Research on the flow stability and noise reduction characteristics of quasi-periodic elastic support skin

To enhance flow stability and reduce hydrodynamic noise caused by fluctuating pressure,a quasiperiodic elastic support skin composed of flexible walls and elastic support elements is proposed for fluid noise reduction.The arrangement of the elastic support element is determined by the equivalent periodic distance and quasi-periodic coefficient.In this paper,a dynamic model of skin in a fluid environment is established.The influence of equivalent periodic distance and quasi-periodic coefficient on flow stability is investigated.The results suggest that arranging the elastic support elements in accordance with the quasi-periodic law can effectively enhance flow stability.Meanwhile,the hydrodynamic noise calculation results demonstrate that the skin exhibits excellent noise reduction performance,with reductions of 10 dB in the streamwise direction,11 dB in the spanwise direction,and 10 dB in the normal direction.The results also demonstrate that the stability analysis method can serve as a diagnostic tool for flow fields and guide the design of noise reduction structures.

Mobility edges in one-dimensional finite-sized models with large quasi-periodic disorders

We study the one-dimensional tight-binding model with quasi-periodic disorders,where the quasi-period is tuned to be large compared to the system size.It is found that this type of model with large quasi-periodic disorders can also support the mobility edges,which is very similar to the models with slowly varying quasi-periodic disorders.The energy-matching method is employed to determine the locations of mobility edges in both types of models.These results of mobility edges are verified by numerical calculations in various examples.We also provide qualitative arguments to support the fact that large quasi-periodic disorders will lead to the existence of mobility edges.

Optimal quasi-periodic maintenance policies for two-unit series system

To investigate the effects of various random factors on the preventive maintenance （PM） decision-making of one type of two-unit series system, an optimal quasi-periodic PM policy is introduced. Assume that PM is perfect for unit 1 and only mechanical service for unit 2 in the model. PM activity is randomly performed according to a dynamic PM plan distributed in each implementation period. A replacement is determined based on the competing results of unplanned and planned replacements. The unplanned replacement is trigged by a catastrophic failure of unit 2, and the planned replacement is executed when the PM number reaches the threshold N. Through modeling and analysis, a solution algorithm for an optimal implementation period and the PM number is given, and optimal process and parametric sensitivity are provided by a numerical example. Results show that the implementation period should be decreased as soon as possible under the condition of meeting the needs of practice, which can increase mean operating time and decrease the long-run cost rate.

On reducibility of a class of nonlinear quasi-periodic systems with small perturbational parameters near equilibrium

Consider the reducibility of a class of nonlinear quasi-periodic systems with multiple eigenvalues under perturbational hypothesis in the neighborhood of equilibrium. That is, consider the following system x = （A ＋ εQ（ t） ）x ＋ eg（t） ＋ h（x, t）, where A is a constant matrix with multiple eigenvalues; h = O（x2） （x-4）） ; and h（x, t）, Q（t）, and g（t） are analytic quasi-periodic with respect to t with the same frequencies. Under suitable hypotheses of non-resonance conditions and non-degeneracy conditions, for most sufficiently small ε, the system can be reducible to a nonlinear quasi-periodic system with an equilibrium point by means of a quasi-periodic transformation.

CHARACTERISTICS OF QUASI-PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS DURING SEA FOG EVENTS

Based on the high-resolution datasets collected in a sea fog field experiment at the northern coast of South China Sea,the variations of liquid water content (LWC) and net longwave radiation flux (NLRF) during two sea fog events on 16th-17th and 18th-19th March,2008 are exaimeed by wavelet analysis,and the cooling mechanisms for fog formation and persistence are also investigated.The main results are shown as follows.(1) Sea fog may develop and persist whether it is cloudy or not aloft.However,when there is cloud aloft the LWC is less and wind speed in sea fog is higher than that in the clear sky.(2) The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of NLRF are observed in the formation stage of the two fogs.QPOs of LWC are only found in the developing stage no matter with cloudless or cloudy condition.(3) It is likely that sea fog forms by the cooling effects of longwave radiation and develops through the vertical mixing induced by the radiative cooling at the upper level.(4) During sea fog development and persistence,other mechanisms could also play important roles in fog-layer cooling,such as turbulent heat transport and radiation transport between air-sea interfaces.

Multiscale Nonlinear Thermo-Mechanical Coupling Analysis of Composite Structures with Quasi-Periodic Properties

This paper reports a multiscale analysis method to predict the thermomechanical coupling performance of composite structures with quasi-periodic properties.In these material structures,the configurations are periodic,and the material coefficients are quasi-periodic,i.e.,they depend not only on the microscale information but also on the macro location.Also,a mutual interaction between displacement and temperature fields is considered in the problem,which is our particular interest in this study.The multiscale asymptotic expansions of the temperature and displacement fields are constructed and associated error estimation in nearly pointwise sense is presented.Then,a finite element-difference algorithm based on the multiscale analysis method is brought forward in detail.Finally,some numerical examples are given.And the numerical results show that the multiscale method presented in this paper is effective and reliable to study the nonlinear thermo-mechanical coupling problem of composite structures with quasiperiodic properties.

