A new efficient numerical method and the dynamic analysis of composite laminates with piezoelectric layers

Firstly, a numerical method for the inversion of Laplace transform is developed and its accuracy is shown through examples. Then, a state-vector equation for the dynamic problems of piezoelectric plates is deduced directly from a modified mixed variational principle for piezoelectric bodies and its exact solution for the dynamic problems of simply supported rectangle piezoelectric plate is simply given. For multilayered hybrid plates, we derive the solution in terms of the propagator matrices. The techniques accounts for the compatibility of generalized displacements and generalized stresses on the interface both the elastic layers and piezoelectric layers, and the transverse shear deformation and the rotary inertia of laminate are also considered in the global algebraic equation of structure. Meanwhile, there is no restriction on the thickness and the number of layers. As an application of the numerical inversion of Laplace transform presented in this paper, typical numerical examples of the harmonic vibration and transient response are proposed and discussed. Since the highly accurate numerical results, they can serve as benchmarks to test various thick plate theories and various numerical methods, such as the finite and boundary element methods for transient response problems.     

Polysaccharide‐based artificial extracellular matrix: Preparation and characterization of three‐dimensional,macroporous chitosan,and heparin composite scaffold

Scaffold‐guided tissue engineering based on synthetic and natural occurring polymers has gained many interests in recent year. In this study, the development of a chitosan‐heparin artificial extracellular matrix (AECM) is reported. Three‐dimensional, macroporous composite AECMs composed of heparin (Hep) and chitosan (Chito) were prepared by an interpolyelectrolyte complex/lyophilization method. The Chito‐Hep composite AECMs were, respectively, crosslinked with glutaraldehyde, as well as cocrosslinked with N,N‐(3‐dimethylaminopropyl)‐N′‐ethyl carbodiimide (EDC/NHS) and N‐hydroxysuccinimide (NHS). The crosslinking reactions were examined by FT‐IR analysis. In physiological buffer solution (PBS), the EDC/NHS‐crosslinked Chito‐Hep composite AECM showed a relative lower water retention ratio than its glutaraldehyde‐crosslinked counterparts. The EDC/NHS‐crosslinked Chito‐Hep composite AECMs showed excellent biocompatibility, according to the results of the in vitro cytotoxic test. This result suggested that the EDC/NHS‐crosslinked Chito‐Hep composite AECMs might be a potential biomaterial for scaffold‐guided tissue engineering applications. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Numerical experiments of preconditioned Krylov subspace methods solving the dense non-symmetric systems arising from BEM

Discretization of boundary integral equations leads, in general, to fully populated non-symmetric linear systems of equations. An inherent drawback of boundary element method (BEM) is that, the non-symmetric dense linear systems must be solved. For large-scale problems, the direct methods require expensive computational cost and therefore the iterative methods are perhaps more preferable. This paper studies the comparative performances of preconditioned Krylov subspace solvers as bi-conjugate gradient (Bi-CG), generalized minimal residual (GMRES), conjugate gradient squared (CGS), quasi-minimal residual (QMR) and bi-conjugate gradient stabilized (Bi-CGStab) for the solution of dense non-symmetric systems. Several general preconditioners are also considered and assessed. The results of numerical experiments suggest that the preconditioned Krylov subspace methods are effective approaches solving the large-scale dense non-symmetric linear systems arising from BEM.     

Improvement of photon collection in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells and modules by fluorescent frequency conversion

Fluorescent photon down conversion for the improvement of the blue response of ZnO/CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ heterojunction solar cells and modules is investigated. Fluorescent dyes of the series Lumogen® F are analyzed by optical transmission and reflection as well as by photoluminescence measurements. A spectral transfer matrix formalism is introduced that allows to predict the suitability of a luminescent dye as a down-converter for a given solar cell from its absorption/emission properties. We find that Lumogen® F Violet 570 and Lumogen® F Yellow 083 as well as a combination of both yields improvements for Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar modules. Particularly, we find that the short circuit current density of a Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ mini-module is improved by 1.5 mA cm^− 2 when applying a varnish with a combination of Lumogen® F Violet and Yellow. About 0.5 mA cm^− 2 of this improvement is due to a reduced overall reflectance and an improvement of 1 mA cm^− 2 results from the frequency conversion by the dyes.     

Generalized null space uncorrelated Fisher discriminant analysis for linear dimensionality reduction

We propose a generalized null space uncorrelated Fisher discriminant analysis (GNUFDA) technique integrating the uncorrelated discriminant analysis and weighted pairwise Fisher criterion. The GNUFDA can effectively deal with the small sample-size problem and perform satisfactorily when the dimensionality of the null space decreases with increase in the number of training samples per class and/or classes, C. The proposed GNUFDA can extract at most C-1 optimal uncorrelated discriminative vectors without being influenced by the null-space dimensionality.     

3^n阶矩阵乘法的分块算法

针对３＾ｎ阶矩阵的乘法运行，给出了一种分块算法，其乘法运行量比常规的矩阵乘法计算方法和补零的基－２算法都有所减少。     

基体改性对C/C复合材料性能影响的研究(一)

本文从C/C复合材料的基体入手,研究了基体沥青、焦炭中添加氧化物的工艺条件及其在复合材料中的作用.结果表明,添加氧化物对基体改性,不仅能提高C/C复合材料的高温抗氧化性,也能对其它性能带来很大影响.只要控制适当的工艺条件,就可以得到高性能的C/C复合材料.     

锌基复合材料研究进展

评述了锌基复合材料的发展和研究概况,着重介绍了锌基复合材料的制备工艺和性能研究现状,最后对锌基复合材料的研究方向和应用前景提出了一些设想和展望。     

动态交通分配中一类转换率系统的稳定性

在假设交通很拥挤同时交通的转换率与路径费用成正比的前提下，构建了一个动态的转换率模型．为了获取转换率系统的全局渐近稳定，提出了一个普遍适用的Lyapunov函数方法，与此同时通过线性矩阵不等式方法，得到了保证转换率系统全局渐近稳定的充分条件．