Dynamics of a Quantum Dissipative System Coupled with an Oscillator

We study the dynamics of a quantum dissipative system. Besides its linear coupling with a harmonic bath modelling the dissipation, we suppose that it is coupled with an oscillator with an interaction of the form s 2 x 2 . In our study, we integrate over the bath and the oscillator, extract the corresponding influence functionals and then solve the system’s sign problem. We apply the theory to the case of a double well and study the time evolution of the expectation value of the position.

An improved influence function method for predicting subsidence caused by longwall mining operations in inclined coal seams

Prediction of surface subsidence caused by longwall mining operation in inclined coal seams is often very challenging. The existing empirical prediction methods are inflexible for varying geological and mining conditions. An improved influence function method has been developed to take the advantage of its fundamentally sound nature and flexibility. In developing this method, the original Knothe function has been transformed to produce a continuous and asymmetrical subsidence influence function. The empirical equations for final subsidence parameters derived from col- lected longwall subsidence data have been incorporated into the mathematical models to improve the prediction accuracy. A number of demonstration cases for longwall mining operations in coal seams with varying inclination angles, depths and panel widths have been used to verify the applicability of the new subsidence prediction model.

An influence function method based subsidence prediction program for longwall mining operations in inclined coal seams

The distribution of the final surface subsidence basin induced by longwall operations in inclined coal seam could be significantly different from that in flat coal seam and demands special prediction methods. Though many empirical prediction methods have been developed, these methods are inflexible for varying geological and mining conditions. An influence function method has been developed to take the advantage of its fundamentally sound nature and flexibility. In developing this method, significant modifications have been made to the original Knothe function to produce an asymmetrical influence function. The empirical equations for final subsidence parameters derived from US subsidence data and Chinese empirical values have been incorpo- rated into the mathematical models to improve the prediction accuracy. A corresponding computer program is developed. A number of subsidence cases for longwall mining operations in coal seams with varying inclination angles have been used to demonstrate the applicability of the developed subsidence prediction model.

A Fusion Kalman Filter and UFIR Estimator Using the Influence Function Method

In this paper,the Kalman filter(KF)and the unbiased finite impulse response(UFIR)filter are fused in the discrete-time state-space to improve robustness against uncertainties.To avoid the problem where fusion filters may give up some advantages of UFIR filters by fusing based on noise statistics,we attempt to find a way to fuse without using noise statistics.The fusion filtering algorithm is derived using the influence function that provides a quantified measure for disturbances on the resulting filtering outputs and is termed as an influence finite impulse response(IFIR)filter.The main advantage of the proposed method is that the noise statistics of process noise and measurement noise are no longer required in the fusion process,showing that a critical feature of the UFIR filter is inherited.One numerical example and a practice-oriented case are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.It is shown that the IFIR filter has adaptive performance and can automatically switch from the Kalman estimate to the UFIR estimates according to operating conditions.Moreover,the proposed method can reduce the effects of optimal horizon length on the UFIR estimate and can give the state estimates of best accuracy among all the compared methods.

Influence of Roll Elastic Deformation on Gaugemeter Equation for Plate Rolling

The error of gaugemeter equation decreases the gap setting precision.The precision of gaugemeter equation is strongly influenced by plate width,work roll radius,backup roll radius,work roll crown,backup roll crown and rolling force.And these influences are hard to measure.All these factors are converted to roll deflection deformation and roll flattening deformation for calculation.In order to calculate the deformation,the theory of influence function method was adopted.By using simulation program,the influence of these factors on deformation was obtained.Then a simple model can be built.With this model,it is convenient to analyze the influence of different factors on gaugemeter equation.

Diet and Rat Strain as Factors in Nervous System Function and Influence of Confounders

The necessity for understanding normal human cognitive processes and behavior, and themechanisrns which result in dysfunction in these processes are dependant on utilization of a suitable animal model. In order to develop pharmaceutical agents to alleviate mental disturbances and enable the individual to cope within the norms of society, it is incumbent upon investigators to choose a species in which pharmacokinetic principles are established and resemble those of hurnans. The choice of rats in cognition research studies has specific advantages in that these anirnals possess similar pharrnacodynamic parameters to hurnans. Further advantages include availability, low cost, ease of breeding, maintenance and an extensive literature database which enable comparisons to present findings. However, there are substantial differences in the perforrnance of various rat strains in tasks of learning, memory, attention, and responses to stress or drugs. In addition to rat strain, quantity of thed also exerts profound consequences on animal behavior. The aim of this review is to demonstrate that there are differences in the central nervous systern responsivencess of rat strains to chemicals and these could be related to factors such as source of supplier, type and quantity of feed, or season of the year. It is also evident that the genotype differs amongst strains and this may be responsible for the observed differences in CNS sensitivity to chemicals. Strain differences must be identified and taken into consideration in interpretation of assessrnent of neurobehavioural functions. It is also incumbent upon the investigators to utilize healthy (diet-controlled) animal models.