Quasi-Periodic Waves and Asymptotic Property for Boiti-Leon-Manna-Pempinelli Equation

In this paper,multi-periodic (quasi-periodic) wave solutions are constructed for the Boiti-Leon-Manna-Pempinelli(BLMP) equation by using Hirota bilinear method and Riemann theta function.At the same time,weanalyze in details asymptotic properties of the multi-periodic wave solutions and give their asymptotic relations betweenthe periodic wave solutions and the soliton solutions.

Improving Wilson-θ and Newmark-β Methods for Quasi-Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Quasi-periodic responses can appear in a wide variety of nonlinear dynamical systems. To the best of our knowledge, it has been a tough job for years to solve quasi-periodic solutions, even by numerical algorithms. Here in this paper, we will present effective and accurate algorithms for quasi-periodic solutions by improving Wilson-θ and Newmark-β methods, respectively. In both the two methods, routinely, the considered equations are rearranged in the form of incremental equilibrium equations with the coefficient matrixes being updated in each time step. In this study, the two methods are improved via a predictor-corrector algorithm without updating the coefficient matrixes, in which the predicted solution at one time point can be corrected to the true one at the next. Numerical examples show that, both the improved Wilson-θ and Newmark-β methods can provide much more accurate quasi-periodic solutions with a smaller amount of computational resources. With a simple way to adjust the convergence of the iterations, the improved methods can even solve some quasi-periodic systems effectively, for which the original methods cease to be valid.

Geometric Aspects of Quasi-Periodic Property of Dirichlet Functions

The concept of quasi-periodic property of a function has been introduced by Harald Bohr in 1921 and it roughly means that the function comes (quasi)-periodically as close as we want on every vertical line to the value taken by it at any point belonging to that line and a bounded domain Ω. He proved that the functions defined by ordinary Dirichlet series are quasi-periodic in their half plane of uniform convergence. We realized that the existence of the domain Ω is not necessary and that the quasi-periodicity is related to the denseness property of those functions which we have studied in a previous paper. Hence, the purpose of our research was to prove these two facts. We succeeded to fulfill this task and more. Namely, we dealt with the quasi-periodicity of general Dirichlet series by using geometric tools perfected by us in a series of previous projects. The concept has been applied to the whole complex plane (not only to the half plane of uniform convergence) for series which can be continued to meromorphic functions in that plane. The question arise: in what conditions such a continuation is possible? There are known examples of Dirichlet series which cannot be continued across the convergence line, yet there are no simple conditions under which such a continuation is possible. We succeeded to find a very natural one.

Studies of Optical Properties of Symmetrical Quasi-Periodic Photonic Crystals

Using the transfer matrix method approach (TMM), the present paper attempts to determine the optical properties of quasi-periodic symmetric one-dimensional photonic systems. In addition, it studies hybrid hetero-structure systems constructed by using periodic and quasi-periodic multilayer systems. The effect of symmetry applied to symmetric multilayer systems results in the appearance of optical windows at the photonic band gaps (PBG) of the system. The use of hybrid symmetric systems, at normal incidence in the visible range, show that the complete photonic band gap is the sum of bands from individual systems. The results show also that the width of the PBG depends on the parameters and nature of the built system.

Quasi-periodic events on structured earthquake models

There has been much interest in studying quasi-periodic events on earthquake models.Here we investigate quasiperiodic events in the avalanche time series on structured earthquake models by the analysis of the autocorrelation function and the fast Fourier transform.For random spatial earthquake models, quasi-periodic events are robust and we obtain a simple rule for a period that is proportional to the choice of unit time and the dissipation of the system.Moreover, computer simulations validate this rule for two-dimensional lattice models and cycle graphs, but our simulation results also show that small-world models, scale-free models, and random rule graphs do not have periodic phenomena.Although the periodicity of avalanche does not depend on the criticality of the system or the average degree of the system or the size of the system,there is evidence that it depends on the time series of the average force of the system.

Band structures of elastic waves in two-dimensional eight-fold solid–solid quasi-periodic phononic crystals

Combined with the supercell method, band structures of the anti-plane and in-plane modes of two-dimensional （2D） eight-fold solid-solid quasi-periodic phononic crystals （QPNCs） are calculated by using the finite element method. The influences of the supercell on the band structure and the wave localization phenomenon are discussed based on the modal distributions. The reason for the appearance of unphysical bands is analyzed. The influence of the incidence angle on the transmission spectrum is also discussed.

