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Article
Publication date: 17 June 2022

Shiying Hou, Liangrong Song and Wanrui Dai

This paper aims to research the relationship between income gap (IG) and green economic growth based on the perspective of economic inequality.

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to research the relationship between income gap (IG) and green economic growth based on the perspective of economic inequality.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the panel data of 283 prefecture-level cities in China from 2011 to 2020, this paper uses the super slack based model (Super-SBM) to measure the efficiency of regional green economic growth, and constructs a regression model of the IG and regional green economic growth.

Findings

Firstly, the IG has an inhibitory effect on the growth of regional green economy (GE). Secondly, the relationship between the IG and regional green economic growth will be affected by the threshold value of income level. Thirdly, environmental regulation and government competition will increase the inhibitory effect of the IG.

Originality/value

According to the characteristics of China's regional economy, the researchers construct an empirical model of the IG and green economic growth to study their relationship, the threshold effect of income level and the moderating effect of environmental regulation and local government competition. The research content, methods and conclusions of this paper provide new evidence for the sustainable growth of China's regional GE.

Article
Publication date: 1 June 2000

A. Savini

Gives introductory remarks about chapter 1 of this group of 31 papers, from ISEF 1999 Proceedings, in the methodologies for field analysis, in the electromagnetic community…

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Gives introductory remarks about chapter 1 of this group of 31 papers, from ISEF 1999 Proceedings, in the methodologies for field analysis, in the electromagnetic community. Observes that computer package implementation theory contributes to clarification. Discusses the areas covered by some of the papers ‐ such as artificial intelligence using fuzzy logic. Includes applications such as permanent magnets and looks at eddy current problems. States the finite element method is currently the most popular method used for field computation. Closes by pointing out the amalgam of topics.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 19 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Article
Publication date: 29 May 2024

Lixia Sun, Yuanwu Cai, Di Cheng, Xiaoyi Hu and Chunyang Zhou

Under the high-speed operating conditions, the effects of wheelset elastic deformation on the wheel rail dynamic forces will become more notable compared to the low-speed…

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Purpose

Under the high-speed operating conditions, the effects of wheelset elastic deformation on the wheel rail dynamic forces will become more notable compared to the low-speed condition. In order to meet different analysis requirements and selecting appropriate models to analyzing the wheel rail interaction, it is crucial to understand the influence of wheelset flexibility on the wheel-rail dynamics under different speeds and track excitations condition.

Design/methodology/approach

The wheel rail contact points solving method and vehicle dynamics equations considering wheelset flexibility in the trajectory body coordinate system were investigated in this paper. As for the wheel-rail contact forces, which is a particular force element in vehicle multibody system, a method for calculating the Jacobian matrix of the wheel-rail contact force is proposed to better couple the wheel-rail contact force calculation with the vehicle dynamics response calculation. Based on the flexible wheelset modeling approach in this paper, two vehicle dynamic models considering the wheelset as both elastic and rigid bodies are established, two kinds of track excitations, namely normal measured track irregularities and short-wave irregularities are used, wheel-rail geometric contact characteristic and wheel-rail contact forces in both time and frequency domains are compared with the two models in order to study the influence of flexible wheelset rotation effect on wheel rail contact force.

Findings

Under normal track irregularity excitations, the amplitudes of vertical, longitudinal and lateral forces computed by the flexible wheelset model are smaller than those of the rigid wheelset model, and the virtual penetration and equivalent contact patch are also slightly smaller. For the flexible wheelset model, the wheel rail longitudinal and lateral creepages will also decrease. The higher the vehicle speed, the larger the differences in wheel-rail forces computed by the flexible and rigid wheelset model. Under track short-wave irregularity excitations, the vertical force amplitude computed by the flexible wheelset is also smaller than that of the rigid wheelset. However, unlike the excitation case of measured track irregularity, under short-wave excitations, for the speed within the range of 200 to 350 km/h, the difference in the amplitude of the vertical force between the flexible and rigid wheelset models gradually decreases as the speed increase. This is partly due to the contribution of wheelset’s elastic vibration under short-wave excitations. For low-frequency wheel-rail force analysis problems at speeds of 350 km/h and above, as well as high-frequency wheel-rail interaction analysis problems under various speed conditions, the flexible wheelset model will give results agrees better with the reality.

Originality/value

This study provides reference for the modeling method of the flexible wheelset and the coupling method of wheel-rail contact force to the vehicle multibody dynamics system. Furthermore, by comparative research, the influence of wheelset flexibility and rotation on wheel-rail dynamic behavior are obtained, which is useful to the application scope of rigid and flexible wheelset models.

