This paper studies dynamic stability of functionally graded beams with piezoelectric layers subjected to periodic axial compressive load that is simply supported at both ends lies on a continuous elastic foundation. The Young’s modulus of beam is assumed to be graded continuously across the beam thickness. Applying the Hamilton’s principle, the governing dynamic equation is established. The eff...

Nonlinear behavior of a functionally graded cantilever beam is analyzed under non-uniform hygro-thermal effect. To solve this problem, finite element method is applied within plane solid continua. Total Lagrangian approach is utilized in the nonlinear kinematic relations. Newton-Raphson method with incremental displacement is used in nonlinear solution. Comparison study is performed. Effects of...

Floer theory assigns, in favourable circumstances, an abelian group HF (L0, L1) to a pair (L0, L1) of Lagrangian submanifolds of a symplectic manifold (M,ω). This group is a qualitative invariant, which remains unchanged under suitable deformations of L0 or L1. Following Floer [7] one can equip HF (L0, L1) with a canonical relative Z/N -grading, where 1 ≤ N ≤ ∞ is a number which depends on (M,ω...

We consider Γ-graded commutative algebras, where Γ is an abelian group. Starting from a remarkable example of the classical algebra of quaternions and, more generally, an arbitrary Clifford algebra, we develop a general viewpoint on the subject. We then give a recent classification result and formulate an open problem.

The formalism of graded Poisson-sigma models allows the construction of N = (2, 2) dilaton supergravity in terms of a minimal number of fields. For the gauged chiral U(1) symmetry the full action, involving all fermionic contributions , is derived. The twisted chiral case follows by simple redefinition of fields. The equivalence of our approach to the standard second order one in terms of super...

Using colored superanalysis and ε-Lie superalgebras, we build the minimal Poincaré superalgebra in the case of the Z n grading. We then build a representation of this algebra, and the corresponding Poincaré supergroup.

We study the bilipschitz equivalence type of tree-graded spaces, showing that asymptotic cones of relatively hyperbolic groups (resp. asymptotic cones of groups containing a cut-point) only depend on the bilipschitz equivalence types of the pieces in the standard (resp. minimal) tree-graded structure. In particular, the asymptotic cones of many relatively hyperbolic groups do not depend on the ...

The structure of graded triangular algebras T of arbitrary dimension are studied in this paper. This is motivated in part for the important role that triangular algebras play in the study of oriented graphs, upper triangular matrix algebras or nest algebras. It is shown that T decomposes as T = U + ( ∑ i∈I Ti), where U is an R-submodule contained in the 0-homogeneous component and any Ti a well...