The Influence of Magnetic Turbulence on the Electron Distribution Function in LHCD Plasma

A conservative transport operator in space (v//,r) and moment equations are used to describe the combined effects of a stochastic magnetic field and a radial ambipolar electric field on the electrons. The transport operator is coupled with Fokker-planck and Ohmic heating terms to compute the electron distribution function. A physical picture exhibits the possible importance of the turbulent magnetic field on the suprathermal electrons, which may be concerned with plasma confinement.

Hidden blood loss after intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients and its influence on the postoperative function recovery:a random controlled trial

Objective To investigate hidden blood loss after various types of intertrochanteric fractures and to determine whether oral iron supplementations is benefical for the postoperative functional recovery in elderly patients.Methods From

Modeling of time dependent subsidence for coal and ore deposits

Coal and ore underground mining generates subsidence and deformation of the land surface. Those defor- mations may cause damage to buildings and infrastructures. The environmental impact of subsidence will not be accepted in the future by the society in many countries. Especially acceptance of the ground deformations decreases every year there, where the mining regions are densely urbanized, the The only solution is to limit the subsidence or its impact on the infrastructure. The first is not rentable for the mining industry, the second depends on the precise subsidence prediction and good preventing management involved in the mining areas. The precision of the subsidence prediction depends strictly on the mathematical model of the deformation phenomenon and on the uncertainty of the input data. The subsidence prediction in the geological conditions of the raw materials used to be made on the basis of numerical modeling or the stochastic models. A modified solution of the stochastic model by Knothe will be presented in the paper. The author focuses on the precise description of the deposit shape and on the time dependent displacements of the rock mass. A two parameters＇ time function has been introduced in the algorithm.

Gauge-meter model building based on the effect of elastic deformation of rolls in a plate mill

The calculation error of the gauge-meter model will affect the gap setting precision and the self-learn precision of rolling force. The precision of the gauge-meter model is strongly influenced by plate width, working roll radius, backup roll radius, working roll crown, backup roll crown, and rolling force. The influence rules are hard to get by measuring. Taking a conventional 4-h plate mill as the research subject, these influences were transferred into the calculation of roll deflection and flattening deformation. To calculate these deformations, the theory of the influence function method was adopted. By modifying the traditional gauge-meter model, a novel model of the effect of roll elastic deformation on the gap setting was built by data fitting. By this model, it was convenient to analyze the variation caused by the rolling condition. Combining the elastic deformation model of rolls with the kiss-rolls method, a gauge-meter model was put forward for plate thickness prediction. The prediction precision of thickness was greatly improved by the new gauge- meter model.

Adaptive Shape Control for Thermal Deformation of Membrane Mirror with In-plane PVDF Actuators

Optical membrane mirrors are promising key components for future space telescopes. Due to their ultra-thin and high flexible properties, the surfaces of these membrane mirrors are susceptible to temperature variations. Therefore adaptive shape control of the mirror is essential to maintain the surface precision and to ensure its working performance. However, researches on modeling and control of membrane mirrors under thermal loads are sparse in open literatures. A 0.2 m diameter scale model of a polyimide membrane mirror is developed in this study. Three Polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF) patches are laminated on the non-reflective side of the membrane mirror to serve as in-plane actuators. A new mathematical model of the piezoelectric actuated membrane mirror in multiple fields,(i.e., thermal,mechanical, and electrical field) is established, with which dynamic and static behaviors of the mirror can be analyzed.A closed-loop membrane mirror shape control system is set up and a surface shape control method based on an influence function matrix of the mirror is then investigated. Several experiments including surface displacement tracking and thermal deformation alleviation are performed. The deviations range from 15 μm to 20 μm are eliminated within 0.1 s and the residual deformation is controlled to micron level, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed membrane shape control strategy and shows a satisfactory real-time performance. The proposed research provides a technological support and instruction for shape control of optical membrane mirrors.

GALIN’S THEOREM HOLDS FOR MOVING PUNCH

This paper presents a formulation for solving three-dimensional moving punch problem. It proves that Galin's theorem holds for the punch. As an example, the study offers some results (including numerical data) of dynamic displacement over an ellipse contact region.

Numerical analysis of elastic coated solids in line contact

A line contact model of elastic coated solids is presented based on the influence coefficients(ICs) of surface displacement and stresses of coating-substrate system and the traditional contact model. The ICs of displacement and stresses are obtained from their corresponding frequency response functions(FRF) by using a conversion method based on fast Fourier transformation(FFT). The contact pressure and the stress field in the subsurface are obtained by employing conjugate gradient method(CGM) and discrete convolution fast Fourier transformation(DC-FFT). Comparison of the contact pressure and subsurface stresses obtained by the numerical method with the exact analytical solutions for Hertz contact is conducted, and the results show that the numerical solution has a very high accuracy and verify the validity of the contact model. The effect of the stiffness and thickness of coatings is further numerically studied. The result shows that the effects on contact pressure and contact width are opposite for hard and soft coatings and are intensified with the increase of coating thickness; the locations of crack initiation and propagation are different for soft and hard coatings; the risk of cracks and delaminations of coatings can be brought down by improving the lubrication condition or optimizing the non-dimensional parameter h/bh. This research offers a tool to numerically analyze the problem of elastic coated solids in line contact and make the blindness and randomness of trial-type coating design less.

