Characterizations of EP, normal and Hermitian elements in rings using generalized inverses

The properties and some equivalent characterizations of equal projection（ EP）, normal and Hermitian elements in a ring are studied by the generalized inverse theory. Some equivalent conditions that an element is EP under the existence of core inverses are proposed. Let a∈R , then a is EP if and only if aa a^# = a^#aa . At the same time, the equivalent characterizations of a regular element to be EP are discussed.Let a∈R, then there exist b∈R such that a = aba and a is EP if and only if a∈R , a = a ba. Similarly, some equivalent conditions that an element is normal under the existence of core inverses are proposed. Let a∈R , then a is normal if and only if a^＊a = a a^＊. Also, some equivalent conditions of normal and Hermitian elements in rings with involution involving powers of their group and Moore-Penrose inverses are presented. Let a∈R ∩R^#, n∈N, then a is normal if and only if a^＊ a^＋（ a^#） n = a^# a＊（ a^＋） ^n. The results generalize the conclusions of Mosiet al.

COMPUTATION OF SUPER-CONVERGENT NODAL STRESSES OF TIMOSHENKO BEAM ELEMENTS BY EEP METHOD

The newly proposed element energy projection(EEP) method has been applied to the computation of super_convergent nodal stresses of Timoshenko beam elements.General formulas based on element projection theorem were derived and illustrative numerical examples using two typical elements were given.Both the analysis and examples show that EEP method also works very well for the problems with vector function solutions.The EEP method gives super_convergent nodal stresses,which are well comparable to the nodal displacements in terms of both convergence rate and error magnitude.And in addition,it can overcome the “shear locking” difficulty for stresses even when the displacements are badly affected.This research paves the way for application of the EEP method to general one_dimensional systems of ordinary differential equations.

ON THE MAXIMAL DISJOINT SYSTEM IN Riesz ALGEBRAS AND REPRESENTATION

Let E be an Archimedean Riesz algebra possessing a weak unit element e and a maximal disjoint system {e,: i∈I} in which e, is a projection element for each i. The principal band generated by eiis denoted by B(ei). The main result in this paper says that if there exists a completely regular Hausdorff space X such that E is Riesz algebra isomorphic to C(X) then for every i ∈ I there exists a completely regular Hausdorff space X, such that B(ei) is Riesz algebra isomorphic to C(Xi). Under an additional condition the inverse holds.

Self-adaptive one-dimensional nonlinear finite element method based on element energy projection method

The element energy projection （EEP） method for computation of super- convergent resulting in a one-dimensional finite element method （FEM） is successfully used to self-adaptive FEM analysis of various linear problems, based on which this paper presents a substantial extension of the whole set of technology to nonlinear problems. The main idea behind the technology transfer from linear analysis to nonlinear analysis is to use Newton＇s method to linearize nonlinear problems into a series of linear problems so that the EEP formulation and the corresponding adaptive strategy can be directly used without the need for specific super-convergence formulation for nonlinear FEM. As a re- sult, a unified and general self-adaptive algorithm for nonlinear FEM analysis is formed. The proposed algorithm is found to be able to produce satisfactory finite element results with accuracy satisfying the user-preset error tolerances by maximum norm anywhere on the mesh. Taking the nonlinear ordinary differential equation （ODE） of second-order as the model problem, this paper describes the related fundamental idea, the imple- mentation strategy, and the computational algorithm. Representative numerical exam- ples are given to show the efficiency, stability, versatility, and reliability of the proposed approach.

Self-adaptive strategy for one-dimensional finite element method based on EEP method with optimal super-convergence order

Based on the newly-developed element energy projection （EEP） method with optimal super-convergence order for computation of super-convergent results, an improved self-adaptive strategy for one-dimensional finite element method （FEM） is proposed. In the strategy, a posteriori errors are estimated by comparing FEM solutions to EEP super-convergent solutions with optimal order of super-convergence, meshes are refined by using the error-averaging method. Quasi-FEM solutions are used to replace the true FEM solutions in the adaptive process. This strategy has been found to be simple, clear, efficient and reliable. For most problems, only one adaptive step is needed to produce the required FEM solutions which pointwise satisfy the user specified error tolerances in the max-norm. Taking the elliptical ordinary differential equation of the second order as the model problem, this paper describes the fundamental idea, implementation strategy and computational algorithm and representative numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed approach.

