Targeting the great demand for adding non-structural elevators to old residential buildings, this article proposes an updated configuration of tuned mass damper inerter (U-TMDI) applied in external non-structural elev...
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Targeting the great demand for adding non-structural elevators to old residential buildings, this article proposes an updated configuration of tuned mass damper inerter (U-TMDI) applied in external non-structural elevators. An analog 2-DOF system is established to describe the residential building controlled by an inerter elevator. Then, three closed-form optimal solutions for designing the U-TMDI are derived via the fixed-point method, equal modal damping criterion, and the infinity damping assumption. Subsequently, these optimal solutions are compared and discussed involving the expressions of tuning frequency ratio and the optimal damping parameters, root locus diagram and supplemental damping ratios, transfer function, and robustness to frequency variation, respectively. Finally, a residential building example is adopted to validate the feasibility of the proposed retrofitting strategy and the closed-form optimal design solutions. It is demonstrated that the optimal tuning frequency ratios derived by the fixed-point method and equal modal damping criterion are different for U-TMDI due to the influence of elevator stiffness ratio eta$\eta $, while its degradation forms for tuned mass damper (TMD) are identical, recognizing the importance of the elevator stiffness. Moreover, the proposed retrofitting strategy of using an inerter elevator can significantly mitigate the main structure displacement by about 18%similar to 23% for both far-field and near-fault earthquakes.
We apply the trial method for the solution of Bernoulli's free boundary problem when the Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed for the solution of the underlying Laplace equation, and the free boundary is update...
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We apply the trial method for the solution of Bernoulli's free boundary problem when the Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed for the solution of the underlying Laplace equation, and the free boundary is updated according to the Neumann boundary condition. The Dirichlet boundary value problem for the Laplacian is solved by an exponentially convergent boundary element method. The update rule for the free boundary is derived from the linearization of the Neumann data around the actual free boundary. With the help of shape sensitivity analysis and Banach's fixed-point theorem, we shed light on the convergence of the respective trial method. Especially, we derive a stabilized version of this trial method. Numerical examples validate the theoretical *** (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
We present an iterative scheme for the numerical analysis of propagating reaction front problems in porous media satisfying an Arrhenius-type law. The governing equations consist of the Darcy equations for the pressur...
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We present an iterative scheme for the numerical analysis of propagating reaction front problems in porous media satisfying an Arrhenius-type law. The governing equations consist of the Darcy equations for the pressure and flow field coupled to two convection-diffusion- reaction equations for the temperature and depth of conversion. Well-posedness, existence and uniqueness of the weak solution are first studied using a fixed-point approach and then, analysis of the proposed iterative scheme is investigated. Numerical results are also presented in order to validate the theoretical estimates and to illustrate the performance of the proposed scheme. The obtained results are in line with our expectations for a good numerical resolution with high accuracy and stability behaviors.
we consider tearing mode instabilities when the resistivity depends on a flux function (Psi) for a bidimensional layer of plasma. This problem modelized by M.H.D. equations is written in terms of flux functions, and i...
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we consider tearing mode instabilities when the resistivity depends on a flux function (Psi) for a bidimensional layer of plasma. This problem modelized by M.H.D. equations is written in terms of flux functions, and in this work, we first show, using a fixed-point method, existence of a local regular solution of the considered problem. Next we show existence of a global solution, and we end this paper with existence of a global attractor. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
We study the asymptotic convergence of AA(m), i.e., Anderson acceleration (AA) with window size m for accelerating fixed-point methods x(k+1) = q(x(k)), x(k) is an element of R-n. Convergence acceleration by AA(m) has...
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We study the asymptotic convergence of AA(m), i.e., Anderson acceleration (AA) with window size m for accelerating fixed-point methods x(k+1) = q(x(k)), x(k) is an element of R-n. Convergence acceleration by AA(m) has been widely observed but is not well understood. We consider the case where the fixed-point iteration function q(x) is differentiable and the convergence of the fixed-point method itself is root-linear. We identify numerically several conspicuous properties of AA(m) convergence: First, AA(m) sequences {x(k)} converge root-linearly, but the root-linear convergence factor depends strongly on the initial condition. Second, the AA(m) acceleration coefficients beta((k)) do not converge but oscillate as {x(k)} converges to x*. To shed light on these observations, we write the AA(m) iteration as an augmented fixed-point iteration z(k+1) = Psi (z(k)), z(k) is an element of Rn(m+1), and analyze the continuity and differentiability properties of Psi(z) and beta(z). We find that the vector of acceleration coefficients beta(z) is not continuous at the fixedpoint z*. However, we show that, despite the discontinuity of beta(z), the iteration function Psi(z) is Lipschitz continuous and directionally differentiable at z* for AA(1), and we generalize this to AA(m) with m > 1 for most cases. Furthermore, we find that Psi(z) is not differentiable at z*. We then discuss how these theoretical findings relate to the observed convergence behavior of AA(m). The discontinuity of beta(z) at z* allows beta((k)) to oscillate as {x(k)} converges to x*, and the nondifferentiability of Psi(z) allows AA(m) sequences to converge with root-linear convergence factors that strongly depend on the initial condition. Additional numerical results illustrate our findings for several linear and nonlinear fixed-point iterations x(k+1) = q(x(k)) and for various values of the window size m.
