A novel control method for a general class of nonlinear systems using fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) is presertted. Indirect and direct methods are combined to design the adaptive fuzzy output feedback controller and a ...A novel control method for a general class of nonlinear systems using fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) is presertted. Indirect and direct methods are combined to design the adaptive fuzzy output feedback controller and a high-gain observer is used to estimate the derivatives of the system output. The closed-loop system is proven to be semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded. In addition, it is shown that if the approximation accuracy of the fuzzy logic system is high enough and the observer gain is chosen sufficiently large, an arbitrarily small tracking error can be achieved. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the newly designed scheme and the theoretical discussion.展开更多
This paper determines the exact error order on optimization of adaptive direct methods of approximate solution of the class of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind with kernel belonging to the anisotropic So...This paper determines the exact error order on optimization of adaptive direct methods of approximate solution of the class of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind with kernel belonging to the anisotropic Sobolev classes, and also gives an optimal algorithm.展开更多
A direct method to find the first integral for two-dimensional autonomous system in polar coordinates is suggested. It is shown that if the equation of motion expressed by differential 1-forms for a given autonomous H...A direct method to find the first integral for two-dimensional autonomous system in polar coordinates is suggested. It is shown that if the equation of motion expressed by differential 1-forms for a given autonomous Hamiltonian system is multiplied by a set of multiplicative functions, then the general expression of the first integral can be obtained, An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.展开更多
This paper studies the generalized Kawahara equation in terms of the approximate homotopy symmetry method and the approximate homotopy direct method. Using both methods it obtains the similarity reduction solutions an...This paper studies the generalized Kawahara equation in terms of the approximate homotopy symmetry method and the approximate homotopy direct method. Using both methods it obtains the similarity reduction solutions and similarity reduction equations of different orders, showing that the approximate homotopy direct method yields more general approximate similarity reductions than the approximate homotopy symmetry method. The homotopy series solutions to the generalized Kawahara equation are consequently derived.展开更多
Mechanical engineering structures and structural components are often subjected to cyclic thermomechanical loading which stresses their material beyond its elastic limits well inside the inelastic regime.Depending on ...Mechanical engineering structures and structural components are often subjected to cyclic thermomechanical loading which stresses their material beyond its elastic limits well inside the inelastic regime.Depending on the level of loading inelastic strains may lead either to failure,due to low cycle fatigue or ratcheting,or to safety,through elastic shakedown.Thus,it is important to estimate the asymptotic stress state of such structures.This state may be determined by cumbersome incremental time-stepping calculations.Direct methods,alternatively,have big computational advantages as they focus on the characteristics of these states and try to establish them,in a direct way,right from the beginning of the calculations.Among the very few such general-purpose direct methods,a powerful direct method which has been called RSDM has appeared in the literature.The method may directly predict any asymptotic state when the exact time history of the loading is known.The advantage of the method is due to the fact that it addresses the physics of the asymptotic cycle and exploits the cyclic nature of its expected residual stress distribution.Based on RSDM a method for the shakedown analysis of structures,called RSDM-S has also been developed.Despite most direct methods for shakedown,RSDM-S does not need an optimization algorithm for its implementation.Both RSDM and RSDM-S may be implemented in any Finite Element Code.A thorough review of both these methods,together with examples of implementation are presented herein.展开更多
The present study aims at the design and making of measuring instrument of whole direct method for bed shear stress under two-dimensional water-flow co-action. The instrument combines the traditional strain gauge with...The present study aims at the design and making of measuring instrument of whole direct method for bed shear stress under two-dimensional water-flow co-action. The instrument combines the traditional strain gauge with a precise pressure gauge, and adopts the method directly measuring the difference between the lateral hydrodynamic pressure and different head pressures on both sides of the force plate. As a result, such an instrument solves a technical puzzle of the past strain gauge, i.e. the difficulty to set apart shear stress and lateral force. Static force test and sink test both prove that the instrument is precise, stable and applicable to the measurement of rough beds with different shear stresses.展开更多
In this article, by introducing characteristic singular integral operator and associate singular integral equations (SIEs), the authors discuss the direct method of solution for a class of singular integral equation...In this article, by introducing characteristic singular integral operator and associate singular integral equations (SIEs), the authors discuss the direct method of solution for a class of singular integral equations with certain analytic inputs. They obtain both the conditions of solvability and the solutions in closed form. It is noteworthy that the method is different from the classical one that is due to Lu.展开更多
A generalization of the direct method of Clarkson and Kruskal for finding similarity reductions of partial differential equations with arbitrary functions is found and discussed for the generalized Burgers equation. T...A generalization of the direct method of Clarkson and Kruskal for finding similarity reductions of partial differential equations with arbitrary functions is found and discussed for the generalized Burgers equation. The corresponding reductions and the exact solutions due to the methods of the ordinary differential equations are then given by the methods. The results given here answer partially an open problem proposed by Clarkson, that is how to develop the direct method to seek symmetry reductions of nonlinear PDEs with arbitrary functions.展开更多
Using the (2+1)-dimensional Broer-Kaup equation as an simple example, a new direct method is developed to find symmetry groups and symmetry algebras and then exact solutions of nonlinear mathematical physical equations.
