Research on temperature profiles of honeycomb regenerator with asymptotic analysis

An asymptotic semi-analytical method for heat transfer in counter-flow honeycomb regenerator is proposed. By introducing a combined heat-transfer coefficient between the gas and solid phase, a heat transfer model is built based on the thin-walled assumption. The dimensionless thermal equation is deduced by considering solid heat conduction along the passage length. The asymptotic analysis is used for the small parameter of heat conduction term in equation. The first order asymptotic solution to temperature distribution under weak solid heat conduction is achieved after Laplace transformation through the multiple scales method and the symbolic manipulation function in MATLAB. Semi-analytical solutions agree with tests and finite-difference numerical results. It is proved possible for the asymptotic analysis to improve the effectiveness, economics and precision of thermal research on regenerator.

Asymptotic Analysis to a Diffusion Equation with a Weighted Nonlocal Source

In this paper,we deal with the blow-up property of the solution to the diffusion equation u_t = △u + a(x)f(u) ∫_Ωh(u)dx,x∈Ω,t>0 subject to the null Dirichlet boundary condition.We will show that under certain conditions,the solution blows up in finite time and prove that the set of all blow-up points is the whole region.Especially,in case of f(s) = s^p,h(s) = s^q,0 ≤ p≤1,p + q >1,we obtain the asymptotic behavior of the blow up solution.

Quantitative analysis of soliton interactions based on the exact solutions of the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation

We make a quantitative study on the soliton interactions in the nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation(NLSE) and its variable–coefficient(vc) counterpart. For the regular two-soliton and double-pole solutions of the NLSE, we employ the asymptotic analysis method to obtain the expressions of asymptotic solitons, and analyze the interaction properties based on the soliton physical quantities(especially the soliton accelerations and interaction forces);whereas for the bounded two-soliton solution, we numerically calculate the soliton center positions and accelerations, and discuss the soliton interaction scenarios in three typical bounded cases. Via some variable transformations, we also obtain the inhomogeneous regular two-soliton and double-pole solutions for the vcNLSE with an integrable condition. Based on the expressions of asymptotic solitons, we quantitatively study the two-soliton interactions with some inhomogeneous dispersion profiles,particularly discuss the influence of the variable dispersion function f(t) on the soliton interaction dynamics.

ASYMPTOTIC THEORY FOR THE CIRCUIT ENVELOPE ANALYSIS

Asymptotic theory for the circuit envelope analysis is developed in this paper.A typical feature of circuit envelope analysis is the existence of two significantly distinct timescales:one is the fast timescale of carrier wave,and the other is the slow timescale of modulation signal.We first perform pro forma asymptotic analysis for both the driven and autonomous systems.Then resorting to the Floquet theory of periodic operators,we make a rigorous justification for first-order asymptotic approximations.It turns out that these asymptotic results are valid at least on the slow timescale.To speed up the computation of asymptotic approximations,we propose a periodization technique,which renders the possibility of utilizing the NUFFT algorithm.Numerical experiments are presented,and the results validate the theoretical findings.

The asymptotic field of mode Ⅰ quasi-static crack growth on the interface between a rigid and a pressure-sensitive material

A mechanical model of the quasi-static interface of a mode I crack between a rigid and a pressure-sensitive viscoelastic material was established to investigate the mechanical characteristic of ship-building engineering hi-materials. In the stable growth stage, stress and strain have the same singularity, ie （σ, ε） ∝ r^-1/（n-1）. The variable-separable asymptotic solutions of stress and strain at the crack tip were obtained by adopting Airy＇s stress function and the numerical results of stress and strain in the crack-tip field were obtained by the shooting method. The results showed that the near-tip fields are mainly governed by the power-hardening exponent n and the Poisson ratio v of the pressure-sensitive material. The fracture criterion of mode I quasi-static crack growth in pressure-sensitive materials, according to the asymptotic analyses of the crack-tip field, can be viewed from the perspective of strain.