SELF-ADAPTIVE STRATEGY FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD BASED ON ELEMENT ENERGY PROJECTION METHOD

Based on the newly-developed element energy projection （EEP） method for computation of super-convergent results in one-dimensional finite element method （FEM）, the task of self-adaptive FEM analysis was converted into the task of adaptive piecewise polynomial interpolation. As a result, a satisfactory FEM mesh can be obtained, and further FEM analysis on this mesh would immediately produce an FEM solution which usually satisfies the user specified error tolerance. Even though the error tolerance was not completely satisfied, one or two steps of further local refinements would be sufficient. This strategy was found to be very simple, rapid, cheap and efficient. Taking the elliptical ordinary differential equation of second order as the model problem, the fundamental idea, implementation strategy and detailed algorithm are described. Representative numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed approach.

New nonconforming finite element method for solving transient Naiver-Stokes equations

For transient Naiver-Stokes problems, a stabilized nonconforming finite element method is presented, focusing on two pairs inf-sup unstable finite element spaces, i.e., pNC/pNC triangular and pNQ/pNQ quadrilateral finite element spaces. The semi- and full-discrete schemes of the stabilized method are studied based on the pressure projection and a variational multi-scale method. It has some attractive features： avoiding higher-order derivatives and edge-based data structures, adding a discrete velocity term only on the fine scale, being effective for high Reynolds number fluid flows, and avoiding increased computation cost. For the full-discrete scheme, it has second-order estimations of time and is unconditionally stable. The presented numerical results agree well with the theoretical results.

On the Maximal Disjoint Division in Riesz Spaces

The authors p oint out a problem in the article of Ref.(Xiong Hongyun,Rong Ximin.Maximal disjoint systems in Riesz space and representation.Acta Math Sinica ,1998,41(4):763-766.)and revise it.Let E be an Archimed ean Riesz space possessing a weak unit e and a maximal disjoint division{e i:i∈I} in which each e i is a proj ection element. Concerning the following statements:(1) There exists a completel y regular Hausdorff space X such that E is Riesz isomorphic to C(X);(2) For every i∈I there exi sts a completely regular Hausdorff space X i such that the band generated by e i is Riesz isomorphic to C(X i).It is shown that (1) implies (2),and find some conditions for the inverse bein g true are found.Furthermore,if each X i in (2) is a compact Ha usdorff space, a necessary and sufficient condition is established under which E can be represented as a C(X) for some compact Hausdorff space X.As corollaries, corresponding results for late rally complete Riesz spaces are obtained.

Mathematical analysis of EEP method for one-dimensional finite element postprocessing

For a class of two-point boundary value problems, by virtue of onedimensional projection interpolation, it is proved that the nodal recovery derivative obtained by Yuan＇s element energy projection （EEP） method has the accuracy O（h^min{2k,k＋4}） The theoretical analysis coincides the reported numerical results.

THE PARTIAL PROJECTION METHOD IN THE FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION OF THE REISSNER-MINDLIN PLATE MODEL

In the paper a linear combination of both the standard mixed formulation and the displacement one of the Reissner-Mindlin plate theory is used to enhance stability of the former and to remove ''locking'' of the later. For this new stabilized formulation, a unified approach to convergence analysis is presented for a wide spectrum of finite element spaces. As long as the rotation space is appropriately enriched, the formulation is convergent for the finite element spaces of sufficiently high order. Optimal-order error estimates with constants independent of the plate thickness are proved for the various lower order methods of this kind.

A Pseudo-Stokes Mesh Motion Algorithm

This work presents a moving mesh methodology based on the solution of a pseudo flow problem.The mesh motion is modeled as a pseudo Stokes problem solved by an explicit finite element projection method.The mesh quality requirements are satisfied by employing a null divergent velocity condition.This methodology is applied to triangular unstructured meshes and compared to well known approaches such as the ones based on diffusion and pseudo structural problems.One of the test cases is an airfoil with a fully meshed domain.A specific rotation velocity is imposed as the airfoil boundary condition.The other test is a set of two cylinders that move toward each other.A mesh quality criteria is employed to identify critically distorted elements and to evaluate the performance of each mesh motion approach.The results obtained for each test case show that the pseudo-flow methodology produces satisfactory meshes during the moving process.