In this paper,based on the symbolic computing system Maple,the direct method for Lie symmetry groupspresented by Sen-Yue Lou [J.Phys.A:Math.Gen.38 (2005) L129] is extended from the continuous differential equationsto ...In this paper,based on the symbolic computing system Maple,the direct method for Lie symmetry groupspresented by Sen-Yue Lou [J.Phys.A:Math.Gen.38 (2005) L129] is extended from the continuous differential equationsto the differential-difference equations.With the extended method,we study the well-known differential-difference KPequation,KZ equation and (2+1)-dimensional ANNV system,and both the Lie point symmetry groups and the non-Liesymmetry groups are obtained.展开更多
The general interpolation mentioned in this a rticle provides an effective way for reducing the amount of calculation of direc t optimal exploration. It has been testified by real case calculations that the interpolat...The general interpolation mentioned in this a rticle provides an effective way for reducing the amount of calculation of direc t optimal exploration. It has been testified by real case calculations that the interpolation is not only reliable but also can save the amount of calculation by nearly 36%. Large amount of calculation and lacking strict theoretical bas is has been th e two disadvantage of direct method by new. If this defect is not overcome, they will not only s eriously affect the application of this method, but also hinder its further rese arch. Based on sufficient calculation practice, this article has made a primary discussion about the theory and method of reducing the amount of calculation, an d has achieved some satisfactory results.展开更多
This paper attempts to further extend the so-called Trefftz direct method(TDM), which has been developed and applied to a wide variety of boundary value problems in recent years. In this approach, the complete system ...This paper attempts to further extend the so-called Trefftz direct method(TDM), which has been developed and applied to a wide variety of boundary value problems in recent years. In this approach, the complete system of solutions of the partial differential equations is used as weighting functions and a non-singular boundary integral equation is used as the starting formulation. Several relative problems are discussed here. They are the problems of necessary and sufficient conditions for Trefftz-type boundary integral equations: the relationship between the Trefftz method and the variational principle and the infrequently encountered but possible singular problems in the Trefftz method and the treatment in practice. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the computational efficiency of the approach and to demonstrate its advantages.展开更多
In this paper, first, we employ classic Lie symmetry groups approach to obtain the Lie symmetry groupsof the well-known (2+1)-dimensional Generalized Sasa-Satsuma (GSS) equation. Second, based on a modified directmeth...In this paper, first, we employ classic Lie symmetry groups approach to obtain the Lie symmetry groupsof the well-known (2+1)-dimensional Generalized Sasa-Satsuma (GSS) equation. Second, based on a modified directmethod proposed by Lou [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 (2005) L129], more general symmetry groups are obtained andthe relationship between the new solution and known solution is set up. At the same time, the Lie symmetry groupsobtained are only special cases of the more general symmetry groups. At last, some exact solutions of GSS equationsare constructed by the relationship obtained in the paper between the new solution and known solution.展开更多
A modified direct optimization method is proposed to solve the optimal multi-revolution transfer with low-thrust between Earth-orbits.First,through parameterizing the control steering angles by costate variables,the s...A modified direct optimization method is proposed to solve the optimal multi-revolution transfer with low-thrust between Earth-orbits.First,through parameterizing the control steering angles by costate variables,the search space of free parameters has been decreased.Then,in order to obtain the global optimal solution effectively and robustly,the simulated annealing and penalty function strategies were used to handle the constraints,and a GA/SQP hybrid optimization algorithm was utilized to solve the parameter optimization problem,in which,a feasible suboptimal solution obtained by GA was submitted as an initial parameter set to SQP for refinement.Comparing to the classical direct method,this novel method has fewer free parameters,needs not initial guesses,and has higher computation precision.An optimal-fuel transfer problem from LEO to GEO was taken as an example to validate the proposed approach.The results of simulation indicate that our approach is available to solve the problem of optimal multi-revolution transfer between Earth-orbits.展开更多