Multiscale Nonlinear Thermo-Mechanical Coupling Analysis of Composite Structures with Quasi-Periodic Properties

This paper reports a multiscale analysis method to predict the thermomechanical coupling performance of composite structures with quasi-periodic properties.In these material structures,the configurations are periodic,and the material coefficients are quasi-periodic,i.e.,they depend not only on the microscale information but also on the macro location.Also,a mutual interaction between displacement and temperature fields is considered in the problem,which is our particular interest in this study.The multiscale asymptotic expansions of the temperature and displacement fields are constructed and associated error estimation in nearly pointwise sense is presented.Then,a finite element-difference algorithm based on the multiscale analysis method is brought forward in detail.Finally,some numerical examples are given.And the numerical results show that the multiscale method presented in this paper is effective and reliable to study the nonlinear thermo-mechanical coupling problem of composite structures with quasiperiodic properties.

Analysis of current induced by long internal solitary waves in stratified ocean

An approximate theoretical expression for the current induced by long internal solitary waves is presented when the ocean is continuously or two-layer stratified. Particular attention is paid to characterizing velocity fields in terms of magnitude, flow components, and their temporal evolution/spatial distribution. For the two-layer case, the effects of the upper/lower layer depths and the relative layer density difference upon the induced current are further studied. The results show that the horizontal components are basically uniform in each layer with a shear at the interface. In contrast, the vertical counterparts vary monotonically in the direction of the water depth in each layer while they change sign across the interface or when the wave peak passes through. In addition, though the vertical components are generally one order of magnitude smaller than the horizontal ones, they can never be neglected in predicting the heave response of floating platforms in gravitationally neutral balance. Comparisons are made between the partial theoretical results and the observational field data. Future research directions regarding the internal wave induced flow field are also indicated.

HIGHER-ORDER ANALYSIS OF NEAR-TIP FIELDS AROUND AN INTERFACIAL CRACK BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR POWER LAW HARDENING MATERIALS

By means of an asymptotic expansion method of a regular series, an exact higher-order analysis has been carried out for the near-tip fields of an in- terfacial crack between two different elastic-plastic materials. The condition of plane strain is invoked. Two group of solutions have been obtained for the crack surface conditions: (1) traction free and (2) frictionless contact, respectively. It is found that along the interface ahead of crack tip the stress fields are co-order continuous while the displacement fields are cross-order continuous. The zone of dominance of the asymptotic solutions has been estimated.

Asymptotic Solution for Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer During the Solidification of High Water Content Materials

This paper focuses on obtaining an asymptotic solution for coupled heat and mass transfer problem during the solidification of high water content materials. It is found that a complicated function involved in governing equations can be approached by Taylor polynomials unlimitedly, which leads to the simplification of governing equations. The unknown functions involved in governing equations can then be approximated by Chebyshev polynomials. The coefficients of Chebyshev polynomials are determined and an asymptotic solution is obtained. With the asymptotic solution, the dehydration and freezing fronts of materials are evaluated easily, and are consistent with numerical results obtained by using an explicit finite difference method.

Asymptotic analysis of multi-valley dark soliton solutions in defocusing coupled Hirota equations

We construct uniform expressions of such dark soliton solutions encompassing both single-valley and double-valley dark solitons for the defocusing coupled Hirota equation with high-order nonlinear effects utilizing the uniform Darboux transformation,in addition to proposing a sufficient condition for the existence of the above dark soliton solutions.Furthermore,the asymptotic analysis we perform reveals that collisions for single-valley dark solitons typically exhibit elastic behavior;however,collisions for double-valley dark solitons are generally inelastic.In light of this,we further propose a sufficient condition for the elastic collisions of double-valley dark soliton solutions.Our results offer valuable insights into the dynamics of dark soliton solutions in the defocusing coupled Hirota equation and can contribute to the advancement of studies in nonlinear optics.

High-Order Two-Scale Asymptotic Paradigm for the Elastodynamic Homogenization of Periodic Composites

The classical two-scale asymptotic paradigm provides macroscopic and microscopic analyses for the elastodynamic homogenization of periodic composites based on the spatial or/and temporal variable,which offers an approximate framework for the asymptotic homogenization analysis of the motion equation.However,in this framework,the growing complexity of the homogenization formulation gradually becomes an obstacle as the asymptotic order increases.In such a context,a compact,fast,and accurate asymptotic paradigm is developed.This work reviews the high-order spatial two-scale asymptotic paradigm with the effective displacement field representation and optimizes the implementation by symmetrizing the tensor to be determined.Remarkably,the modified implementation gets rid of the excessive memory consumption required for computing the high-order tensor,which is demonstrated by representative one-and two-dimensional cases.The numerical results show that(1)the contrast of the material parameters between media in composites directly affects the convergence rate of the asymptotic results for the homogenization of periodic composites,(2)the convergence error of the asymptotic results mainly comes from the truncation error of the modified asymptotic homogenized motion equation,and(3)the excessive norm of the normalized wavenumber vector in the two-dimensional inclusion case may lead to a non-convergence of the asymptotic results.

