Matching Boundary Conditions for a Heterogeneous Atomic Chain

We propose accurate boundary treatments for a heterogeneous atomic chain, in terms of matching boundary conditions （MBCs）. The main challenge lies in reproducing the physical reflection across the boundary to a correct amount. With reflection coefficients we demonstrate that the accuracy is improved when more atoms are used under the boundary condition. The inclusion of an atom in the embedded sublattice B may considerably enhance the performance. Numerical testing illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed MBCs.

Controller design for stochastic nonlinear systems with matched conditions

This paper is concerned with the global boundedness problem for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems with matched conditions. The uncertainties in the systems are due to parameter variations and external stochastic disturbance. Only the matched conditions and the possible bound of the uncertainties are demanded. Based on the stochastic Lyapunov stability theory, an explicit controller is constructed in the gradient direction, which renders responses of the closed-loop systems be globally bounded in probability. When the systems degrade to linear systems, the controller becomes linear. Illustrative examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Expressions for Entropy Production Rate of Fuel Cells

On the basis of a general model of fuel cells, the entropy production rates of a fuel cell system under different conditions are derived by using theories of electrochemistry and thermodynamics. In order to analyze the influence of the irreversible losses existing in an actual fuel cell, the equivalent circuit of the fuel cell is introduced, so that the irreversible factor of the fuel cell may be determined directly as a function of the internal, leak and load resistances. Moreover, the maximum power output and efficiency of the fuel cell are calculated, the optimal operation of the fuel cell is discussed, and the matching condition of the load resistance is determined.

Robust exponential control of a class of systems with uncertainties

The robust exponential stabilization problem for uncertain systems isstudied. Based on the solution for a nominal linear quadratic regulator problem with a prescribeddegree of stability, the methods of constructing state feedback controllers are developed to ensurethe robust stability of the closed loop system under the conditions weaker than the matchingcondition. Also, the cases where the matching condition is satisfied are considered in detail. Someexamples are included to show the solution methods.

Damping of Oblique Ocean Waves by a Vertical Porous Structure Placed on a Multi-step Bottom

Oblique ocean wave damping by a vertical porous structure placed on a multi-step bottom topography is studied with the help of linear water wave theory. Some portion of the oblique wave, incident on the porous structure, gets reflected by the multi-step bottom and the porous structure, and the rest propagates into the water medium following the porous structure. Two cases are considered： first a solid vertical wall placed at a finite distance from the porous structure in the water medium following the porous structure and then a special case of an unbounded water medium following the porous structure. In both cases, boundary value problems are set up in three different media, the first medium being water, the second medium being the porous structure consisting ofp vertical regions-one above each step and the third medium being water again. By using the matching conditions along the virtualvertical boundaries, a system of linear equations is deduced. The behavior of the reflection coefficient and the dimensionless amplitude of the transmitted progressive wave due to different relevant parameters are studied. Energy loss due to the propagation of oblique water wave through the porous structure is also carried out. The effects of various parameters, such as number of evanescent modes, porosity, friction factor, structure width, number of steps and angle of incidence, on the reflection coefficient and the dimensionless amplitude of the transmitted wave are studied graphically for both cases. Number of evanescent modes merely affects the scattering phenomenon. But higher values of porosity show relatively lower reflection than that for lower porosity. Oscillation in the reflection coefficient is observed for lower values of friction factor but it disappears with an increase in the value of friction factor. Amplitude of the transmitted progressive wave is independent of the porosity of the structure. But lower value of friction factor causes higher transmission. The investigation is then carried out for the second case, i.e., when the wall is absent. The significant difference between the two cases considered here is that the reflection due to a thin porous structure is very high when the solid wall exists as compared to the case when no wall is present. Energy loss due to different porosity, friction factor, structure width and angle of incidence is also examined. Validity of our model is ascertained by matching it with an available one.

High-Gain Approach Based Full-Order Observers for Linear Systems with Unknown Inputs

In this paper, a full-order observer which can be fully decoupled from the unknown inputs as the conventional full-order observer does is designed by using auxiliary outputs, but the requirement of the matching condition is removed. The procedure of calculating the parameter matrices of the full-order observer is also presented. Compared with the existing auxiliary outputs based sliding-mode observers, the designed observer has a simpler design procedure, which is systematic and does not involve solving linear matrix inequalities. The simulation results show that the proposed method is effective.

Global Classical Solutions of Inhomogeneous Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems

In this paper,we consider a kind of quasilinear hyperbolic systems with inhomogeneous terms satisfying dissipative condition or matching condition.For the Cauchy problem of this kind of systems,we prove that,if the initial data is small and satisfies some decay condition,and the system is weakly linearly degenerate,then the Cauchy problem admits a unique global classical solution on t ≥ 0.

