Free vibration of thermo-elastic microplate based on spatiotemporal fractional-order derivatives with nonlocal characteristic length and time

A fractional-order thermo-elastic model taking into account the small-scale effects of the thermo-elastic coupled behavior is developed to study the free vibration of a higher-order shear microplate.The nonlocal strain gradient theory is modified with the introduction of the fractional-order derivatives and the nonlocal characteristic length.The Fourier heat conduction is replaced by the non-Fourier heat conduction with the introduction of the fractional order and the memory characteristic time.Numerical calculations are performed to analyze the effects of the nonlocal strain gradient parameters,the spatiotemporal fractional order,the nonlocal characteristic length,and the memory characteristic time on the natural frequencies,the vibration attenuation,and the phase shift between the temperature field and the displacement field.The numerical results show that the new thermo-elastic model with the spatiotemporal fractional order can provide more exquisite descriptions of the thermo-elastic behavior at a small scale.

IMPULSIVE EXPONENTIAL SYNCHRONIZATION OF FRACTIONAL-ORDER COMPLEX DYNAMICAL NETWORKS WITH DERIVATIVE COUPLINGS VIA FEEDBACK CONTROL BASED ON DISCRETE TIME STATE OBSERVATIONS

This article aims to address the global exponential synchronization problem for fractional-order complex dynamical networks(FCDNs)with derivative couplings and impulse effects via designing an appropriate feedback control based on discrete time state observations.In contrast to the existing works on integer-order derivative couplings,fractional derivative couplings are introduced into FCDNs.First,a useful lemma with respect to the relationship between the discrete time observations term and a continuous term is developed.Second,by utilizing an inequality technique and auxiliary functions,the rigorous global exponential synchronization analysis is given and synchronization criterions are achieved in terms of linear matrix inequalities(LMIs).Finally,two examples are provided to illustrate the correctness of the obtained results.

Fractional-order visco-plastic constitutive model for uniaxial ratcheting behaviors

This paper proposes a novel unified visco-plastic constitutive model for uniaxial ratcheting behaviors. The cyclic deformation of the material presents remarkable time-dependence and history memory phenomena. The fractional(fractional-order)derivative is an efficient tool for modeling these phenomena. Therefore, we develop a cyclic fractional-order unified visco-plastic(FVP) constitutive model. Specifically, within the framework of the cyclic elasto-plastic theory, the fractional derivative is used to describe the accumulated plastic strain rate and nonlinear kinematic hardening rule based on the Ohno-Abdel-Karim model. Moreover, a new radial return method for the back stress is developed to describe the unclosed hysteresis loops of the stress-strain properly.The capacity of the FVP model used to predict the cyclic deformation of the SS304 stainless steel is verified through a comparison with the corresponding experimental data found in the literature(KANG, G. Z., KAN, Q. H., ZHANG, J., and SUN, Y. F. Timedependent ratcheting experiments of SS304 stainless steel. International Journal of Plasticity, 22(5), 858–894(2006)). The FVP model is shown to be successful in predicting the rate-dependent ratcheting behaviors of the SS304 stainless steel.

Attempt to generalize fractional-order electric elements to complex-order ones

The complex derivative D^α±jβ, with α, β ∈ R＋ is a generalization of the concept of integer derivative, where α = 1,β = 0. Fractional-order electric elements and circuits are becoming more and more attractive. In this paper, the complexorder electric elements concept is proposed for the first time, and the complex-order elements are modeled and analyzed.Some interesting phenomena are found that the real part of the order affects the phase of output signal, and the imaginary part affects the amplitude for both the complex-order capacitor and complex-order memristor. More interesting is that the complex-order capacitor can do well at the time of fitting electrochemistry impedance spectra. The complex-order memristor is also analyzed. The area inside the hysteresis loops increases with the increasing of the imaginary part of the order and decreases with the increasing of the real part. Some complex case of complex-order memristors hysteresis loops are analyzed at last, whose loop has touching points beyond the origin of the coordinate system.

A specific state variable for a class of 3D continuous fractional-order chaotic systems

A specific state variable in a class of 3D continuous fractional-order chaotic systems is presented. All state variables of fractional-order chaotic systems of this class can be obtained via a specific state variable and its （q-order and 2q-order） time derivatives. This idea is demonstrated by using several well-known fractional-order chaotic systems. Finally, a synchronization scheme is investigated for this fractional-order chaotic system via a specific state variable and its （q-order and 2q-order） time derivatives. Some examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization method.

Stability of a linear oscillator with damping force of the fractional-order derivative

It begins with the study of damping representation of a linear vibration system of single degree of freedom (SDOF),from the view point of fractional calculus. By using the idea of stability switch,it shows that the linear term involving the fractional-order derivative of an order between 0 and 2 always acts as a damping force,so that the unique equilibrium is asymp-totically stable. Further,based on the idea of stability switch again,the paper proposes a scheme for determining the stable gain region of a linear vibration system under a fractional-order control. It shows that unlike the classical velocity feedback which can adjust the damping force only,a fractional-order feedback can adjust not only the damping force,but also the elastic re-storing force,and in addition,a fractional-order PDα control can either enlarge the stable gain region or narrow the stable gain region. For the dynamic systems described by integer-order derivatives,the asymptotical stability of an equilibrium is guaranteed if all characteristic roots stay in the open left half-plane,while for the systems with fractional-order derivatives,the asymptotical stability of an equilibrium is guaranteed if all characteristic roots stay within a sector in the complex plane. Analysis shows that the proposed method,based on the idea of stability switch,works effectively in the stability analysis of dynamical systems with fractional-order derivatives.

