We consider the dynamics of the first vibrational mode of a suspension bridge, resulting from the coupling between its roadbed (elastic beam) and the hangers, supposed to be one-sided springs which respond only to stretching. The external forcing is due to time-periodic vortices produced by impinging wind on the bridge structure. We have studied some relevant dynamical phenomena in such a syste...

2014 Since high-resolution electron micrographs of dodecagonal Ni-Cr quasicrystals are similar in contrast to those of several closely related periodic phases, it has been argued that dodecagonal quasicrystals can be described as a decoration of a dodecagonal quasiperiodic tiling with the same structural units as occur in these periodic phases. In order to corroborate this hypothesis, electron ...

This paper presents a novel formulation for the modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation in pillar-type photonic crystal waveguide devices. The structure under consideration is formed in an infinitely extended pillar-type photonic crystal and the wave propagation is controlled by removing some cylinders from the original periodic structure. The structure is considered as cascade connections...

5 We study the combinatorial structure of periodic orbits of nonautonomous difference 6 equations xn+1 = fn(xn) in a periodically fluctuating environment. We define the 7 Γ-set to be the set of minimal periods that are not multiples of the phase period. We 8 show that when the functions fn are rational functions, the Γ-set is a finite set. In 9 particular, we investigate several mathematical mo...

Three decades after their discovery, the unique long-range structure of quasicrystals still poses a perplexing puzzle. The fact that some ancient Islamic patterns share similar quasi-periodic symmetries has prompted several scientists to investigate their underlying geometry and construction methods. However, available structural models depend heavily on local rules and hence they were unable t...

this paper studies the generalized version of thezakharov-kuznetsov benjamin-bona-mahoney equation. the functionalvariable method as well as the simplest equation method areapplied to obtain solitons and singular periodic solutions to theequation. there are several constraint conditions that arenaturally revealed in order for these specialized type ofsolutions to exist. the results of this pape...

We investigate a predator-prey model with stage structure for the predator and periodic constant impulsive perturbations. Conditions for extinction of prey and immature predator are given. By using the Floquet theory and small amplitude perturbation skills, we consider the local stability of prey, immature predator eradication periodic solution. Furthermore, by using the method of numerical sim...

Vibration attenuation to horizontal propagating waves by using periodic foundations is investigation. Periodic structure theory is introduced to design a new type of isolation foundations, which has a special frequency band gaps (or ‘attenuation zones’) that can barrier waves/vibrations propagation. Materials usually used in civil engineering are used to fabric periodic foundations with the uni...

The free boundary of smectic A (SmA), nematic and isotropic liquid phases were studied using a polarized optical microscope, an interferometric surface structure analyzer (ISSA), an atomic force microscope (AFM) and a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM). Images of the SmA phase free surface obtained by the polarized microscope and ISSA are in good correlation and show a well-known foc...

Higher order wakefields in the CLIC multibunch accelerating structure (called the TDS, Tapered Damped Structure) are suppressed through a combination of heavy damping and moderate detuning. A new approach to computing the transverse wake function of such a highly damped periodic structure is presented. The driving bunch produces fields that travel with the propagation characteristics (given by ...