The perturbed Kaup-Kupershmidt equation is investigated in terms of the approximate symmetry perturbationmethod and the approximate direct method.The similarity reduction solutions of different orders are obtainedfor ...The perturbed Kaup-Kupershmidt equation is investigated in terms of the approximate symmetry perturbationmethod and the approximate direct method.The similarity reduction solutions of different orders are obtainedfor both methods, series reduction solutions are consequently derived.Higher order similarity reduction equations arelinear variable coefficients ordinary differential equations.By comparison, it is find that the results generated from theapproximate direct method are more general than the results generated from the approximate symmetry perturbationmethod.展开更多
Forest canopy water storage (S), direct throughfall fraction (p) and mean evaporation rate to mean rainfall intensity ratio (E/R) vary between storms and seasonally. Typically, researchers only quantify the mean growi...Forest canopy water storage (S), direct throughfall fraction (p) and mean evaporation rate to mean rainfall intensity ratio (E/R) vary between storms and seasonally. Typically, researchers only quantify the mean growing and dormant season values of S, p and E/R for deciduous forests, thereby ignoring seasonal changes S, p and E/R .Past researchers adapted the mean method, which is usually used to estimate S, p and E/R on an annual or seasonal basis, to estimate the same canopy variables on a per storm basis (individual storm (IS) method). The disadvantage of the IS method is that it requires more expensive equipment and the calculation of the canopy variables is more labor intensive relative to the mean method. The goal of this study was to explore the use of the IS method for northern hardwood forests and to determine whether estimates of S, p and E/R derived by the IS method produce more accurate estimates of rainfall interception loss (In) using the Gash model relative to estimates derived by the mean method. The IS method estimated that S increased from approximately 0.11 mm in the early spring to 1.2 mm in the summer and then declined to 0.24 mm after fall senescence. Direct throughfall decreased from 0.4 in the early spring to 0.11 in the summer, and then increased to 0.4 after leaf senescence. When measurement period estimates of p, S and E/R derived by the IS and mean methods were applied to the Gash model, the modeled estimates of In differed from the measured values by 14.0 mm and 1.3 mm, respectively. Therefore, because the mean method provided more accurate estimates of In, the extra effort and expense required by the IS method is not advantageous for studies in northern hardwood forests that only need to model annual or seasonal estimates of In.展开更多
This paper investigates superconvergence properties of the direct discontinuous Galerkin(DDG)method with interface corrections and the symmetric DDG method for diffusion equations.We apply the Fourier analysis techniq...This paper investigates superconvergence properties of the direct discontinuous Galerkin(DDG)method with interface corrections and the symmetric DDG method for diffusion equations.We apply the Fourier analysis technique to symbolically compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the amplification matrices for both DDG methods with different coefficient settings in the numerical fluxes.Based on the eigen-structure analysis,we carry out error estimates of the DDG solutions,which can be decomposed into three parts:(i)dissipation errors of the physically relevant eigenvalue,which grow linearly with the time and are of order 2k for P^(k)(k=2,3)approximations;(ii)projection error from a special projection of the exact solution,which is decreasing over the time and is related to the eigenvector corresponding to the physically relevant eigenvalue;(iii)dissipative errors of non-physically relevant eigenvalues,which decay exponentially with respect to the spatial mesh sizeΔx.We observe that the errors are sensitive to the choice of the numerical flux coefficient for even degree P^(2)approximations,but are not for odd degree P^(3)approximations.Numerical experiments are provided to verify the theoretical results.展开更多
