the possibility of cavitation in the different regions. The paper concludes with a numerical example. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A fast parallel clustering algorithm for molecular simulation trajectories

We implemented a GPU‐powered parallel k‐centers algorithm to perform clustering on the conformations of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The algorithm is up to two orders of magnitude faster than the CPU implementation. We tested our algorithm on four protein MD simulation datasets ranging from the small Alanine Dipeptide to a 370‐residue Maltose Binding Protein (MBP). It is capable of grouping 250,000 conformations of the MBP into 4000 clusters within 40 seconds. To achieve this, we effectively parallelized the code on the GPU and utilize the triangle inequality of metric spaces. Furthermore, the algorithm's running time is linear with respect to the number of cluster centers. In addition, we found the triangle inequality to be less effective in higher dimensions and provide a mathematical rationale. Finally, using Alanine Dipeptide as an example, we show a strong correlation between cluster populations resulting from the k‐centers algorithm and the underlying density. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Korn inequality on irregular domains

In this paper, we study the weighted Korn inequality on some irregular domains, e.g., s-John domains and domains satisfying quasihyperbolic boundary conditions. Examples regarding sharpness of the Korn inequality on these domains are presented. Moreover, we show that Korn inequalities imply certain Poincaré inequality.     

A nonlinear inequality and application to global asymptotic stability of perturbed systems

The goal of this work is to present a new nonlinear inequality which is used in a study of the Lyapunov uniform stability and uniform asymptotic stability of solutions to time‐varying perturbed differential equations. New sufficient conditions for global uniform asymptotic stability and/or practical stability in terms of Lyapunov‐like functions for nonlinear time‐varying systems is obtained. Our conditions are expressed as relation between the Lyapunov function and the existence of specific function which appear in our analysis through the solution of a scalar differential equation. Moreover, an example in dimensional two is given to illustrate the applicability of the main result. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The contribution of K.-H. Elster to generalized conjugation theory and nonconvex duality

This article surveys the main contributions of K.-H. Elster to the theory of generalized conjugate functions and its applications to duality in nonconvex optimization.     

变时滞Hopfield神经网络的全局吸引性和全局指数稳定性

对一类具时滞的Hopfeild型神经网络模型,在非线性神经元激励函数只要求满足Lipschitz连续的条件下,利用推广的Halanay时延微分析不等式、Dini导数以及泛函微分析技术,给出了这类模型的平衡点全局指数稳定性和全局吸引性的充分条件,这些条件易于检验,且改进和推广了前人的结论.此外,此文给出了研究神经网络模型的全局吸引性的微分不等式比较方法.     

一个R2上含双曲函数核的Hilbert型不等式

通过引入参数,构造了一个全平面上的、含双曲函数的非齐次核函数。利用正切函数的有理分式展开,建立了最佳常数因子与正切函数高阶导数相关联的Hilbert型积分不等式。 作为应用,通过赋予参数不同的值,建立了一些有意义的特殊结果。     

NA序列部分和的矩完全收敛性

讨论了NA序列部分和的矩完全收敛性,在一定条件下获得了NA序列矩完全收敛的充要条件,显示了矩完全收敛和矩条件之间的关系,将独立同分布随机变量序列矩完全收敛的结果推广到NA序列,得到了与独立随机变量序列情形类似的结果.