Quasi-Periodic Structures Based on Symmetrical Lucas Function of (2+1)-Dimensional Modified Dispersive Water-Wave System

By introducing the Lucas-Riccati method and a linear variable separation method, new variable separation solutions with arbitrary functions are derived for a （2＋1）-dimensional modified dispersive water-wave system. The main idea of this method is to express the solutions of this system as polynomials in the solution of the Riecati equation that the symmetrical Lucas functions satisfy. From the variable separation sohition and by selecting appropriate functions, some novel Jacobian elliptic wave structure with variable modulus and their interactions with dromions and peakons are investigated.

Stability and Robustness Analysis of an Adaptive Algorithm for Quasi-periodic Disturbances Rejection

Winding and web transport systems are subjected to quasi-periodic disturbances of the web tension due to the eccentricity and the non-circularity of the reel and rolls. The disturbances induced by the non-circularity and eccentricity of the rolls are quasi-periodic with a frequency that varies with their rotation speed. An adaptive method of rejection of these disturbances is proposed in this paper. It is based on a phase-locked loop structure that estimates simutaneously the phase and magnitude of the perturbation and then cancels it. This algorithm can be plugged in an existing industrial controller. The stability and robustness of the algorithm are also discussed. The ability of the algorithm to reject quasi-periodic disturbances with slowly varying frequencies is shown through simulation results.

Quasi-periodic and Non-periodic Waves in （2q-1）-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems

New exact quasi-periodic and non-periodic solutions for the （2＋ 1）-dimensional nonlinear systems are studied by means of the multi-linear variable separation approach （MLVSA） and the Jacobi elliptic functions with the space-time-dependent modulus. Though the result is valid for all the MLVSA solvable models, it is explicitly shown for the long-wave and short-wave interaction model.

Quasi-periodic Solutions of the General Nonlinear Beam Equations

In this paper, one-dimensional （1D） nonlinear beam equations of the form utt - uxx ＋ uxxxx ＋ mu = f （u） with Dirichlet boundary conditions are considered, where the nonlinearity f is an analytic, odd function and f（u） = O（u3）. It is proved that for all m ∈ （0, M＊] R （M＊ is a fixed large number）, but a set of small Lebesgue measure, the above equations admit small-amplitude quasi-periodic solutions corresponding to finite dimensional invariant tori for an associated infinite dimensional dynamical system. The proof is based on an infinite dimensional KAM theory and a partial Birkhoff normal form technique.

The Spectral Representation of a Class of m-KP Equation and Its Quasi-periodic Solution

This paper gives the spectral representation of a class of （2＋1）-dimensional modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili（m-KP） equation with a constant parameter. Its quasi-periodic solution is obtained in terms of Riemann theta functions.

Boundedness in Asymmetric Quasi-periodic Oscillations

In the paper, by applying the method of main integration, we show the boundedness of the quasi-periodic second order differential equation x′′+ ax;-bx;+φ（x） = p（t）, where a≠b are two positive constants and φ（s）, p（t） are real analytic functions. Moreover, the p（t） is quasi-periodic coefficient, whose frequency vectors are Diophantine. The results we obtained also imply that, under some conditions,the quasi-periodic oscillator has the Lagrange stability.

QUASI-PERIODIC WAVES AND QUASI-SOLITARY WAVES IN STRATIFIED FLUID OF SLOWLY VARYING DEPTH

The nonlinear waves in a stratified fluid of slowly varying depth are investigated in this paper.The model considered here consists of a two-layer incompressible constant-density inviscid fluid confined by a slightly uneven bottom and a horizontal rigid wall.The Korteweg-de Vries(KdV)equation with varying coefficients is derived with the aid of the reductive perturbation method.By using the method of multiple scales,the approximate solutions of this equation are obtained.It is found that the unevenness of bottom may lead to the generation of socalled quasi-periodic waves and quasi-solitary waves,whose periods,propagation velocities and wave profiles vary slowly.The relations of the period of quasi-periodic waves and of the amplitude,propagation velocity of quasi-solitary waves varying with the depth of fluid are also presented.The models with two horizontal rigid walls or single-layer fluid can be regarded as particular cases of those in this paper.

Reducibility of Periodic Quasi-Periodic Systems

In this work, the reducibility of quasi-periodic systems with strong parametric excitation is studied. We first applied a special case of Lyapunov-Perron (L-P) transformation for time periodic system known as the Lyapunov-Floquet (L-F) transformation to generate a dynamically equivalent system. Then, we used the quasi-periodicnear-identity transformation to reduce this dynamically equivalent system to a constant coefficient system by solving homological equations via harmonic balance. In this process, we obtained the reducibility/resonance conditions that needed to be satisfied to convert a quasi-periodic system in to a constant one. Assuming the reducibility is possible, we obtain the L-P transformation that can transform original quasi-periodic system into a system with constant coefficients. Two examples are presented that show the application of this approach.