λ-PDF AND GEGENBAUER POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION FOR DYNAMIC RESPONSE PROBLEMS OF RANDOM STRUCTURES

A bounded,mono-peak,and symmetrically distributed probability density function, called λ-PDF,together with the Gegenbauer polynomial approximation,is used in dynamic response problems of random structures.The λ-PDF can reasonably model a variety of random parameters in engineering random structures.The Gegenbauer polynomial approximation can be viewed as a new extension of the weighted residual method into the random space.Both of them can be easily used by scientists and engineers,and applied to a variety of response problems of random structures.The numerical example shows the effectiveness of the proposed method to study dynamic phenomena in random structures.

SEISMIC RANDOM VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF STOCHASTIC STRUCTURES USING RANDOM FACTOR METHOD

Seismic random vibration analysis of stochastic truss structures is presented. A new method called random factor method is used for dynamic analysis of structures with uncertain parameters, due to variability in their material properties and geometry. Using the random factor method, the natural frequencies and modeshapes of a stochastic structure can be respectively described by the product of two parts, corresponding to the random factors of the structural parameters with uncertainty, and deterministic values of the natural frequencies and modeshapes obtained by conventional finite element analysis. The stochastic truss structure is subjected to stationary or non-stationary random earthquake excitation. Computational expressions for the mean and standard deviation of the mean square displacement and mean square stress are developed by means of the random variable＇s functional moment method and the algebra synthesis method. An antenna and a truss bridge are used as practical engineering examples to illustrate the application of the random factor method in the seismic response analysis of random structures under stationary or non-stationary random earthquake excitation.

L^0-CONVEX COMPACTNESS AND RANDOM NORMAL STRUCTURE IN L^0(F,B)

Let(B,||·||)be a Banach space,(?,F,P)a probability space,and L^0(F,B)the set of equivalence classes of strong random elements(or strongly measurable functions)from(?,F,P)to(B,||·||).It is well known that L^0(F,B)becomes a complete random normed module,which has played an important role in the process of applications of random normed modules to the theory of Lebesgue-Bochner function spaces and random operator theory.Let V be a closed convex subset of B and L^0(F,V)the set of equivalence classes of strong random elements from(?,F,P)to V.The central purpose of this article is to prove the following two results:(1)L^0(F,V)is L^0-convexly compact if and only if V is weakly compact;(2)L^0(F,V)has random normal structure if V is weakly compact and has normal structure.As an application,a general random fixed point theorem for a strong random nonexpansive operator is given,which generalizes and improves several well known results.We hope that our new method,namely skillfully combining measurable selection theorems,the theory of random normed modules,and Banach space techniques,can be applied in the other related aspects.

MATRIX ALGEBRA ALGORITHM OF STRUCTURE RANDOM RESPONSE NUMERICAL CHARACTERISTICS

A new algorithm of structure random response numerical characteristics, namedas matrix algebra algorithm of structure analysis is presented. Using the algorithm, structurerandom response numerical characteristics can easily be got by directly solving linear matrixequations rather than structure motion differential equations. Moreover, in order to solve thecorresponding linear matrix equations, the numerical integration fast algorithm is presented. Thenaccording to the results, dynamic design and life-span estimation can be done. Besides, the newalgorithm can solve non-proportion damp structure response.

Study on the distribution law of random code structure of irregular LDPC codes and its application in eliminating short cycles

The distribution law of the random code structure of randomly constructed irregular low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes is studied, Based on the Progressive Edge-Growth （PEG） algorithm, a new algorithm which can both ellminate short cycles and keep the distribution of the random code structure is presented, The experimentsl results show that the performance of the irregular LDPC codes constructed by the new algorithm is superior to that of the PEG algorithm,

Feedback control can make data structure layout randomization more cost-effective under zero-day attacks

