Efficient computation of natural convection in a concentric annulus between an outer square cylinder and an inner circular cylinder

In this work, the natural convection in a concentric annulus between a cold outer square cylinder and a heated inner circular cylinder is simulated using the differential quadrature (DQ) method. The vorticity‐stream function formulation is used as the governing equation, and the coordinate transformation technique is introduced in the DQ computation. It is shown in this paper that the outer square boundary can be approximated by a super elliptic function. As a result, the coordinate transformation from the physical domain to the computational domain is set up by an analytical expression, and all the geometrical parameters can be computed exactly. Numerical results for Rayleigh numbers range from 104 to 106 and aspect ratios between 1.67 and 5.0 are presented, which are in a good agreement with available data in the literature. It is found that both the aspect ratio and the Rayleigh number are critical to the patterns of flow and thermal fields. The present study suggests that a critical aspect ratio may exist at high Rayleigh number to distinguish the flow and thermal patterns. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Needle Variations and Almost Lower Semicontinuous Differential Inclusions

It is shown that the construction of needle variations can be carried out for almost lower semicontinuous differential inclusions rather than for the case of ordinary single-valued continuously differentiable vector fields usually considered in the literature. The construction leads to needle variations whose flows are in general set-valued but still have good differentiability properties. The variations are constructed by using single-valued selections that are not necessarily continuous with respect to the state variable, but have instead a much weaker 'integral continuity' property, somewhat more general that the 'directional continuity' considered in previous work by A. Cambini and S. Querci, A. Pucci, and A. Bressan. The existence of many such selections is proved by slightly adapting an argument due to Bressan, extending it from the lower semicontinuous to the almost lower semicontinuous case, and strengthening it to yield not only directional continuity at all points but also full continuity at a specified point.     

A partial differential equation which describes an interatomic surface

In this work we present a first-order partial differential equationwhich defines the topology of single ‘atomic entities’in multiatomic systems. Such an equation, obtained by R. F.W. Bader, is here analysed and discussed from a general mathematicalpoint of view; a method is then proposed for defining the initialor boundary condition. With this contribution we would liketo promote and stimulate a more detailed analysis which goesbeyond practical purposes and basic mathematical analysis inorder to have a deeper understanding of the theory behind theequation and its consequences for practical applications.     

停留—催化反应速差动力学法同时测定Fe,Mo

根据Ｆｅ（Ⅲ）、Ｍｏ（Ⅵ）对Ｈ２Ｏ２氧化邻氨基酚的催化反应速率不同，结合流动注射停留技术，建立了同时测定Ｆｅ（Ⅲ）、Ｍｏ（Ⅵ）的速差动力学分光光度法．测定铁和钼的线性范围分别为０．１～２．５μｇ／ｍＬ和０．５～１５μｇ／ｍＬ．除Ｗ（Ⅵ）的允许量较小外，其它离子不干扰测定．用本法测定了合成样液中铁和钼含量，结果满意．     

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of positive solutions to algebraic Riccati equations with indefinite quadratic term

Necessary and sufficient conditions are established in this paper for the existence of positive- and/or negative-definite solutions to the algebraic Riccati equation with indefinite coefficient. An iterative procedure is also given for computing such a solution.Project supported by the National Science Foundation of China and by the special program of the State Education Commission of China under grant 9033507.     

一类具有转移条件且边界条件中含有特征参数的四阶微分算子的自共轭性

研究了一类具有转移条件且边界条件中含有特征参数的四阶微分算子的自共轭性问题.此类问题是在一个适当的Hilbert空间中研究的,需要定义一个与问题相关的算子A,证明算子A不仅是对称的,而且在H中是自共轭的.     

算法融合的差分吸收光谱法烟气SO2浓度在线监测研究

过去几十年中差分吸收光谱技术(differential optical absorption spectroscopy,DOAS)在大气污染物监测方面取得了成功应用.文章提出了根据差分吸光度最大值(OD'm)设定阈值的思想,将传统DOAS算法与基于卡尔曼滤波的DOAS算法相结合,利用两种算法在相同信噪比下具有不同反演精度的特点,在保证测量精度的前提下提高了DOAS系统的检测极限,较好地解决了短光程下低浓度气体的测量精度问题.在常温常压和流动状态下,对烟气中的SO2浓度测量进行了理论和实验研究.研究结果表明,改进的DOAS算法在OD'm＜0.048 1时,SO2浓度测量精度较高,测量下限可低于28.6 mg·m-3,零点漂移低于2.9 mg·m-3传统DOAS算法在0.048 1＜OD'm＜0.927 2时,SO2浓度测量精度较高;两种算法对OD'm＞0.927 2时的SO2浓度测量都存在较大的误差,必须进行线性度校正.     

Probabilistic models for stochastic elliptic partial differential equations

Mathematical requirements that the random coefficients of stochastic elliptical partial differential equations must satisfy such that they have unique solutions have been studied extensively. Yet, additional constraints that these coefficients must satisfy to provide realistic representations for physical quantities, referred to as physical requirements, have not been examined systematically.     

Adopting epidemic model to optimize medication and surgical intervention of excess weight

We combined an epidemic model with an objective function to minimize the weighted sum of people with excess weight and the cost of a medication and surgical intervention in the population. The epidemic model is consisted of ordinary differential equations to describe three subpopulation groups based on weight. We introduced an intervention using medication and surgery to deal with excess weight. An objective function is constructed taking into consideration the cost of the intervention as well as the weight distribution of the population. Using empirical data, we show that fixed participation rate reduces the size of obese population but increases the size for overweight. An optimal participation rate exists and decreases with respect to time. Both theoretical analysis and empirical example confirm the existence of an optimal participation rate, $u^{?}$. Under $u^{?}$, the weighted sum of overweight (S) and obese (O) population as well as the cost of the program is minimized. This article highlights the existence of an optimal participation rate that minimizes the number of people with excess weight and the cost of the intervention. The time-varying optimal participation rate could contribute to designing future public health interventions of excess weight.     

Recent Results on Recurrent Solutions and Limit Distributions of SDEs

The limit distribution for homogeneous Markov processes is studied extensively and well understood, but it is not the case for inhomogeneous Markov processes. In this paper, we review some recent results on inhomogeneous Markov processes generated by non-autonomous stochastic (partial) differential equations (SDE in short). Under some suitable conditions, we show that the distribution of recurrent solutions of SDEs constitutes the limit distribution of the corresponding inhomogeneous Markov processes.