Magnesium and its alloys are promising candidates for a new generation of biodegradable metals in orthopaedic applications due to their excellent biocompatibility,biodegradability,and mechanical properties that are si...Magnesium and its alloys are promising candidates for a new generation of biodegradable metals in orthopaedic applications due to their excellent biocompatibility,biodegradability,and mechanical properties that are similar to natural bone.However,direct in vitro assessment of these materials in the presence of cells is complicated by degradation products from the alloy that lead to a false positive for the most commonly used cell adhesion and cell proliferation assays.In this paper,a cyanine dye was used to quantitatively evaluate the in vitro biocompatibility of a Mg AZ31 alloy by both direct and indirect methods.The cytotoxicity of the corrosion products was evaluated via an indirect method;a 25%decrease in cell viability compared to control samples was observed.Moreover,direct assessment of cell adhesion and proliferation showed a statistically significant increase in cell number at the surface after 72 h.In addition,the degradation rate and surface characteristics of the Mg AZ31 alloy were evaluated for both direct and indirect tests.The degradation rate was unaffected by the presence of cells while evidence of an increase in calcium phosphate deposition on the magnesium alloy surface in the presence of cells was observed.This study demonstrates that a cyanine dye based assay provides a more accurate assessment of the overall in vitro biocompatibility of biodegradable metals than the more commonly used assays reported in the literature to date.展开更多
For the linear least squares problem with coefficient matrix columns being highly correlated, we develop a greedy randomized Gauss-Seidel method with oblique direction. Then the corresponding convergence result is ded...For the linear least squares problem with coefficient matrix columns being highly correlated, we develop a greedy randomized Gauss-Seidel method with oblique direction. Then the corresponding convergence result is deduced. Numerical examples demonstrate that our proposed method is superior to the greedy randomized Gauss-Seidel method and the randomized Gauss-Seidel method with oblique direction.展开更多
One of the essential points of the direct-method single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) phasing for proteins is to express the bimodal SAD phase distribution by the sum of two Gaussian functions peaked respec...One of the essential points of the direct-method single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) phasing for proteins is to express the bimodal SAD phase distribution by the sum of two Gaussian functions peaked respectively at φh″+|△φh| and φh″-|△φh|. The probability for △φh being positive (P+) can be derived based on the Cochran distribution in direct methods. Hence the SAD phase ambiguity can be resolved by multiplying the Gaussian function peaked at φh″+|△φh| with P+ and multiplying the Gaussian function peaked at φh″-|△φh| with P_ (=1- P+). The direct-method SAD h phasing has been proved powerful in breaking SAD phase ambiguities, in particular when anomalous-scattering signals are weak. However, the approximation of bimodal phase distributions by the sum of two Gaussian functions introduces considerable errors. In this paper we show that a much better approximation can be achieved by replacing the two Gaussian functions with two von Mises distributions. Test results showed that this leads to significant improvement on the efficiency of direct-method SAD-phasing.展开更多
基金This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (90405011).
文摘A novel control method for a general class of nonlinear systems using fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) is presertted. Indirect and direct methods are combined to design the adaptive fuzzy output feedback controller and a high-gain observer is used to estimate the derivatives of the system output. The closed-loop system is proven to be semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded. In addition, it is shown that if the approximation accuracy of the fuzzy logic system is high enough and the observer gain is chosen sufficiently large, an arbitrarily small tracking error can be achieved. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the newly designed scheme and the theoretical discussion.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(10371009)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program Higher Education
文摘This paper determines the exact error order on optimization of adaptive direct methods of approximate solution of the class of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind with kernel belonging to the anisotropic Sobolev classes, and also gives an optimal algorithm.