In the wake of the research community gaining deep understanding about control-hijacking attacks,data-oriented attacks have emerged.Among data-oriented attacks,data structure manipulation attack(DSMA)is a major category.Pioneering research was conducted and shows that DSMA is able to circumvent the most effective defenses against control-hijacking attacks-DEP,ASLR and CFI.Up to this day,only two defense techniques have demonstrated their effectiveness:Data Flow Integrity(DFI)and Data Structure Layout Randomization(DSLR).However,DFI has high performance overhead,and dynamic DSLR has two main limitations.L-1:Randomizing a large set of data structures will significantly affect the performance.L-2:To be practical,only a fixed sub-set of data structures are randomized.In the case that the data structures targeted by an attack are not covered,dynamic DSLR is essentially noneffective.To address these two limitations,we propose a novel technique,feedback-control-based adaptive DSLR and build a system named SALADSPlus.SALADSPlus seeks to optimize the trade-off between security and cost through feedback control.Using a novel feedback-control-based adaptive algorithm extended from the Upper Confidence Bound(UCB)algorithm,the defender(controller)uses the feedbacks(cost-effectiveness)from previous randomization cycles to adaptively choose the set of data structures to randomize(the next action).Different from dynamic DSLR,the set of randomized data structures are adaptively changed based on the feedbacks.To obtain the feedbacks,SALADSPlus inserts canary in each data structure at the time of compilation.We have implemented SALADSPlus based on gcc-4.5.0.Experimental results show that the runtime overheads are 1.8%,3.7%,and 5.3% when the randomization cycles are selected as 10s,5s,and 1s respectively.

Determination of Random Periodic Structures in Transverse Magnetic Polarization

Consider an inverse problem that aims to identify key statistical pro-perties of the profile for the unknown random perfectly conducting grating structure by boundary measurements of the diffracted fields in transverse mag-netic polarization.The method proposed in this paper is based on a novel combination of the Monte Carlo technique,a continuation method and the Karhunen-Loève expansion for the uncertainty quantification of the random structure.Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Exploring traffic safety climate with driving condition and driving behaviour:a random parameter structural equation model approach

This study aimed to explore traffic safety climate by quantifying driving conditions and driving behaviour.To achieve the objective,the random parameter structural equation model was proposed so that driver action and driving condition can address the safety climate by integrating crash features,vehicle profiles,roadway conditions and environment conditions.The geo-localized crash open data of Las Vegas metropolitan area were collected from 2014 to 2016,including 27 arterials with 16827 injury samples.By quantifying the driving conditions and driving actions,the random parameter structural equation model was built up with measurement variables and latent variables.Results revealed that the random parameter structural equation model can address traffic safety climate quantitatively,while driving conditions and driving actions were quantified and reflected by vehicles,road environment and crash features correspondingly.The findings provide potential insights for practitioners and policy makers to improve the driving environment and traffic safety culture.

Polymer types regulation strategy toward the synthesis of carbonized polymer dots with excitation-wavelength dependent or independent fluorescence

Three kinds of carbonized polymer dots(CPDs) synthesized via a one-pot process from ophenylenediamine(OPD), m-phenylenediamine(MPD) and p-phenylenediamine(PPD) exhibit excitationwavelength independent yellow, green and red emissions, respectively. In sharp contrast, two kinds of CPDs prepared via a hydrothermal process from citric acid(CA) and diethylenetriamine(DETA) exhibit obvious excitation-wavelength dependent emissions. Through the characterization and comparison of the two types of CPDs, it is concretely revealed that the polymer structure types during the formation of CPDs can effectively control the fluorescence excitation-wavelength independence/dependence. The homogeneous polymer structures contained in CPDs contribute to excitation-wavelength independence, whereas random copolymer structures contribute to excitation-wavelength dependence. These studies are of great significance for further understanding the polymer structures and designing unique optical properties of CPDs.

Exploring influential factors and endogeneity of traffic flow of different lanes on urban freeways using Bayesian multivariate spatial models

The traffic flow pertinent modelling is essential for distinct strategy formulations.However,the present literature illustrated some needed improvements for such models,especially those related to lane-specific flow.Given such context,this study aims to bridge the research gap by generating regression models to investigate influential factors for traffic flow based on the data collected from one multilane freeway.With the Full Bayesian specification,the hierarchical models were built by accounting for three types of random effects:the structured and unstructured spatial effects,and the one addressing the multivariate heterogeneity across multiple lanes.The endogenous relationship of traffic flow of adjacent lanes was also explored by utilizing the capability of multivariate correlation structure for simultaneous estimation of lane flow.The model estimates revealed the presence of endogeneity with statistical significance for the flow of neighbouring lanes for both directions of travel.The impact of flow was not only limited to the adjacent lanes but also to non-adjacent lanes.The multivariate specification also confirmed interdependency for lane flows.Compared to conventional approaches,the more accurate model estimation in the study indicates the advantage of incorporating the various correlation structures in the models.