Frequencies analysis in an infinite beams array

This model consists of a periodic structure formed by solid beams equidistant from each other submerged in a fluid. The beams are clamped at both ends. The distance between the beams, the elastic properties of the solid and the fluid; and the geometric parameters of the beams determine a relationship between the frequencies of the mechanical waves that can propagate through the structure and the wave vector. Analysis within the first Brillouin zone with the Bloch periodicity condition gives rise to frequency bands in which there is the propagation of mechanical waves and bands in which no waves are propagated. Some propagation bands and forbidden regions were found in the examined frequency ranges for various geometric configurations.

U-duct turbulent-flow computation with the ST-VMS method and isogeometric discretization

The U-duct turbulent flow is a known benchmark problem with the computational challenges of high Reynolds number, high curvature and strong flow dependence on the inflow profile. We use this benchmark problem to test and evaluate the Space–Time Variational Multiscale (ST-VMS) method with ST isogeometric discretization. A fully-developed flow field in a straight duct with periodicity condition is used as the inflow profile. The ST-VMS serves as the core method. The ST framework provides higher-order accuracy in general, and the VMS feature of the ST-VMS addresses the computational challenges associated with the multiscale nature of the unsteady flow. The ST isogeometric discretization enables more accurate representation of the duct geometry and increased accuracy in the flow solution. In the straight-duct computations to obtain the inflow velocity, the periodicity condition is enforced with the ST Slip Interface method. All computations are carried out with quadratic NURBS meshes, which represent the circular arc of the duct exactly in the U-duct computations. We investigate how the results vary with the time-averaging range used in reporting the results, mesh refinement, and the Courant number. The results are compared to experimental data, showing that the ST-VMS with ST isogeometric discretization provides good accuracy in this class of flow problems.

H-convergence of a class of quasilinear equations in perforated domains beyond periodic setting

In this paper, we aim to study the asymptotic behavior (when $$\varepsilon \;\rightarrow \; 0$$ ε → 0 ) of the solution of a quasilinear problem of the form $$-\mathrm{{div}}\;(A^{\varepsilon }(\cdot ,u^{\varepsilon }) \nabla u^{\varepsilon })=f$$ - div ( A ε ( · , u ε ) ∇ u ε ) = f given in a perforated domain $$\Omega \backslash T_{\varepsilon }$$ Ω \ T ε with a Neumann boundary condition on the holes $$T_{\varepsilon }$$ T ε and a Dirichlet boundary condition on $$\partial \Omega $$ ∂ Ω . We show that, if the holes are admissible in certain sense (without any periodicity condition) and if the family of matrices $$(x,d)\mapsto A^{\varepsilon }(x,d)$$ ( x , d ) ↦ A ε ( x , d ) is uniformly coercive, uniformly bounded and uniformly equicontinuous in the real variable d, the homogenization of the problem considered can be done in two steps. First, we fix the variable d and we homogenize the linear problem associated to $$A^{\varepsilon }(\cdot ,d)$$ A ε ( · , d ) in the perforated domain. Once the $$H^{0}$$ H 0 -limit $$A^{0}(\cdot ,d)$$ A 0 ( · , d ) of the pair $$(A^{\varepsilon },T^{\varepsilon })$$ ( A ε , T ε ) is determined, in the second step, we deduce that the solution $$u^{\varepsilon }$$ u ε converges in some sense to the unique solution $$u^{0}$$ u 0 in $$H^{1}_{0}(\Omega )$$ H 0 1 ( Ω ) of the quasilinear equation $$-\mathrm{{div}}\;(A^{0}(\cdot ,u^{0})\nabla u )=\chi ^{0}f$$ - div ( A 0 ( · , u 0 ) ∇ u ) = χ 0 f (where $$ \chi ^{0}$$ χ 0 is $$L^{\infty }$$ L ∞ weak $$^{\star }$$ ⋆ limit of the characteristic function of the perforated domain). We complete our study by giving two applications, one to the classical periodic case and the second one to a non-periodic one.

THE CATENARY AND TAME DEGREES ON A NUMERICAL MONOID ARE EVENTUALLY PERIODIC

Let $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}M$ be a commutative cancellative monoid. For $m$ a nonunit in $M$, the catenary degree of $m$, denoted $c(m)$, and the tame degree of $m$, denoted $t(m)$, are combinatorial constants that describe the relationships between differing irreducible factorizations of $m$. These constants have been studied carefully in the literature for various kinds of monoids, including Krull monoids and numerical monoids. In this paper, we show for a given numerical monoid $S$ that the sequences $\{c(s)\}_{s\in S}$ and $\{t(s)\}_{s\in S}$ are both eventually periodic. We show similar behavior for several functions related to the catenary degree which have recently appeared in the literature. These results nicely complement the known result that the sequence $\{\Delta (s)\}_{s\in S}$ of delta sets of $S$ also satisfies a similar periodicity condition.

A weak periodicity condition for rings

A ring is called semi-weakly periodic if each element which is not in the center or the Jacobson radical can be written as the sum of a potent element and a nilpotent element. After discussing some basic properties of such rings, we investigate their commutativity behavior.