Effects of alcohols on the stability and low-frequency local motions that control the slow changes in structural dynamics of ferrocytochrome c

2013 ◽  
Vol 154 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Jain ◽  
D. Sharma ◽  
R. Kumar
2005 ◽  
Vol 288 (6) ◽  
pp. R1637-R1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter E. Hammer ◽  
J. Philip Saul

A mathematical model of the arterial baroreflex was developed and used to assess the stability of the reflex and its potential role in producing the low-frequency arterial blood pressure oscillations called Mayer waves that are commonly seen in humans and animals in response to decreased central blood volume. The model consists of an arrangement of discrete-time filters derived from published physiological studies, which is reduced to a numerical expression for the baroreflex open-loop frequency response. Model stability was assessed for two states: normal and decreased central blood volume. The state of decreased central blood volume was simulated by decreasing baroreflex parasympathetic heart rate gain and by increasing baroreflex sympathetic vaso/venomotor gains as occurs with the unloading of cardiopulmonary baroreceptors. For the normal state, the feedback system was stable by the Nyquist criterion (gain margin = 0.6), but in the hypovolemic state, the gain margin was small (0.07), and the closed-loop frequency response exhibited a sharp peak (gain of 11) at 0.07 Hz, the same frequency as that observed for arterial pressure fluctuations in a group of healthy standing subjects. These findings support the theory that stresses affecting central blood volume, including upright posture, can reduce the stability of the normally stable arterial baroreflex feedback, leading to resonance and low-frequency blood pressure waves.


2003 ◽  
Vol 478 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTIAN B. DYSTHE ◽  
KARSTEN TRULSEN ◽  
HARALD E. KROGSTAD ◽  
HERVÉ SOCQUET-JUGLARD

Numerical simulations of the evolution of gravity wave spectra of fairly narrow bandwidth have been performed both for two and three dimensions. Simulations using the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation approximately verify the stability criteria of Alber (1978) in the two-dimensional but not in the three-dimensional case. Using a modified NLS equation (Trulsen et al. 2000) the spectra ‘relax’ towards a quasi-stationary state on a timescale (ε2ω0)−1. In this state the low-frequency face is steepened and the spectral peak is downshifted. The three-dimensional simulations show a power-law behaviour ω−4 on the high-frequency side of the (angularly integrated) spectrum.


NANO ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOLIANG WANG ◽  
XIANG LI ◽  
ELEANOR STRIDE ◽  
MOHAN EDIRISINGHE

Naturally derived biopolymers have been widely used for biomedical applications such as drug carriers, wound dressings, and tissue engineering scaffolds. Chitosan is a typical polysaccharide of great interest due to its biocompatibility and film-formability. Chitosan membranes with controllable porous structures also have significant potential in membrane chromatography. Thus, the processing of membranes with porous nanoscale structures is of great importance, but it is also challenging and this has limited the application of these membranes to date. In this study, with the aid of a carefully selected surfactant, polyethyleneglycol stearate-40, chitosan membranes with a well controlled nanoscale structure were successfully prepared. Additional control over the membrane structure was obtained by exposing the suspension to high intensity, low frequency ultrasound. It was found that the concentration of chitosan/surfactant ratio and the ultrasound exposure conditions affect the structural features of the membranes. The stability of nanopores in the membrane was improved by intensive ultrasonication. Furthermore, the stability of the blended suspensions and the intermolecular interactions between chitosan and the surfactant were investigated using scanning electron microscope and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis, respectively. Hydrogen bonds and possible reaction sites for molecular interactions in the two polymers were also confirmed by FTIR analysis.


2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 509-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Bhatia ◽  
B. S. Bhadauria

Abstract The stability of a horizontal layer of fluid heated from below is examined when, in addition to a steady temperature difference between the horizontal walls of the layer a time-dependent low-frequency per­ turbation is applied to the wall temperatures. An asymptotic solution is obtained which describes the be­ haviour of infinitesimal disturbances to this configuration. Possible stability criteria are analyzed and the results are compared with the known experimental as well as numerical results.


Author(s):  
Swathi Kommamuri ◽  
P. Sureshbabu

Power system stability improvement by a coordinate Design ofThyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC) controller is addressed in this paper.Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique is employed for optimization of the parameterconstrained nonlinear optimization problem implemented in a simulation environment. The proposed controllers are tested on a weakly connected power system. The non-linear simulation results are presented. The eigenvalue analysis and simulation results show the effectiveness and robustness of proposed controllers to improve the stability performance of power system by efficient damping of low frequency oscillations under various disturbances.


2019 ◽  
Vol 07 (12) ◽  
pp. 2950-2957
Author(s):  
Tatiana P. Kulagina ◽  
Lev P. Smirnov ◽  
Zoya S. Andrianova
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2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 105363
Author(s):  
Olga Krasulya ◽  
Anastasiya Smirnova ◽  
Vladimir Bogush ◽  
Natalia Shlenskaya ◽  
Natalia Vostrikova ◽  
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Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 5307
Author(s):  
Yeying Tao ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Bin Han ◽  
Xiaoqing Li ◽  
Ying Luo ◽  
...  

A piecewise frequency control (PFC) strategy is proposed in this paper for coordinating vibration isolation and positioning of supporting systems under complex disturbance conditions, such as direct and external disturbances. This control strategy is applied in an active-passive parallel supporting system, where relative positioning feedback for positioning and absolute velocity feedback for active vibration isolation. The analysis of vibration and deformation transmissibility shows that vibration control increases low-frequency position error while positioning control amplifies high-frequency vibration amplitude. To overcome this contradiction across the whole control bandwidth, a pair of Fractional-Order Filters (FOFs) is adopted in the PFC system, which increases the flexibility in the PFC design by introducing fraction orders. The system stability analysis indicates that the FOFs can provide a better stability margin than the Integral-Order Filters (IOFs), so the control gains are increased to get a better performance on the AVI and positioning. The PFC based on FOFs can suppress the peak amplitude at the natural frequency which cannot be avoided when using the IOFs. The constrained nonlinear multivariable function is formed by the required performance and the stability of the system, then the controller parameters are optimized effectively. Lastly, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by experiments.


Author(s):  
Carlos Martel ◽  
Roque Corral ◽  
Jose´ Miguel Llorens

A new simple asymptotic mistuning model (AMM), which constitutes an extension of the well known Fundamental Mistuning Model for groups of modes belonging to a modal family exhibiting a large variation of the tuned vibration characteristics, is used to analyze the effect of mistuning on the stability properties of aerodynamically unstable rotors. The model assumes that both, the aerodynamics and the structural dynamics of the assembly are linear, and retains the first order terms of a fully consistent asymptotic expansion of the tuned system where the small parameter is the blade mistuning. The simplicity of the model allows the optimization of the blade mistuning pattern to achieve maximum rotor stability. The results of the application of this technique to realistic welded-in-pair and interlock low-pressure-turbine rotors are also presented.


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