Advances in theory of plastic mechanism control: closed form solution for MR-Frames

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1035-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Montuori ◽  
Elide Nastri ◽  
Vincenzo Piluso
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Plastic Mechanism ◽  
Mechanism Control

scholarly journals Theory of Plastic Mechanism Control: State-of-The-Art

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Longo ◽  
Elide Nastri ◽  
Vincenzo Piluso
Keyword(s):  
Failure Modes ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Collapse Mechanism ◽  
Concentrically Braced Frames ◽  
Moment Resisting Frames ◽  
Plastic Mechanism ◽  
Moment Resisting ◽  
Mechanism Control

In this paper, the state-of-the-art regarding the “Theory of Plastic Mechanism Control” (TPMC) is presented. TPMC is aimed at the design of structures assuring a collapse mechanism of global type. The theory has been developed in the nineties with reference to moment-resisting steel frames (MRFs) and progressively extended to all the main structural typologies commonly adopted as seismic-resistant structural systems. In particular, the outcome of the theory is the sum of the plastic moments of the columns required, at each storey, to prevent undesired failure modes, i.e. partial mechanisms and soft-storey mechanisms. The theory is used to provide the design conditions to be satisfied, in the form of a set of inequalities where the unknowns are constituted by the column plastic moments. Even though the set of inequalities was originally solved by means of an algorithm requiring an iterative procedure, now, thanks to new advances, a “closed form solution” has been developed. This result is very important, because the practical application of TPMC can now be carried out even with very simple hand calculations. In order to show the simplicity of the new procedure, numerical applications are herein presented in detail with reference to Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) and dual systems both composed by Moment Resisting Frames and Eccentrically Braces Frames (MRF-EBFs) with inverted Y scheme and composed by Moment Resisting Frames and Concentrically Braced Frames (MRF-CBFs) with X-braced scheme and V-braced scheme. Finally, the pattern of yielding obtained is validated by means of both push-over analyses and incremental dynamic analyses. A comparison in terms of structural weight of the designed structures is also presented and the corresponding seismic performances are discussed.

On a Closed-Form Solution of Prandtl's System of Equations

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
J. Venetis ◽  
Aimilios (Preferred name Emilios) Sideridis
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
System Of Equations

scholarly journals A Closed-Form Solution to Planar Feature-Based Registration of LiDAR Point Clouds

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
Yongbo Wang ◽  
Nanshan Zheng ◽  
Zhengfu Bian
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
Dual Quaternions ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Planar Feature

Since pairwise registration is a necessary step for the seamless fusion of point clouds from neighboring stations, a closed-form solution to planar feature-based registration of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) point clouds is proposed in this paper. Based on the Plücker coordinate-based representation of linear features in three-dimensional space, a quad tuple-based representation of planar features is introduced, which makes it possible to directly determine the difference between any two planar features. Dual quaternions are employed to represent spatial transformation and operations between dual quaternions and the quad tuple-based representation of planar features are given, with which an error norm is constructed. Based on L2-norm-minimization, detailed derivations of the proposed solution are explained step by step. Two experiments were designed in which simulated data and real data were both used to verify the correctness and the feasibility of the proposed solution. With the simulated data, the calculated registration results were consistent with the pre-established parameters, which verifies the correctness of the presented solution. With the real data, the calculated registration results were consistent with the results calculated by iterative methods. Conclusions can be drawn from the two experiments: (1) The proposed solution does not require any initial estimates of the unknown parameters in advance, which assures the stability and robustness of the solution; (2) Using dual quaternions to represent spatial transformation greatly reduces the additional constraints in the estimation process.

A CLOSED-FORM PRICING FORMULA FOR EUROPEAN EXCHANGE OPTIONS WITH STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Puneet Pasricha ◽  
Anubha Goel
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Stochastic Volatility ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Stochastic Volatility Model ◽  
Strike Price ◽  
Volatility Model ◽  
Exchange Options ◽  
Pricing Formula ◽  
Exchange Option

This article derives a closed-form pricing formula for the European exchange option in a stochastic volatility framework. Firstly, with the Feynman–Kac theorem's application, we obtain a relation between the price of the European exchange option and a European vanilla call option with unit strike price under a doubly stochastic volatility model. Then, we obtain the closed-form solution for the vanilla option using the characteristic function. A key distinguishing feature of the proposed simplified approach is that it does not require a change of numeraire in contrast with the usual methods to price exchange options. Finally, through numerical experiments, the accuracy of the newly derived formula is verified by comparing with the results obtained using Monte Carlo simulations.

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