THE EXACT SOLUTIONS OF ELASTIC－PLASTIC CRACK LINE FIELD FOR MODE Ⅱ PLANE STRESS CRACK

The near crack line field analysis method has been used io investigate into theexact elastic-plastic solutions of a mode II crack under plane stress condilion in anelastic-perfectly plastic solid. The assumptions of the usual small scale yielding theory.hare been completely. dbandoned and the correct formulations of matching conditionsat the elaslic-plastic boundary. have been given. By, matching the general solution ofthe plastic slress field (bul not the special solution used to be adopted) with the exactelastic stress field (but not the crack tip K-dominant field) at the elastic-plasticboundary, near the crack line, the plastic stresses. the length of the plastic =one and theunit normal vector of the elastic-plastic boundary.which are sufficiently precise near the crack line region ,have been given.

THE EXACT SOLUTIONS OF ELASTIC－PLASTIC CRACK LINE FIELD FOR MODE Ⅱ PLANE STRESS CRACK

The near crack line field analysis method has been used to investigate into the exact elastic-plastic solutions of a mode Ⅱ crack under plane stress condition in anelastic-perfectly plastic solid. The assumptions of the usual small scale yielding theoryhave been completely. dbandoned and the correct .formulations of matching conditionsat the elastic-plastic boundary have been given. By matching the general solution of the plastic stress field (but not the special solution used to be adopted) will the exactelastic stress field (but not the crack tip K-dominant field) at the elastic-plasticboundary. near the crack line, the plastic .stresses, the length of the plastic zone and theunit normal vector of the elaslic-plastic boundary. which sufficiently precise nearthe crack line region, hare been given.

Matching Boundary Conditions for Scalar Waves in Body-Centered-Cubic Lattices

Matching boundary conditions(MBC’s)are proposed to treat scalar waves in the body-centered-cubic lattices.By matching the dispersion relation,we construct MBC’s for normal incidence and incidence with an angle a.Multiplication of MBC operators then leads to multi-directional absorbing boundary conditions.The effectiveness are illustrated by the reflection coefficient analysis and wave packet tests.In particular,the designed M1M1 treats the scalar waves in a satisfactory manner.

Stability of Atomic Simulations with Matching Boundary Conditions

.We explore the stability of matching boundary conditions in one space dimension,which were proposed recently for atomic simulations(Wang and Tang,Int.J.Numer.Mech.Eng.,93(2013),pp.1255–1285).For a finite segment of the linear harmonic chain,we construct explicit energy functionals that decay along with time.For a nonlinear atomic chain with its nonlinearity vanished around the boundaries,an energy functional is constructed for the first order matching boundary condition.Numerical verifications are also presented.

Novel Ship Propulsion System

As the development tends towards high-speed, large-scale and high-power, power of the ship main engine becomes larger and larger. This make the engine design and cabin arrangement become more and more difficult. Ship maneuverability becomes bad. A new ship propulsion system, integrated hydraulic propulsion （IHP）, is put forward to meet the development of modem ship. Principle of IHP system is discussed. Working condition matching characteristic of IHP ship is studied based on its matching characteristic charts. According to their propulsion principle, dynamic mathematic models of IHP ship and direct propulsion （DP） ship are developed. These two models are verified by test sailing and test stand data. Based on the software Matlab/Simulink, comparison research between IHP ship and DP ship is conducted. The results show that cabin arrangement of IHP ship is very flexible, working condition matching characteristic of IHP ship is good, the ratio of power to weight of IHP ship is larger than DP ship, and maneuverability is excellent. IHP system is suitable for engineering ship, superpower ship and warship, etc.

A numerical study on matching relationships of gravity waves in nonlinear interactions

Applying a fully nonlinear numerical scheme with second-order temporal and spatial precision,nonlinear interactions of gravity waves are simulated and the matching relationships of the wavelengths and frequencies of the interacting waves are discussed.In resonant interactions,the wavelengths of the excited wave are in good agreement with the values derived from sum or difference resonant conditions,and the frequencies of the three waves also satisfy the matching condition.Since the interacting waves obey the resonant conditions,resonant interactions have a reversible feature that for a resonant wave triad,any two waves are selected to be the initial perturbations,and the third wave can then be excited through sum or difference resonant interaction.The numerical results for nonresonant triads show that in nonresonant interactions,the wave vectors tend to approximately match in a single direction,generally in the horizontal direction.The frequency of the excited wave is close to the matching value,and the degree of mismatching of frequencies may depend on the combined effect of both the wavenumber and frequency mismatches that should benefit energy exchange to the greatest extent.The matching and mismatching relationships in nonresonant interactions differ from the results of weak interaction theory that the wave vectors are required to satisfy the resonant matching condition but the frequencies are permitted to mismatch and oscillate with amplitude of half the mismatching frequency.Nonresonant excitation has an irreversible characteristic,which is different from what is found for the resonant interaction.For specified initial primary and secondary waves,it is difficult to predict the values of the mismatching wavenumber and frequency for the excited wave owing to the complexity.