文摘A direct method to find the first integral for two-dimensional autonomous system in polar coordinates is suggested. It is shown that if the equation of motion expressed by differential 1-forms for a given autonomous Hamiltonian system is multiplied by a set of multiplicative functions, then the general expression of the first integral can be obtained, An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China(Grant Nos.10735030,10475055,10675065 and 90503006)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2007CB814800)
文摘This paper studies the generalized Kawahara equation in terms of the approximate homotopy symmetry method and the approximate homotopy direct method. Using both methods it obtains the similarity reduction solutions and similarity reduction equations of different orders, showing that the approximate homotopy direct method yields more general approximate similarity reductions than the approximate homotopy symmetry method. The homotopy series solutions to the generalized Kawahara equation are consequently derived.
文摘Mechanical engineering structures and structural components are often subjected to cyclic thermomechanical loading which stresses their material beyond its elastic limits well inside the inelastic regime.Depending on the level of loading inelastic strains may lead either to failure,due to low cycle fatigue or ratcheting,or to safety,through elastic shakedown.Thus,it is important to estimate the asymptotic stress state of such structures.This state may be determined by cumbersome incremental time-stepping calculations.Direct methods,alternatively,have big computational advantages as they focus on the characteristics of these states and try to establish them,in a direct way,right from the beginning of the calculations.Among the very few such general-purpose direct methods,a powerful direct method which has been called RSDM has appeared in the literature.The method may directly predict any asymptotic state when the exact time history of the loading is known.The advantage of the method is due to the fact that it addresses the physics of the asymptotic cycle and exploits the cyclic nature of its expected residual stress distribution.Based on RSDM a method for the shakedown analysis of structures,called RSDM-S has also been developed.Despite most direct methods for shakedown,RSDM-S does not need an optimization algorithm for its implementation.Both RSDM and RSDM-S may be implemented in any Finite Element Code.A thorough review of both these methods,together with examples of implementation are presented herein.
基金supported by the National Major Special Project for Scientific Instruments and Equipment Development“Intelligent Measurement and Control System Development for Large-Scale River Model Tests in China”(Grant No.2011YQ070055)
文摘The present study aims at the design and making of measuring instrument of whole direct method for bed shear stress under two-dimensional water-flow co-action. The instrument combines the traditional strain gauge with a precise pressure gauge, and adopts the method directly measuring the difference between the lateral hydrodynamic pressure and different head pressures on both sides of the force plate. As a result, such an instrument solves a technical puzzle of the past strain gauge, i.e. the difficulty to set apart shear stress and lateral force. Static force test and sink test both prove that the instrument is precise, stable and applicable to the measurement of rough beds with different shear stresses.
基金Project was supported by RFDP of Higher Education and NNSF of China, SF of Wuhan University
文摘In this article, by introducing characteristic singular integral operator and associate singular integral equations (SIEs), the authors discuss the direct method of solution for a class of singular integral equations with certain analytic inputs. They obtain both the conditions of solvability and the solutions in closed form. It is noteworthy that the method is different from the classical one that is due to Lu.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(1 990 1 0 2 7)
文摘A generalization of the direct method of Clarkson and Kruskal for finding similarity reductions of partial differential equations with arbitrary functions is found and discussed for the generalized Burgers equation. The corresponding reductions and the exact solutions due to the methods of the ordinary differential equations are then given by the methods. The results given here answer partially an open problem proposed by Clarkson, that is how to develop the direct method to seek symmetry reductions of nonlinear PDEs with arbitrary functions.
文摘Using the (2+1)-dimensional Broer-Kaup equation as an simple example, a new direct method is developed to find symmetry groups and symmetry algebras and then exact solutions of nonlinear mathematical physical equations.
文摘In this paper,based on the symbolic computing system Maple,the direct method for Lie symmetry groupspresented by Sen-Yue Lou [J.Phys.A:Math.Gen.38 (2005) L129] is extended from the continuous differential equationsto the differential-difference equations.With the extended method,we study the well-known differential-difference KPequation,KZ equation and (2+1)-dimensional ANNV system,and both the Lie point symmetry groups and the non-Liesymmetry groups are obtained.