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC PROBLEMS FOR LINEARLY ELASTIC SHELLS--JUSTIFICATION OF EQUATIONS FOR DYNAMIC FLEXURAL SHELLS

Under certain conditions, starting from the three-dimensional dynamic equations of elastic shells the author gives the justification of dynamic equations of flexural shells by means of the method of asymptotic analysis.

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC PROBLEMS FOR LINEARLY ELASTIC SHELLS-JUSTIFICATION OF EQUATIONS FOR DYNAMIC KOITER SHELLS

Under certain conditions, the dynamic equations of membrane shells and the dynamic equations of flexural shells are obtained from dynamic equations of Koiter shells by the method of asymptotic analysis.

Perturbation Solutions for Thermal Process of Honeycomb Regenerator

A parameter perturbation for the unsteady-state heat-transfer characteristics of honeycomb regenerator is presented. It is limited to the cases where the storage matrix has a small wall thickness so that no temperature variation in the matrix perpendicular to the flow direction is considered. Starting from a two-phase transient thermal model for the gas and storage matrix, an approximate solution for regenerator heat transfer process is derived using the multiple-scale method for the limiting case where the longitudinal heat conduction of solid matrix is far less than the convective heat transfer between the gas and the solid. The regenerator temperature profiles are expressed as Taylor series of the coefficient of solid heat conduction item in the model. The analytical validity is shown by comparing the perturbation solution with the experiment and the numerical solution. The results show that it is possible for the perturbation to improve the effectiveness and economics of thermal research on regenerators.

Boundary-layer eigen solutions for multi-field coupled equations in the contact interface

The dissipative equilibrium dynamics studies the law of fluid motion under constraints in the contact interface of the coupling system. It needs to examine how con- straints act upon the fluid movement, while the fluid movement reacts to the constraint field. It also needs to examine the coupling fluid field and media within the contact in- terface, and to use the multi-scale analysis to solve the regular and singular perturbation problems in micro-phenomena of laboratories and macro-phenomena of nature. This pa- per describes the field affected by the gravity constraints. Applying the multi-scale anal- ysis to the complex Fourier harmonic analysis, scale changes, and the introduction of new parameters, the complex three-dimensional coupling dynamic equations are transformed into a boundary layer problem in the one-dimensional complex space. Asymptotic analy- sis is carried out for inter and outer solutions to the perturbation characteristic function of the boundary layer equations in multi-field coupling. Examples are given for disturbance analysis in the flow field, showing the turning point from the index oscillation solution to the algebraic solution. With further analysis and calculation on nonlinear eigenfunctions of the contact interface dynamic problems by the eigenvalue relation, an asymptotic per- turbation solution is obtained. Finally, a boundary layer solution to multi-field coupling problems in the contact interface is obtained by asymptotic estimates of eigenvalues for the G-N mode in the large flow limit. Characteristic parameters in the final form of the eigenvalue relation are key factors of the dissipative dynamics in the contact interface.

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION AND EFFECTIVE DRAG COEFFICIENT OF A BROWNIAN PARTICLE IN A PERIODIC POTENTIAL

We study the stochastic motion of a Brownian particle driven by a constant force over a static periodic potential. We show that both the effective diffusion and the effective drag coefficient are mathematically well-defined and we derive analytic expressions for these two quantities. We then investigate the asymptotic behaviors of the effective diffusion and the effective drag coefficient, respectively, for small driving force and for large driving force. In the case of small driving force, the effective diffusion is reduced from its Brownian value by a factor that increases exponentially with the amplitude of the potential. The effective drag coefficient is increased by approximately the same factor. As a result, the Einstein relation between the diffusion coefficient and the drag coefficient is approximately valid when the driving force is small. For moderately large driving force, both the effective diffusion and the effective drag coefficient are increased from their Brownian values, and the Einstein relation breaks down. In the limit of very large driving force, both the effective diffusion and the effective drag coefficient converge to their Brownian values and the Einstein relation is once again valid.