Matching Preclusion for Augmented k-ary n-cubes

The （conditional） matching preclusion number of a graph is the minimum number of edges whose deletion leaves a resulting graph （with no isolated vertices） that has neither perfect matchings nor almost perfect matchings. In this paper, we find this number and classify all optimal sets for the augmented k-ary n-cubes with even k ≥ 4.

POINTWISE ESTIMATES OF SOLUTIONS TO CAUCHY PROBLEM FOR QUASILINEAR HYPERBOLIC SYSTEMS

This paper considers the pointwise estimate of the solutions to Cauchy problem for quasilin-ear hyperbolic systems, which bases on the existence of the solutions by using the fundamental solutions. It gives a sharp pointwise estimates of the solutions on domam under consideration. Specially, the estimate is precise near each characteristic direction.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF CLASSICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CAUCHY PROBLEM ON A SEMI-BOUNDED INITIAL AXIS FOR INHOMOGENEOUS QUASILINEAR HYPERBOLIC SYSTEMS

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem with initial data given on a semi-bounded axis for inhomogeneous quasilinear hyperbolic systems. Under the assumption that the rightmost （resp. leftmost） eigenvalue is weakly linearly degenerate and the inhomogeneous term satisfies the corresponding matching condition, we obtain the global existence and uniqueness of C^1 solution with small and decaying initial data.

Controller design for 2-DOF underactuated mechanical systems based on controlled Lagrangians and application to Acrobot control

On the basis of controlled Lagrangians,a controller design is proposed for underactuated mechanical systems with two degrees of freedom.A new kinetic energy equation(K-equation)independent of the gyroscopic forces is found due to the use of their property.As a result,the necessary and sufficient matching condition comprises the new K-equation and the potential energy equation(P-equation)cascaded,the regular condition,and the explicit gyroscopic forces.Further,for two classes of input decoupled systems that cover the main benchmark examples,the new K-equation,respectively,degenerates from a quasilinear partial differential equation(PDE)into an ordinary differential equation(ODE)under some choice and into a homogeneous linear PDE with two kinds of explicit general solutions.Benefiting from one of the general solutions,the obtained smooth state feedback controller for the Acrobots is of a more general form.Specifically,a constant fixed in a related paper by the system parameters is converted into a controller parameter ranging over an open interval along with some new nonlinear terms involved.Unlike what is mentioned in the related paper,some categories of the Acrobots cannot be stabilized with the existing interconnection and damping assignment passivity based control(IDA-PBC)method.As a contribution,the system can be locally asymptotically stabilized by the selection of the new controller parameter except for only one special case.

Asymptotic Behavior of Global Classical Solutions to the Cauchy Problem on a Semi-Bounded Initial Axis for Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems

In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of global classical solutions to the Cauchy problem with initial data given on a semi-bounded axis for quasilinear hyperbolic systems. Based on the existence result on the global classical solution, we prove that, when t tends to the infinity, the solution approaches a combination of C1 travelling wave solutions with the algebraic rate （1 ＋ t）^-u, provided that the initial data decay with the rate （1 ＋ x）^-（l＋u） （resp. （1 - x）^-（1＋u）） as x tends to ＋∞ （resp. -∞）, where u is a positive constant.

High contrast ratio,high uniformity multiple quantum well spatial light modulators

Our latest research results on GaAs-A1GaAs multiple quantum well spatial light modulators are presented. The thickness uniformity of the epitaxial layers across the 3-inch wafer grown by our molecular beam epitaxy is better than 0.1% and the variation of cavity resonance wavelength within the wafer is only 0.9 nm. A contrast ratio （CR） of 102 by varying bias voltage from 0 to 6.7 V is achieved after fine tuning the cavity by etching an adjust layer. Both theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that incorporating an adjust layer is an effective tuning method for obtaining high CR.

Spherical Gravitational Collapse in f(R) Gravity with Linear Equation of State

In a paper [Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 48(2016) 57] Chakrabarti and Banerjee investigated perfect fluid collapse in f(R) gravity model and claimed that such a collapse is possible. In this paper we show that without the assumption of dark energy it is not possible that perfect fluid spherical gravitational collapse will occur. We have solved the field equations by assuming linear equation of state(p = ωμ) in metric f(R) gravity with ω =-1. It is shown that Chakrabarti and Banerjee reached to false conclusion as they derived wrong field equations. We have also discussed formation of apparent horizon and singularity.