文摘The general interpolation mentioned in this a rticle provides an effective way for reducing the amount of calculation of direc t optimal exploration. It has been testified by real case calculations that the interpolation is not only reliable but also can save the amount of calculation by nearly 36%. Large amount of calculation and lacking strict theoretical bas is has been th e two disadvantage of direct method by new. If this defect is not overcome, they will not only s eriously affect the application of this method, but also hinder its further rese arch. Based on sufficient calculation practice, this article has made a primary discussion about the theory and method of reducing the amount of calculation, an d has achieved some satisfactory results.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.19872019).
文摘This paper attempts to further extend the so-called Trefftz direct method(TDM), which has been developed and applied to a wide variety of boundary value problems in recent years. In this approach, the complete system of solutions of the partial differential equations is used as weighting functions and a non-singular boundary integral equation is used as the starting formulation. Several relative problems are discussed here. They are the problems of necessary and sufficient conditions for Trefftz-type boundary integral equations: the relationship between the Trefftz method and the variational principle and the infrequently encountered but possible singular problems in the Trefftz method and the treatment in practice. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the computational efficiency of the approach and to demonstrate its advantages.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10735030Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project under Grant No. B412+2 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 90718041Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University under Grant No. IRT0734K.C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University
文摘In this paper, first, we employ classic Lie symmetry groups approach to obtain the Lie symmetry groupsof the well-known (2+1)-dimensional Generalized Sasa-Satsuma (GSS) equation. Second, based on a modified directmethod proposed by Lou [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 (2005) L129], more general symmetry groups are obtained andthe relationship between the new solution and known solution is set up. At the same time, the Lie symmetry groupsobtained are only special cases of the more general symmetry groups. At last, some exact solutions of GSS equationsare constructed by the relationship obtained in the paper between the new solution and known solution.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10672044)
文摘A modified direct optimization method is proposed to solve the optimal multi-revolution transfer with low-thrust between Earth-orbits.First,through parameterizing the control steering angles by costate variables,the search space of free parameters has been decreased.Then,in order to obtain the global optimal solution effectively and robustly,the simulated annealing and penalty function strategies were used to handle the constraints,and a GA/SQP hybrid optimization algorithm was utilized to solve the parameter optimization problem,in which,a feasible suboptimal solution obtained by GA was submitted as an initial parameter set to SQP for refinement.Comparing to the classical direct method,this novel method has fewer free parameters,needs not initial guesses,and has higher computation precision.An optimal-fuel transfer problem from LEO to GEO was taken as an example to validate the proposed approach.The results of simulation indicate that our approach is available to solve the problem of optimal multi-revolution transfer between Earth-orbits.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.10735030,10475055,10675065,and 90503006National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program 2007CB814800)
文摘The perturbed Kaup-Kupershmidt equation is investigated in terms of the approximate symmetry perturbationmethod and the approximate direct method.The similarity reduction solutions of different orders are obtainedfor both methods, series reduction solutions are consequently derived.Higher order similarity reduction equations arelinear variable coefficients ordinary differential equations.By comparison, it is find that the results generated from theapproximate direct method are more general than the results generated from the approximate symmetry perturbationmethod.
文摘Forest canopy water storage (S), direct throughfall fraction (p) and mean evaporation rate to mean rainfall intensity ratio (E/R) vary between storms and seasonally. Typically, researchers only quantify the mean growing and dormant season values of S, p and E/R for deciduous forests, thereby ignoring seasonal changes S, p and E/R .Past researchers adapted the mean method, which is usually used to estimate S, p and E/R on an annual or seasonal basis, to estimate the same canopy variables on a per storm basis (individual storm (IS) method). The disadvantage of the IS method is that it requires more expensive equipment and the calculation of the canopy variables is more labor intensive relative to the mean method. The goal of this study was to explore the use of the IS method for northern hardwood forests and to determine whether estimates of S, p and E/R derived by the IS method produce more accurate estimates of rainfall interception loss (In) using the Gash model relative to estimates derived by the mean method. The IS method estimated that S increased from approximately 0.11 mm in the early spring to 1.2 mm in the summer and then declined to 0.24 mm after fall senescence. Direct throughfall decreased from 0.4 in the early spring to 0.11 in the summer, and then increased to 0.4 after leaf senescence. When measurement period estimates of p, S and E/R derived by the IS and mean methods were applied to the Gash model, the modeled estimates of In differed from the measured values by 14.0 mm and 1.3 mm, respectively. Therefore, because the mean method provided more accurate estimates of In, the extra effort and expense required by the IS method is not advantageous for studies in northern hardwood forests that only need to model annual or seasonal estimates of In.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11871428 and 12071214)the Natural Science Foundation for Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province of China(Grant No.20KJB110011)+1 种基金supported by the National Science Foundation(Grant No.DMS-1620335)and the Simons Foundation(Grant No.637716)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11871428 and 12272347).