Multi-focus image fusion based on fractional-orderderivative and intuitionistic fuzzy sets

Multi-focus image fusion is an increasingly important component in image fusion,and it plays a key role in imaging.In this paper,we put forward a novel multi-focus image fusion method which employs fractional-order derivative and intuitionistic fuzzy sets.The original image is decomposed into a base layer and a detail layer.Furthermore,a new fractional-order spatial frequency is built to reflect the clarity of the image.The fractional-order spatial frequency is used as a rule for detail layers fusion,and intuitionistic fuzzy sets are introduced to fuse base layers.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed fusion method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods for multi-focus image fusion.

Finite Difference Schemes for Time-Space Fractional Diffusion Equations in One-and Two-Dimensions

In this paper,finite difference schemes for solving time-space fractional diffusion equations in one dimension and two dimensions are proposed.The temporal derivative is in the Caputo-Hadamard sense for both cases.The spatial derivative for the one-dimensional equation is of Riesz definition and the two-dimensional spatial derivative is given by the fractional Laplacian.The schemes are proved to be unconditionally stable and convergent.The numerical results are in line with the theoretical analysis.

Robust Finite-Time Stability and Stabilization of a Class of Fractional-Order Switched Nonlinear Systems

This paper deals with the problem of finite-time boundedness and fin计e-time stabilization boundedness of frax?tional-order switched nonlinear systems with exogenous inputs.By constructing a simple Lyapunov-like function and using some properties of Caputo derivative,the authors obtain some new sufficient conditions for the problem via linear matrix inequalities,which can be efficiently solved by using existing convex algorithms.A constructive geometric is used to design switching laws amongst the subsystems.The obtained results are more general and useful than some existing works,and cover them as special cases,in which only linear fractional-order systems were presented.Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.

Backward bifurcation in a fractional-order and two-patch model of tuberculosis epidemic with incomplete treatment

In this paper,we consider a tuberculosis model with incomplete treatment and extend the model to a Caputo fractional-order and two-patch version with exogenous re-infection among the treated individuals,in which only susceptible individuals can travel freely between the patches.The model has multiple equilibria.We determine conditions that lead to the appearance of a backward bifurcation.The results show that the TB model can have exogenous reinfection among the treated individuals and,at the same time,does not exhibit backward bifurcation.Also,conditions that lead to the global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium are obtained.In case without reinfection,the model has four equilibria.In this case,the global asymptotic stability of the equilibria is established using the Lyapunov function theory together with the LaSalle invariance principle for fractional differential equations(FDEs).Numerical simulations confirm the validity of the theoretical results.

Truncated Fractional-Order Total Variation Model for Image Restoration

Fractional-order derivative is attracting more and more interest from researchers working on image processing because it helps to preserve more texture than total variation when noise is removed.In the existing works,the Grunwald–Letnikov fractional-order derivative is usually used,where the Dirichlet homogeneous boundary condition can only be considered and therefore the full lower triangular Toeplitz matrix is generated as the discrete partial fractional-order derivative operator.In this paper,a modified truncation is considered in generating the discrete fractional-order partial derivative operator and a truncated fractional-order total variation(tFoTV)model is proposed for image restoration.Hopefully,first any boundary condition can be used in the numerical experiments.Second,the accuracy of the reconstructed images by the tFoTV model can be improved.The alternating directional method of multiplier is applied to solve the tFoTV model.Its convergence is also analyzed briefly.In the numerical experiments,we apply the tFoTV model to recover images that are corrupted by blur and noise.The numerical results show that the tFoTV model provides better reconstruction in peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR)than the full fractional-order variation and total variation models.From the numerical results,we can also see that the tFoTV model is comparable with the total generalized variation(TGV)model in accuracy.In addition,we can roughly fix a fractional order according to the structure of the image,and therefore,there is only one parameter left to determine in the tFoTV model,while there are always two parameters to be fixed in TGV model.

Dynamics of Caputo fractional-order SIRV model:The effects of imperfect vaccination on disease transmission

Though vaccination protects individuals against many infectious diseases,such protection does not always last forever since a few vaccinated individuals could lose their lifelong immunity and eventually become infected.This study,therefore,determines the effects of imperfect vaccination and memory index on the spread of diseases through the Caputo fractional-order SIRV(Susceptible-Infected-Recovered-Vaccinated)epidemic model.Vital properties of the new model including the conditions for the existence of a unique solution determined through the fixed-point theory and the conditions for the existence of a positive solution of the model obtained via the Mittag-Leffler function along with the Laplace transformation-are thoroughly studied.Consequently,our simulation results report that an increase in the imperfect vaccination force increases the population of infected individuals.For the memory effect,the higher“memory”the epidemic system has of past states(which corresponds to decreasing values of fractionalorder parameter),the greater the peaks and magnitudes of infection shaping the epidemiological system dynamics.

Dynamic Response of Fractional-Order Viscoelastic High-Order Shear Beam Based on Nonlocal Strain Gradient Elasticity

The dynamic behavior of a viscoelastic high-order shear microbeam is studied based on a new constitutive model which incorporates size effects and viscoelasticity simultaneously.The size effects are modeled by the nonlocal gradient elasticity,while viscoelastic effects are modeled by fractional-order derivatives.The constitutive relation and the equations of motion are both differential equations with fractional-order derivatives.Based on the Laplace transform and inverse transform,the analytical solution of the dynamic response under a step load is obtained in terms of the Mittag–Leffler function.In order to verify the reliability of the analytical solution,a comparison with the numerical solution is also provided.Based on the numerical results,the effects of the nonlocal parameter,strain gradient parameter,fractional-order parameter,and viscosity coefficient on the dynamic response of the viscoelastic microbeam are discussed.It is found that the influences of the fractional order and the coefficient of viscosity on the dynamic response of the microbeam are very different,although both are related to the viscoelastic behavior.