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Railway Sciences, vol. 3 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2755-0907

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Article
Publication date: 1 June 1997

Jaroslav Mackerle

Gives a bibliographical review of the finite element methods (FEMs) applied for the linear and nonlinear, static and dynamic analyses of basic structural elements from the…

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Gives a bibliographical review of the finite element methods (FEMs) applied for the linear and nonlinear, static and dynamic analyses of basic structural elements from the theoretical as well as practical points of view. The range of applications of FEMs in this area is wide and cannot be presented in a single paper; therefore aims to give the reader an encyclopaedic view on the subject. The bibliography at the end of the paper contains 2,025 references to papers, conference proceedings and theses/dissertations dealing with the analysis of beams, columns, rods, bars, cables, discs, blades, shafts, membranes, plates and shells that were published in 1992‐1995.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 14 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 2 August 2022

Shaoguang Zhang, Sifeng Liu, Zhigeng Fang, Qin Zhang and Jingru Zhang

Financial performance has been paid attention at an unprecedented level, which can be confirmed as a fact that the quantitative expansion of financial performance evaluation work…

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Purpose

Financial performance has been paid attention at an unprecedented level, which can be confirmed as a fact that the quantitative expansion of financial performance evaluation work. The purpose of this study is to propose a more appropriate model for financial performance evaluation under the unbalanced development.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper introduces the differentiation criteria to eliminate the deviation caused by the same principle for multiple performance evaluation objects whose development are unbalanced; Then the generalized grey number is adopted to describe the value of performance evaluation index; and the information entropy weight is used to obtain the index weight to reduce the artificial judgment error; Finally, the generalized grey information entropy weight TOPSIS evaluation model is constructed.

Findings

Empirical research shows that in the new evaluation model, the differentiated possibility function effectively eliminates the deviation caused by the same principle, the application of information entropy weight reduces the human judgment error, and the value of generalized grey number further enhances the closeness of the results. Moreover, it is also found that in different scenarios, an adaptive performance evaluation model should be selected to match scientifically reasonable results.

Originality/value

The proposed model offers a solution for financial performance evaluation considering unbalanced development among cities. It can be realized by determining the differentiation possibility function matrix, and then the information entropy weight TOPSIS evaluation model can be constructed. This model reflects the actual situation, improves the performance evaluation accuracy, and can be used under similar conditions.

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Kybernetes, vol. 52 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0368-492X

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Article
Publication date: 1 September 1959

J.H. Argyris and S. Kelsey

The analysis of the wing/fuselage and fuselage/tail unit interaction forces is extended to cover the case when the attached component is more conveniently analysed by the Matrix

Abstract

The analysis of the wing/fuselage and fuselage/tail unit interaction forces is extended to cover the case when the attached component is more conveniently analysed by the Matrix Displacement Method. The flexibility matrix of the complete aircraft, supported on the wing/fuselage attachment points, follows from the results derived in this and previous sections and takes into account the elastic interaction between the various components. The dynamical matrix of the complete free aircraft is set up and for completeness the theory and properties of the normal modes of vibration are given. A final sub‐section discusses some points of detail in the mass distribution and the definition of the forces on the aircraft.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 31 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

Article
Publication date: 28 January 2011

Xinping Xiao and Kunkun Peng

The purpose of this paper is to establish a new model for non‐equidistance sequence and research affine properties of the new model.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to establish a new model for non‐equidistance sequence and research affine properties of the new model.

Design/methodology/approach

Generalized non‐equidistance GM(1,1) model is put forward based on generalized accumulated generating operation (AGO) theory, and particle swarm optimization is used to solve the parameters of the new model, then affine properties of the new model are researched based on matrix analysis.

Findings

The results are convincing: the simulation and prediction precisions of generalized non‐equidistance GM(1,1) model are raised greatly, and it is proved that the affine transformation sequence has the same simulative accuracy with the raw sequence for generalized non‐equidistance GM(1,1) model.

Practical implications

The method exposed in the paper can be used to model and predict for non‐equidistance sequence in the practical problem.

Originality/value

The paper succeeds in establishing a new non‐equidistance grey model and obtaining the affine properties of generalized non‐equidistance GM(1,1) model.

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Grey Systems: Theory and Application, vol. 1 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2043-9377

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Article
Publication date: 8 March 2011

Nuria Rosillo, Angel Valera, Francesc Benimeli, Vicente Mata and Francisco Valero

The purpose of this paper is to present the development and validation of a methodology which allows modeling and solving the inverse and direct dynamic problem in real time in…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the development and validation of a methodology which allows modeling and solving the inverse and direct dynamic problem in real time in robot manipulators.

