A holistic examination of the load rating design of longwall shields after more than half a century of mechanised longwall mining

It is a commonly asked question:how big should the longwall shields be? The answer is a key aspect of a longwall mining feasibility study when the consequences of inadequately rated shields are considered.This paper addresses this question based on the measured nature of the loading environment in which shields are required to operate,the various geological and geometrical controls of that environment and the various links between their load rating,a range of other relevant shield design factors and the loss event they are required to prevent a major roof collapse on the longwall face.The paper concludes that despite the tremendous advances that have been made in shield design and load rating over the past50 years,the same drivers that caused longwall miners of the past to seek improved roof control on the longwall face via the use of ever-higher rated shields,are still as relevant today.However at the current time,the limits of the largest available longwall shields have yet to be tested,therefore industry focus for the foreseeable future should possibly be in achieving the maximum level of roof control on the face via their optimum operational use rather than considering further shield rating increases and incurring the inevitable downsides in terms of capital cost and shield weight.

Weighted Pseudo Almost Periodic Solutions for a Class of Hematopoiesis Model with Time-Varying Delay

In this paper, firstly, a notion of a class of generalized weighted pseudo al- most periodic function is introduced, then we investigate some basic and essential properties of the space that consists of these functions. Finally, we study the exis- tence of weighted pseudo almost periodic solutions to hematopoiesis model with time- varying delay.

Weighted Pseudo Almost Periodic Solutions of N-th Order Neutral Differential Equations with Piecewise Constant Arguments

In this work, we present some existence theorems of weighted pseudo almost periodic solutions for N-th order neutral differential equations with piecewise constant argument by means of weighted pseudo almost periodic solutions of relevant difference equations.

Weighted Pseudo Asymptotically Periodic Mild Solutions of Evolution Equations

In this paper, we propose a new class of functions called weighted pseudo S-asymptotically periodic function in the Stepanov sense and explore its properties in Banach space including composition theorems. Furthermore, the existence, uniqueness of the weighted pseudo S-asymptotically periodic mild solutions to partial evolution equations and nonautonomous semilinear evolution equations are investigated. Some interesting examples are presented to illustrate the main findings.

Existence and exponential stability of weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions for genetic regulatory networks with time-varying delays

The importance of prediction for genetic regulatory network(GRNs)makes mathematical modeling a prominent tool.In this paper,we consider weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions for a class of GRNs with time-varying delays.We establish the existence,uniqueness,and global exponential stability by employing the theory of dichotomy,the fixed point theorem,and differential inequality.A numerical example along with a graphical illustration are presented to support our main results.Our results extend existing GRNs models using almost periodic functions to support a wider range of regulatory processes.

Influence of time delay on weighted pseudo-almost periodic dynamics in SICNNs

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions of shunting inhibitory cellular neural networks(SICNNs)with time-varying delays and distributed delays.Design/methodology/approach–The principle of weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions and some new mathematical analysis skills are applied.Findings–A set of sufficient criteria which guarantee the existence and exponential stability of the weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions of the considered SICNNs are established.Originality/value–The derived results of this paper are new and complement some earlier works.The innovation of this paper concludes two points:a new sufficient criteria guaranteeing the existence and exponential stability of the weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions of SICNNs are established;and the ideas of this paper can be applied to investigate some other similar neural networks.

POSITIVE WEIGHTED PSEUDO-ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO INFINITE DELAY INTEGRAL EQUATION

This paper studies the existence of almost periodic type solutions to the nonlinear infinite delay integral equation. By means of the fixed theorem on a suitable space with Hilbert’s projective metric, we establish some sufficient conditions for the existence of positive weighted pseudo-almost periodic solutions to the equation.