Connecting a flexible supporting element to an inerter arranged in parallel with a viscous element yields a tuned-mass damper-like system, designated as a tuned viscous mass damper (TVMD). The advantage of a TVMD is t...
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Connecting a flexible supporting element to an inerter arranged in parallel with a viscous element yields a tuned-mass damper-like system, designated as a tuned viscous mass damper (TVMD). The advantage of a TVMD is that it exploits the flexibility of the supporting member, which is usually considered to compromise the energy-dissipating performance, and the inerter and soft spring form a supplemental oscillator to enhance the damping performance with resonance to the primary structure. The fixed-point method for the optimal design of a single-degree-of-freedom structure containing a TVMD is further expanded to a multidegree-of-freedom structure, in which a TVMD is arranged concentratedly. Furthermore, approximated closed-form formulae for a concentratedly arranged TVMD are derived under the assumption that the primary structure is undamped, remains in an elastic range, and the target mode dominates the response of the structure. An analytical example illustrates that installing a TVMD spanning three stories in a concentrated manner based on the proposed design methods ensures the efficiency of the damping system, which demonstrates a damping effect similar to that of stiffness-proportionally distributed TVMDs with less demand for inertance and total control force, thus resulting in a lower cost.
We study a class of steady nonlinear convection-diffusion-reaction problems in porous media. The governing equations consist of coupling the Darcy equations for the pressure and velocity fields to two equations for th...
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We study a class of steady nonlinear convection-diffusion-reaction problems in porous media. The governing equations consist of coupling the Darcy equations for the pressure and velocity fields to two equations for the heat and mass transfer. The viscosity and diffusion coefficients are assumed to be nonlinear depending on the temperature and concentration of the medium. Well-posedness of the coupled problem is analyzed and existence along with uniqueness of the weak solution is investigated based on a fixed-point method. An iterative scheme for solving the associated fixed-point problem is proposed and its convergence is studied. Numerical experiments are presented for two examples of coupled convection-diffusion-reaction problems. Applications to radiative heat transfer and propagation of thermal fronts in porous media are also included in this study. The obtained results show good numerical convergence and validate the established theoretical estimates.
We introduce a mesoscale model capable of describing transformations between martensitic variants as well as twinning. The model consists of two nonlinear parabolic equations of second order, and one of equations is d...
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We introduce a mesoscale model capable of describing transformations between martensitic variants as well as twinning. The model consists of two nonlinear parabolic equations of second order, and one of equations is degenerate. We prove the existence of global-in-time solutions to an initial-boundary value problem in one space dimension of this model.
The phenomenological Landau-Lifshitz equation (LL) suggested by Landau and Lifshitz in 1935 to describe the precessional motion of spins in ferromagnetic materials has shown its limitations when the temperature is clo...
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The phenomenological Landau-Lifshitz equation (LL) suggested by Landau and Lifshitz in 1935 to describe the precessional motion of spins in ferromagnetic materials has shown its limitations when the temperature is close to or above the Curie temperature. This model has been replaced by the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch model (LLB), which proves its efficiency in modelling magnetic phenomena at all temperature ranges. In this work, we propose an implicit finite element scheme for the latter model. We show that the proposed scheme converges to a weak solution of the (LLB) equation. In practice, a nonlinear system must be solved at each step of time. So, we use a fixedpointmethod to solve this system. Finally, some numerical experiments have been given to show the performance of our approach.
Using the psi-Hilfer fractional derivative, we present a study of the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability and the Hyers-Ulam stability of the fractional Volterra integro-differential equation by means of fixed-point method. ...
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Using the psi-Hilfer fractional derivative, we present a study of the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability and the Hyers-Ulam stability of the fractional Volterra integro-differential equation by means of fixed-point method. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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