Experimental study on the size effect on the equation of state of concretes under shock loading

Adopting the classical theory of hydrocodes,the constitutive relations of concretes are separated into an equation of state(EoS)which describes the volumetric behavior of concrete material and a strength model which depicts the shear properties of concrete.The experiments on the EoS of concrete is always challenging due to the technical difficulties and equipment limitations,especially for the specimen size effect on the EoS.Although some researchers investigate the shock properties of concretes by fly-plate impact tests,the specimens used in their tests are usually in one size.In this paper,the fly-plate impact tests on concrete specimens with different sizes are performed to investigate the size effect on the shock properties of concrete materials.The mechanical background of the size effect on the shock properties are revealed,which is related to the lateral rarefaction effect and the deviatoric stress produced in the specimen.According to the tests results,the modified EoS considering the size effect on the shock properties of concrete are proposed,which the bulk modulus of concrete is unpredicted by up to 20% if size effects are not accounted for.

Normalized Ground State Solutions of Nonlinear Choquard Equations with Nonconstant Potential

In this paper,we mainly focus on the following Choquard equation-{△u-V(x)(I_(a*)|u|^(p))|u|^(p-2)u=λu,x∈R^(N),u∈H^(1)(R^(N))where N≥1,λ∈R will arise as a Lagrange multiplier,0<a<N and N+a/N<p<N+a+2/N Under appropriate hypotheses on V(x),we prove that the above Choquard equation has a normalized ground state solution by utilizing variational methods.

Infinitely Many Solutions and a Ground-State Solution for Klein-Gordon Equation Coupled with Born-Infeld Theory

In this paper, we intend to consider a kind of nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation coupled with Born-Infeld theory. By using critical point theory and the method of Nehari manifold, we obtain two existing results of infinitely many high-energy radial solutions and a ground-state solution for this kind of system, which improve and generalize some related results in the literature.

Bayesian analysis of nuclear equation of state at high baryon density

Bayesian analysis was employed to constrain the equation of state(EoS)of nuclear matter with a baryon density of up to six times the nuclear saturation density,using data from heavy-ion collisions at beam energies√S_(NN)=2-10GeV.The resulting EoS excellently agrees with that constrained by astrophysical observations.

THE EXISTENCE AND CONCENTRATION OF GROUND STATE SIGN-CHANGING SOLUTIONS FOR KIRCHHOFF-TYPE EQUATIONS WITH A STEEP POTENTIAL WELL

In this paper,we consider the nonlinear Kirchhoff type equation with a steep potential well−(a+b∫_(R)^(3)|∇u|^(2 )dx)Δu+λV(x)u=f(u)in R^(3),where a,b>0 are constants,λ is a positive parameter,V∈C(R3,R)is a steep potential well and the nonlinearity f∈C(R,R)satisfies certain assumptions.By applying a signchanging Nehari manifold combined with the method of constructing a sign-changing(PS)C sequence,we obtain the existence of ground state sign-changing solutions with precisely two nodal domains when λ is large enough,and find that its energy is strictly larger than twice that of the ground state solutions.In addition,we also prove the concentration of ground state sign-changing solutions.

Thermomechanical Dynamics (TMD) and Bifurcation-Integration Solutions in Nonlinear Differential Equations with Time-Dependent Coefficients

The new independent solutions of the nonlinear differential equation with time-dependent coefficients (NDE-TC) are discussed, for the first time, by employing experimental device called a drinking bird whose simple back-and-forth motion develops into water drinking motion. The solution to a drinking bird equation of motion manifests itself the transition from thermodynamic equilibrium to nonequilibrium irreversible states. The independent solution signifying a nonequilibrium thermal state seems to be constructed as if two independent bifurcation solutions are synthesized, and so, the solution is tentatively termed as the bifurcation-integration solution. The bifurcation-integration solution expresses the transition from mechanical and thermodynamic equilibrium to a nonequilibrium irreversible state, which is explicitly shown by the nonlinear differential equation with time-dependent coefficients (NDE-TC). The analysis established a new theoretical approach to nonequilibrium irreversible states, thermomechanical dynamics (TMD). The TMD method enables one to obtain thermodynamically consistent and time-dependent progresses of thermodynamic quantities, by employing the bifurcation-integration solutions of NDE-TC. We hope that the basic properties of bifurcation-integration solutions will be studied and investigated further in mathematics, physics, chemistry and nonlinear sciences in general.

EXISTENCE OF A GROUND STATE SOLUTION FOR THE CHOQUARD EQUATION WITH NONPERIODIC POTENTIALS

We study the Choquard equation-Δu+V(x)u-b(x)∫R3|u(y)|2/|x-y|dyu,x∈R3,where V(x)=V1(x),b(x)=b1(x)for x1>0 and V(x)=V2(x),b(x)=b2(x)for x1<0,and V1,V2,b1and b2are periodic in each coordinate direction.Under some suitable assumptions,we prove the existence of a ground state solution of the equation.Additionally,we find some sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence and nonexistence of a ground state solution of the equation.

