THE SINGULAR PERTURBATION METHOD APPLIED TO THE NONLINEAR STABILITY PROBLEM OF A SHALLOW SPHERICAL SHELL(Ⅱ)

In this paper we consider the nonlinear stability of a thin elastic circular shallow spherical shell under the action of uniform normal pressure with a clamped edge. When the geometrical parameter k is large, the uniformly valid asymptotic solutions are obtained by means of the singular perturbation method. In addition, we give the analytic formula for determining the centre deflection and the critical load, and the stability curve is also derived. This paper is a continuation of the author's previous paper[11]

Accelerated RHSS Iteration Method for Stabilized Saddle-Point Problems

For stabilized saddle-point problems, we apply the two iteration parameters idea for regularized Hermitian and skew-Hermitian splitting (RHSS) method and establish accelerated RHSS (ARHSS) iteration method. Theoretical analysis shows that the ARHSS method converges unconditionally to the unique solution of the saddle point problem. Finally, we use a numerical example to confirm the effectiveness of the method.

A simple criterion for finite time stability with application to impacted buckling of elastic columns

The existing theories of finite-time stability depend on a prescribed bound on initial disturbances and a prescribed threshold for allowable responses. It remains a challenge to identify the critical value of loading parameter for finite time instability observed in experiments without the need of specifying any prescribed threshold for al- lowable responses. Based on an energy balance analysis of a simple dynamic system, this paper proposes a general criterion for finite time stability which indicates that finite time stability of a linear dynamic system with constant coefficients during a given time interval [0, tf] is guaranteed provided the product of its maximum growth rate （determined by the maximum eigen-root pl 〉0） and the duration tf does not exceed 2, i.e., pltf 〈2. The proposed criterion （pltf=2） is applied to several problems of impacted buckling of elastic columns： （i） an elastic column impacted by a striking mass, （ii） longitudinal impact of an elastic column on a rigid wall, and （iii） an elastic column compressed at a constant speed （＂Hoff problem＂）, in which the time-varying axial force is replaced approximately by its average value over the time duration. Comparison of critical parameters predicted by the proposed criterion with available experimental and simulation data shows that the proposed criterion is in robust reasonable agreement with the known data, which suggests that the proposed simple criterion （pltf---2） can be used to estimate critical parameters for finite time stability of dynamic systems governed by linear equations with constant coefficients.

ON THE EXISTENCE AND STABILITY OF SOLUTION FOR SEMI－HOMOGENEOUS BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

In this paper. we discuss the existence and stability of solution for two semi-homogeneous boundary value problems. The relative theorems in [1.2] are extended. Meanwhile. we obtain some new results.

A new model of the harmonic control based on Hadamard product

In terms of Hadamard product, a new model is proposed for the control of connection coefficients of the state variables of the systems. The control law to stabilize the systems via the regulations of connection coefficients is obtained via a Hadamard product involved bilinear matrix inequalities. This new control model may be of significant applications in many fields, especially may be of some special sense in the emergency control such as isolation and obstruction control.

ON THE DECOMPOSITION PROBLEM OF STABILITY FOR VOLTERRA INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

In this paper, we discuss the problem of stability of Volterra integrodifferential equationwith the decompositionwhere andin which is an matrix of functionB continuous forin which is an matrix of functionscontinuous for 0≤S≤ t<∞.According to the decomposition theory of large scale system and with the help of Liapunovfunctional, we give a criterion for concluding that the zero solution of (2) (i.e. large scale system(1)) is uniformly asymptotically stable.We also discuss the large scale system with the decompositionand give a criterion for determining that the solutions of (4) (i.e. large scale system (3)) areuniformly bounded and uniformly ultimately bounded.Those criteria are of simple forms, easily checked and applied.

LARGE TIME STABILITY OF THE S0LUTION OF A FILTRATION PROBLEM

We discuss a filtration problem in a bounded one-dimensional porous medium. Suppose that the.volumetric moisture content at the surface is constant, and the bottom is impermeable. We prove thatthe solution will tend uniformly to a stable solution of the filtration equation as time tends to infinity.An explicit expression of the limiting profile is given.

INITIAL VALUE TECHNIQUES FOR THE HELMHOLTZ AND MAXWELL EQUATIONS

We study the initial value problem of the Helmholtz equation with spatially variable wave number. We show that it can be stabilized by suppressing the evanescent waves. The stabilized Helmholtz equation can be solved numerically by a marching scheme combined with FFT. The resulting algorithm has complexity n^2 log n on a n x n grid. We demonstrate the efficacy of the method by numerical examples with caustics. For the Maxwell equation the same treatment is possible after reducing it to a second order system. We show how the method can be used for inverse problems arising in acoustic tomography and microwave imaging.

State feedback stabilization of discrete linear switching systems subject to nonsymmetrical state and control bounds

Stabilization problem of discrete-time linear switching systems with bounds on the state and control input is solved in this paper. First, the synthesis of state feedback controllers that ensure the stability of closed-loop switching systems is studied under a sufficient condition. By using the idea of positive invariance, a stabilizing controller design methodology is proposed. Based on these results, the convergence rate problem is also discussed. A state feedback controller that guarantees the optimal convergence rate of closed-loop switching systems is obtained via optimization. Finally, an example made up of two subsystems is studied to show the application of our method.