Crack tip higher order stress fields for functionally graded materials with generalized form of gradation

A generalized form of material gradation applicable to a more broad range of functionally graded materials(FGMs) was presented.With the material model,analytical expressions of crack tip higher order stress fields in a series form for opening mode and shear mode cracks under quasi-static loading were developed through the approach of asymptotic analysis.Then,a numerical experiment was conducted to verify the accuracy of the developed expressions for representing crack tip stress fields and their validity in full field data analysis by using them to extract the stress intensity factors from the results of a finite element analysis by local collocation and then comparing the estimations with the existing solution.The expressions show that nonhomogeneity parameters are embedded in the angular functions associated with higher terms in a recursive manner and at least the first three terms in the expansions must be considered to explicitly account for material nonhomogeneity effects on crack tip stress fields in the case of FGMs.The numerical experiment further confirms that the addition of the nonhomogeneity specific terms in the expressions not only improves estimates of stress intensity factor,but also gives consistent estimates as the distance away from the crack tip increases.Hence,the analytical expressions are suitable for the representation of crack tip stress fields and the analysis of full field data.

Asymptotic Analysis of Quantum Dynamics in Crystals: the Bloch-Wigner Transform, Bloch Dynamics and Berry Phase

We study the semi-classical limit of the Schro¨dinger equation in a crystal in the presence of an external potential and magnetic field. We first introduce the Bloch-Wigner transform and derive the asymptotic equations governing this transform in the semi-classical setting. For the second part, we focus on the appearance of the Berry curvature terms in the asymptotic equations. These terms play a crucial role in many important physical phenomena such as the quantum Hall effect. We give a simple derivation of these terms in different settings using asymptotic analysis.

Vector semi-rational rogon-solitons and asymptotic analysis for any multi-component Hirota equations with mixed backgrounds

The Hirota equation can be used to describe the wave propagation of an ultrashort optical field.In this paper,the multi-component Hirota(alias n-Hirota,i.e.n-component third-order nonlinear Schrodinger)equations with mixed non-zero and zero boundary conditions are explored.We employ the multiple roots of the characteristic polynomial related to the Lax pair and modified Darboux transform to find vector semi-rational rogon-soliton solutions(i.e.nonlinear combinations of rogon and soliton solutions).The semi-rational rogon-soliton features can be modulated by the polynomial degree.For the larger solution parameters,the first m(m<n)components with non-zero backgrounds can be decomposed into rational rogons and grey-like solitons,and the last n-m components with zero backgrounds can approach bright-like solitons.Moreover,we analyze the accelerations and curvatures of the quasi-characteristic curves,as well as the variations of accelerations with the distances to judge the interaction intensities between rogons and grey-like solitons.We also find the semi-rational rogon-soliton solutions with ultrahigh amplitudes.In particular,we can also deduce vector semi-rational solitons of the ncomponent complex mKdV equation.These results will be useful to further study the related nonlinear wave phenomena of multi-component physical models with mixed background,and even design the related physical experiments.

A discrete KdV equation hierarchy:continuous limit, diverse exact solutions and their asymptotic state analysis

In this paper, a discrete KdV equation that is related to the famous continuous KdV equation is studied. First, an integrable discrete KdV hierarchy is constructed, from which several new discrete KdV equations are obtained. Second, we correspond the first several discrete equations of this hierarchy to the continuous KdV equation through the continuous limit. Third, the generalized(m, 2N-m)-fold Darboux transformation of the discrete KdV equation is established based on its known Lax pair. Finally, the diverse exact solutions including soliton solutions, rational solutions and mixed solutions on non-zero seed background are obtained by applying the resulting Darboux transformation, and their asymptotic states and physical properties such as amplitude, velocity, phase and energy are analyzed. At the same time, some soliton solutions are numerically simulated to show their dynamic behaviors. The properties and results obtained in this paper may be helpful to understand some physical phenomena described by KdV equations.