The Existence of Ground State Solutions for Schrödinger-Kirchhoff Equations Involving the Potential without a Positive Lower Bound

In this paper, we study the following Schrödinger-Kirchhoff equation where V(x) ≥ 0 and vanishes on an open set of R2 and f has critical exponential growth. By using a version of Trudinger-Moser inequality and variational methods, we obtain the existence of ground state solutions for this problem.

Calculation of Viscosities of Liquid Mixtures Using Eyring's Theory in Combination with Cubic Equations of State

Cubic equations of state (EOS) have been combined with the absolute rate theory of Eyring to calculate viscosities of liquid mixtures. A modified Huron-Vidal gE-mixing rule is employed in the calculation and in comparison with the van Laar and the Redlich-Kister-type mixing rule. The EOS method gives an accurate correlation of liquid viscosities with an overall average deviation less than 1% for 67 binary systems including aqueous solutions. It is also successful in extrapolating viscosity data over a certain temperature range using parameters obtained from the isotherm at a given temperature and in predicting viscosities of ternary solutions from binary parameters for either polar or associated systems.

Long-Time Behavior of Solution for Autonomous Suspension Bridge Equations with State-Dependent Delay

This work is devoted to the following suspension bridge with state-dependent delay: . The main goal of this paper is to investigate the long-time behavior of the system. Under suitable hypothesis, the quasi-stability estimates of the system are established, based on which the existence of global attractor with finite fractal dimension is obtained. Furthermore, the existence of exponential attractor is proved.

Calculation of Viscosities of Liquid Mixtures Using Eyring’s Theory in Combination with Cubic Equations of State

Cubic equations of state EOS have been combined with the absolute rate theory of Eyring to calculate viscosities of liquid mixtures. A modified Huron-Vidal gE-mixing rule is employed in the calculation and in com- parison with the van Laar and the Redlich-Kister-type mixing rule. The EOS method gives an accurate correlation of liquid viscosities with an overall average deviation less than 1% for 67 binary systems including aqueous solu- tions. It is also successful in extrapolating viscosity data over a certain temperature range using parameters obtained from the isotherm at a given temperature and in predicting viscosities of ternary solutions from binary parameters for either polar or associated systems.

CALCULATIONS OF THE PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND CRITICAL CURVES WITH THE EQUATION OF STATE FOR BINARY MIXTURES

A rational equation of state of the perturbation type with a repulsion and attraction term has been applied to reproduce critical curves of six different binary systems up to high temperatures and pressures. A square well potential for intermolecular interaction is used. With pairwise combination rules for these potentials three adjustable parameters are needed. The experimental critical point and phase equilibrium data are compared with the values predicted using the equation of state. Good agreement is obtained for the analysis of the critical pressure composition data and molar volumes.

Fractional differential equations of motion in terms of combined Riemann-Liouville derivatives

In this paper, we focus on studying the fractional variational principle and the differential equations of motion for a fractional mechanical system. A combined Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative operator is defined, and a fractional Hamilton principle under this definition is established. The fractional Lagrange equations and the fractional Hamilton canonical equations are derived from the fractional Hamilton principle. A number of special cases are given, showing the universality of our conclusions. At the end of the paper, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.

Modeling and simulation of JWL equation of state for reactive Al/PTFE mixture

An analytical method is presented to fit parameters of Jones-Wilkins-Lee （JWL） equation of state （EOS） for the chemical process of aluminum-polytetrafluoroethylene （ AI/PTFE ） mixture. Subroutine codes for both strength model and EOS were developed in explicit-FE code AUTODYN. Firstly, the shock Hugoniot data of reactive A1/PTFE mixture was analytically derived by implemen- ting this methodology. The JWL EOS was verified to fit shock Hugoniot data of both reacted and un- reacted A1/PTFE mixture, which gives reasonable results. Furthermore, to numerically ascertain the reaction phases of ignition and growth and quasi detonation of A1/PTFE mixture, characterized ex- periment was setup to validate the reaction phases and coefficients of JWL EOS for A1/PTFE mix- ture. From the test, a promising example of reactive mixture A1/PTFE is capable to enhance lethality of weapons, the status computation in clude quasi-detonation pressure and temperature of A1/PTFE mixture in different chemical reaction phases is validated.

