Influence of Some Microchanges Generated by Different Processing Methods on Selected Tribological Characteristics

Different processing methods can change the physical–mechanical properties and the microgeometry of the surfaces made by such processes. In turn, such microchanges may affect the tribological characteristics of the surface layer. The purpose of this research was to study the tribological behavior of a test piece surfaces analyzing the changes on the values of the coefficient of friction and loss of mass that appear in time. The surfaces subjected to experimental research were previously obtained by turning, grinding, ball burnishing, and vibroburnishing. The experimental research was performed using a device adaptable to a universal lathe. Mathematical processing of the experimental results led to the establishment of power-type function empirical models that highlight the intensity of the influence exerted by the pressure and duration of the test on the values of the output parameters. It was found that the best results were obtained in the case of applying ball vibroburnishing as the final process.

Spatial Hurst–Kolmogorov Clustering

The stochastic analysis in the scale domain (instead of the traditional lag or frequency domains) is introduced as a robust means to identify, model and simulate the Hurst–Kolmogorov (HK) dynamics, ranging from small (fractal) to large scales exhibiting the clustering behavior (else known as the Hurst phenomenon or long-range dependence). The HK clustering is an attribute of a multidimensional (1D, 2D, etc.) spatio-temporal stationary stochastic process with an arbitrary marginal distribution function, and a fractal behavior on small spatio-temporal scales of the dependence structure and a power-type on large scales, yielding a high probability of low- or high-magnitude events to group together in space and time. This behavior is preferably analyzed through the second-order statistics, and in the scale domain, by the stochastic metric of the climacogram, i.e., the variance of the averaged spatio-temporal process vs. spatio-temporal scale.

On Solvability of the Sonin–Abel Equation in the Weighted Lebesgue Space

In this paper we present a method of studying a convolution operator under the Sonin conditions imposed on the kernel. The particular case of the Sonin kernel is a kernel of the fractional integral Riemman–Liouville operator, other various types of the Sonin kernels are a Bessel-type function, functions with power-logarithmic singularities at the origin e.t.c. We pay special attention to study kernels close to power type functions. The main our aim is to study the Sonin–Abel equation in the weighted Lebesgue space, the used method allows us to formulate a criterion of existence and uniqueness of the solution and classify a solution, due to the asymptotics of the Jacobi series coefficients of the right-hand side.

Arbitrary stability for a Hopfield neural network problem with discrete and distributed delays

We consider a Hopfield neural network system containing discrete as well as distributed delays. A stability result of arbitrary type is proved under weaker assumptions than the used ones so far. This result includes exponential and polynomial (or power type) stability as special cases. Our proof relies on a judicious choice of Lyapunov-type functionals and some appropriate manipulations.

Global dynamics above the ground state energy for the combined power-type nonlinear Schrödinger equations with energy-critical growth at low frequencies

We consider the combined power-type nonlinear Schrödinger equations with energy-critical growth, and study the solutions slightly above the ground state threshold at low frequencies, so that we obtain a so-called nine-set theory developed by Nakanishi and Schlag.

On Riemann problem in weighted Smirnov classes with general weight

Weighted Smirnov classes in bounded and unbounded domains are defined in this work. Nonhomogeneous Riemann problems with a measurable coefficient whose argument is a piecewise continuous function are considered in these classes. A Muckenhoupt type condition is imposed on the weight function and the orthogonality condition is found for the solvability of nonhomogeneous problem in weighted Smirnov classes, and the formula for the index of the problem is derived. Some special cases with power type weight function are also considered,and conditions on degeneration order are found.

Orbital Stability of Solitary Waves to Double Dispersion Equations with Combined Power-Type Nonlinearity

We consider the orbital stability of solitary waves to the double dispersion equation utt−uxx+h1uxxxx−h2uttxx+f(u)xx=0,h1>0,h2>0 with combined power-type nonlinearity f(u)=a|u|pu+b|u|2pu,p>0,a∈R,b∈R,b≠0. The stability of solitary waves with velocity c, c2<1 is proved by means of the Grillakis, Shatah, and Strauss abstract theory and the convexity of the function d(c), related to some conservation laws. We derive explicit analytical formulas for the function d(c) and its second derivative for quadratic-cubic nonlinearity f(u)=au2+bu3 and parameters b>0, c2∈0,min1,h1h2. As a consequence, the orbital stability of solitary waves is analyzed depending on the parameters of the problem. Well-known results are generalized in the case of a single cubic nonlinearity f(u)=bu3.