Design/methodology/approach

The robot dynamic equation is based on the Gibbs‐Appell equation of motion, yielding a well‐structured set of equations that can be computed in real time. This paper deals with the implementation and calculation of the inverse and direct dynamic problem in robots, with an application to the real‐time control of a PUMA 560 industrial robot provided with an open control architecture based on an industrial personal computer.

Findings

The experimental results show the validity of the dynamic model and that the proposed resolution method for the dynamic problem in real time is suitable for control purposes.

Research limitations/implications

The accuracy of the applied friction model determines the accuracy of the identified overall model and consequently of the control. This is especially obvious in the case of the PUMA 560 robot, in which the presence of friction is remarkable in some of their joints. Hence, future work should focus on identifying a more precise friction model. The robot model could also be extended by incorporating rotor dynamics and could be applied for different robot configurations as parallel robots.

Originality/value

Gibbs‐Appell equations are used in order to develop the robotic manipulator dynamic model, instead of more usual dynamics formulations, due to several advantages that these exhibit. The obtained non‐physical identified parameters are adapted in order to enable their use in a control algorithm.

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 38 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-991X

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Article
Publication date: 16 August 2021

Cem Civelek

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamical state of a discrete time engineering/physical dynamic system. The analysis is performed based on observability…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamical state of a discrete time engineering/physical dynamic system. The analysis is performed based on observability, controllability and stability first using difference equations of generalized motion obtained through discrete time equations of dissipative generalized motion derived from discrete Lagrange-dissipative model [{L,D}-model] for short of a discrete time observed dynamic system. As a next step, the same system has also been analyzed related to observability, controllability and stability concepts but this time using discrete dissipative canonical equations derived from a discrete Hamiltonian system together with discrete generalized velocity proportional Rayleigh dissipation function. The methods have been applied to a coupled (electromechanical) example in different formulation types.

Design/methodology/approach

An observability, controllability and stability analysis of a discrete time observed dynamic system using discrete equations of generalized motion obtained through discrete {L,D}-model and discrete dissipative canonical equations obtained through discrete Hamiltonian together with discrete generalized velocity proportional Rayleigh dissipation function.

Findings

The related analysis can be carried out easily depending on the values of classical elements.

Originality/value

Discrete equations of generalized motion and discrete dissipative canonical equations obtained by discrete Lagrangian and discrete Hamiltonian, respectively, together with velocity proportional discrete dissipative function are used to analyze a discrete time observed engineering system by means of observability, controllability and stability using state variable theory and in the method proposed, the physical quantities do not need to be converted one to another.

Article
Publication date: 1 October 2005

Alessio Bonelli and Oreste S. Bursi

To propose novel predictor‐corrector time‐integration algorithms for pseudo‐dynamic testing.

Abstract

Purpose

To propose novel predictor‐corrector time‐integration algorithms for pseudo‐dynamic testing.

Design/methodology/approach

The novel predictor‐corrector time‐integration algorithms are based on both the implicit and the explicit version of the generalizedα method. In the non‐linear unforced case second‐order accuracy, stability in energy, energy decay in the high‐frequency range as well as asymptotic annihilation are distinctive properties of the generalizedα scheme; while in the non‐linear forced case they are the limited error near the resonance in terms of frequency location and intensity of the resonant peak. The implicit generalizedα algorithm has been implemented in a predictor‐one corrector form giving rise to the implicit IPC‐ρ method, able to avoid iterative corrections which are expensive from an experimental standpoint and load oscillations of numerical origin. Moreover, the scheme embodies a secant stiffness formula able to approximate closely the actual stiffness of a structure. Also an explicit algorithm has been implemented, the EPC‐ρb method, endowed with user‐controlled dissipation properties. The resulting schemes have been tested experimentally both on a two‐ and on a six‐degrees‐of‐freedom system, exploiting substructuring techniques.

Findings

The analytical findings and the tests have indicated that the proposed numerical strategies enhance the performance of the pseudo‐dynamic test (PDT) method even in an environment characterized by considerable experimental errors. Moreover, the schemes have been tested numerically on strongly non‐linear multiple‐degrees‐of‐freedom systems reproduced with the Bouc‐Wen hysteretic model, showing that the proposed algorithms reap the benefits of the parent generalizedα methods.

Research limitations/implications

Further developments envisaged for this study are the application of the IPC‐ρ method and of EPC‐ρb scheme to partitioned procedures for high‐speed pseudo‐dynamic testing with substructuring.

Practical implications

The implicit IPC‐ρ and the explicit EPC‐ρb methods allow a user to have defined dissipation which reduces the effects of experimental error in the PDT without needing onerous iterations.

Originality/value

The paper proposes novel time‐integration algorithms for pseudo‐dynamic testing. Thanks to a predictor‐corrector form of the generalizedα method, the proposed schemes maintain a high computational efficiency and accuracy.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 22 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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