Bifurcation and Solitary Waves of the Combined KdV and KdV Equation

Bifurcation, bistability and solitary waves of the combined KdV and mKdV equation are investigatedsystematically. At first, bifurcation and bistability are analyzed by selecting an integral constant as the bifurcationparameter. Then, different conditions expressed in terms of the bifurcation parameter are obtained for the existence ofbreather-like, algebraic, pulse-like solitary waves, and shock waves. All types of the solitary wave and shock wave solutionsare given by direct integration. Finally, an approximate analytic method by employing the interpolation polynomials iscomplete and the theoretical methods are the simplest hitherto.

EXISTENCE OF SOLUTION AND APPROXIMATE CONTROLLABILITY OF A SECOND-ORDER NEUTRAL STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH STATE DEPENDENT DELAY

This paper has two sections which deals with a second order stochastic neutral partial differential equation with state dependent delay. In the first section the existence and uniqueness of mild solution is obtained by use of measure of non-compactness. In the second section the conditions for approximate controllability are investigated for the distributed second order neutral stochastic differential system with respect to the approximate controllability of the corresponding linear system in a Hilbert space. Our method is an extension of co-author N. Sukavanam’s novel approach in [22]. Thereby, we remove the need to assume the invertibility of a controllability operator used by authors in [5], which fails to exist in infinite dimensional spaces if the associated semigroup is compact. Our approach also removes the need to check the invertibility of the controllability Gramian operator and associated limit condition used by the authors in [20], which are practically difficult to verify and apply. An example is provided to illustrate the presented theory.

EQUATION OF STATE BASED HYDRATE MODEL FOR NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS CONTAINING BRINE AND POLAR INHIBITOR

A new thermodynamic model for gas hydrates was established by combining the modified Patel-Teja equation of state proposed for aqueous electrolyte systems and the simplified Holder -John multi -shell hydrate model. The new hydrate model is capable of predicting the hydrate formation/dissociation conditions of natural gas systems containing pure water/formation water (brine) and polar inhibitor without using activity coefficient model. Extensive test results indicate very encouraging results.

Strangeness to increase the density of finite nuclear systems in constraining the high-density nuclear equation of state

As the high-density nuclear equation of state(EOS) is not very well constrained, we suggest that the structural properties from the finite systems can be used to extract a more accurate constraint. By including the strangeness degrees of freedom, the hyperon or anti-kaon, the finite systems can then have a rather high-density core which is relevant to the nuclear EOS at high densities directly. It is found that the density dependence of the symmetry energy is sensitive to the properties of multi-K hypernuclei, while the high-density EOS of symmetric matter correlates sensitively to the properties of kaonic nuclei.

Fractional cyclic integrals and Routh equations of fractional Lagrange system with combined Caputo derivatives

In this paper, we develop a fractional cyclic integral and a Routh equation for fractional Lagrange system defined in terms of fractional Caputo derivatives. The fractional Hamilton principle and the fractional Lagrange equations of the system are obtained under a combined Caputo derivative. Furthermore, the fractional cyclic integrals based on the Lagrange equations are studied and the associated Routh equations of the system are presented. Finally, two examples are given to show the applications of the results.

Basic quantities of the equation of state in isospin asymmetric nuclear matter

Based on the Hugenholtz-Van Hove theorem six basic quantities of the EoS in isospin asymmetric nuclear matter are expressed in terms of the nucleon kinetic energy t(k),the isospin symmetric and asymmetric parts of the single-nucleon potentials U_(0)(ρ,k)and U_(sym,i)(ρ,k).The six basic quantities include the quadratic symmetry energy E_(sym,2)(ρ),the quartic symmetry energy E_(sym,4)(ρ),their corresponding density slopes L_(2)(ρ)and L_(4)(ρ),and the incompressibility coefficients K_(2)(ρ)and K_(4)(ρ).By using four types of well-known effective nucleon-nucleon interaction models,namely the BGBD,MDI,Skyrme,and Gogny forces,the density-and isospin-dependent properties of these basic quantities are systematically calculated and their values at the saturation density q_(0)are explicitly given.The contributions to these quantities from t(k)U_(0)(ρ,k),and U_(sym,i)(ρ,k)are also analyzed at the norma nuclear density q_(0).It is clearly shown that the first-order asymmetric term U_(sym,1)(ρ,k)(also known as the symmetry potential in the Lane potential)plays a vital role in determining the density dependence of the quadratic symmetry energy E_(sym,2)(ρ).It is also shown that the contributions from the high-order asymmetric parts of the single-nucleon potentials(U_(sym,i)(ρ,k)with i>1)cannot be neglected in the calculations of the other five basic quantities Moreover,by analyzing the properties of asymmetric nuclear matter at the exact saturation densityρ_(sat)(δ),the corresponding quadratic incompressibility coefficient is found to have a simple empirical relation K_(sat,2)=K_(2)(ρ_(0))-4.14L_(2)(ρ_(0))