Theoretical Studies on Photoionization Cross Sections of Solid Gold

Accurate expression for photoabsorption (photoionization) cross sections of high density system proposed recently is used to study the photoionization of solid gold. The results show that the present theoretical photoianization cross sections have good agreement both in structure and in magnitude with the experimental results of gold crystal. The studies also indicate that both the real part epsilon' and the imaginary part epsilon' of the complex dielectric constant epsilon and the dielectric influence function of a nonideal system have rich structures in low energy side with a range about 50 eV, and suggest that the influence of particle interactions of surrounding particles with the photoionized particle on the photoionization cross sections can be easily investigated using the dielectric influence function. The electron overlap effects are suggested to be implemented in the future studies to improve the accuracy of theoretical photoionization cross sections of a solid system.

Subsurface subsidence prediction model and its potential applications for longwall mining operations

This paper summarizes the development of an enhanced influence function method to predict longwall mining induced subsurface subsidence.This model takes the stratifications of the overburden,particularly the massive hard rock(i.e.,limestone and sandstone) layers,into consideration.A new deformation term,total strain or void intensity,has been introduced and can be determined from the predicted subsurface movements.This term reflects the volumetric expansion of overburden rock under the influence of mine subsidence.A case study has demonstrated the applicability of the enhanced subsurface subsidence prediction model.

Development of simulation system of strip flatness for hot tandem mill

Using three-dimensional rigid-plastic finite element method base on Lagrange multiplier to analyze the deformation of strip,influence function method to calculate the elastic deflection of rolls and three-dimensionalelastic FEM to analyze the flattening deformation between work roll and strip,a coupled model was established with a iteration way.The effect of various kinds flatness control method such as bending force,rolls shift and cross angle and also various kind of influence factors such as friction coefficient,strip crown,rolls wear and thermo-crown on strip flatness can be analyzed using this coupled model.A great deal of information for example outlet crown of the strip,front and back tension,rolling force distribution for per length,rolls elastic deformation and forward slip can be obtained.In order to improve computational efficiency,the average change of rolling force for per unit length was added into the criterion to determine if the coupled process is end,which can save 30 percent computing time for one pass but the changes of strip thickness is not large than 5μm.The exploration has certain conductive significance for improving efficiency of other type of mill.

The Social Functions of Gossip on Reality TV Show Big Brother

Gossip is a common phenomenon in human society though most people disdain it.Generally,gossip consists of four major social functions,namely information function,entertainment function,friendship function and influence function.This paper analyzes the gossip extracts from reality TV show Big Brother by using a detailed analytic approach to show how gossip functions.

Simulation model optimization for bonnet polishing considering consistent contact area response

Simulation model optimization plays a crucial role in the accurate prediction of material removal function in bonnet polishing processes,but model complexity often poses challenges to the practical implementation and efficiency of these processes.This paper presents an innovative method for optimizing simulation model parameters,focusing on achieving consistent contact area and the accurate prediction of the material removal function while preventing increase in model complexity.First,controllable and uncontrollable factors in bonnet simulations are analyzed,and then a simplified contact model is developed and applied under constant force conditions.To characterize the bonnet's contact performance,a contact area response curve is introduced,which can be obtained through a series of single spot contact experiments.Furthermore,a rubber hyperelastic parameter optimization model based on a neural network is proposed to achieve optimal matching of the contact area between simulation and experiment.The average deviation of the contact area under different conditions was reduced from 22.78%before optimization to 3.43%after optimization,preliminarily proving the effectiveness of the proposed simulation optimization model.Additionally,orthogonal experiments are further conducted to validate the proposed approach.The comparison between the experimental and predicted material removal functions reveals a high consistency,validating the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed optimization method based on consistent contact response.This research provides valuable insights into enhancing the reliability and effectiveness of bonnet polishing simulations with a simple and practical approach while mitigating the complexity of the model.

Local Dependence Test Between Random Vectors Based on the Robust Conditional Spearman's ρ and Kendall's τ

This paper introduces two local conditional dependence matrices based on Spearman'sρand Kendall'sτgiven the condition that the underlying random variables belong to the intervals determined by their quantiles.The robustness is studied by means of the influence functions of conditional Spearman'sρand Kendall'sτ.Using the two matrices,we construct the corresponding test statistics of local conditional dependence and derive their limit behavior including consistency,null and alternative asymptotic distributions.Simulation studies illustrate a superior power performance of the proposed Kendall-based test.Real data analysis with proposed methods provides a precise description and explanation of some financial phenomena in terms of mathematical statistics.