文摘This paper investigates superconvergence properties of the direct discontinuous Galerkin(DDG)method with interface corrections and the symmetric DDG method for diffusion equations.We apply the Fourier analysis technique to symbolically compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the amplification matrices for both DDG methods with different coefficient settings in the numerical fluxes.Based on the eigen-structure analysis,we carry out error estimates of the DDG solutions,which can be decomposed into three parts:(i)dissipation errors of the physically relevant eigenvalue,which grow linearly with the time and are of order 2k for P^(k)(k=2,3)approximations;(ii)projection error from a special projection of the exact solution,which is decreasing over the time and is related to the eigenvector corresponding to the physically relevant eigenvalue;(iii)dissipative errors of non-physically relevant eigenvalues,which decay exponentially with respect to the spatial mesh sizeΔx.We observe that the errors are sensitive to the choice of the numerical flux coefficient for even degree P^(2)approximations,but are not for odd degree P^(3)approximations.Numerical experiments are provided to verify the theoretical results.
基金We gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for financial support.
文摘Magnesium and its alloys are promising candidates for a new generation of biodegradable metals in orthopaedic applications due to their excellent biocompatibility,biodegradability,and mechanical properties that are similar to natural bone.However,direct in vitro assessment of these materials in the presence of cells is complicated by degradation products from the alloy that lead to a false positive for the most commonly used cell adhesion and cell proliferation assays.In this paper,a cyanine dye was used to quantitatively evaluate the in vitro biocompatibility of a Mg AZ31 alloy by both direct and indirect methods.The cytotoxicity of the corrosion products was evaluated via an indirect method;a 25%decrease in cell viability compared to control samples was observed.Moreover,direct assessment of cell adhesion and proliferation showed a statistically significant increase in cell number at the surface after 72 h.In addition,the degradation rate and surface characteristics of the Mg AZ31 alloy were evaluated for both direct and indirect tests.The degradation rate was unaffected by the presence of cells while evidence of an increase in calcium phosphate deposition on the magnesium alloy surface in the presence of cells was observed.This study demonstrates that a cyanine dye based assay provides a more accurate assessment of the overall in vitro biocompatibility of biodegradable metals than the more commonly used assays reported in the literature to date.
文摘For the linear least squares problem with coefficient matrix columns being highly correlated, we develop a greedy randomized Gauss-Seidel method with oblique direction. Then the corresponding convergence result is deduced. Numerical examples demonstrate that our proposed method is superior to the greedy randomized Gauss-Seidel method and the randomized Gauss-Seidel method with oblique direction.
基金Project supported by the Innovation Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2002CB713801)
文摘One of the essential points of the direct-method single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) phasing for proteins is to express the bimodal SAD phase distribution by the sum of two Gaussian functions peaked respectively at φh″+|△φh| and φh″-|△φh|. The probability for △φh being positive (P+) can be derived based on the Cochran distribution in direct methods. Hence the SAD phase ambiguity can be resolved by multiplying the Gaussian function peaked at φh″+|△φh| with P+ and multiplying the Gaussian function peaked at φh″-|△φh| with P_ (=1- P+). The direct-method SAD h phasing has been proved powerful in breaking SAD phase ambiguities, in particular when anomalous-scattering signals are weak. However, the approximation of bimodal phase distributions by the sum of two Gaussian functions introduces considerable errors. In this paper we show that a much better approximation can be achieved by replacing the two Gaussian functions with two von Mises distributions. Test results showed that this leads to significant improvement on the efficiency of direct-method SAD-phasing.