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The adaptronic approach would be one that would borrow directly from the biological world. Materials that behave more or less like muscles can be used in adaptronic structures and are called induced strain actuators. When energy is applied to the actuators, they attempt to expand/contract and work against any load that is applied to them. The actuators are typically bonded to the surface of a structure, or embedded within the material. This means that the artificial muscles must now work against the inherent structural impedance of the component, just as hmnan muscles are parallel to the skeletal structure or bone. However, whereas the arm has discrete joints about which rotation occurs, the adaptronic structure may be a continuum, thereby necessitating a distributed actuation system. For example, the tip motion of a beam will not occur by rotating the beam about a joint but by inducing its deformation by means of induced strain actuators placed on the beam. 

Different approaches are possible to represent heterogeneous media, namely, the discrete element method, the discontinuous finite element method (FEM), and limit analysis. The finite element method remains the most used tool for numerical analysis in solid mechanics, and an extension from standard continuum finite elements to represent discrete joints was developed in the early days of nonlinear mechanics. 

As a rule, narrowband windows should be established to monitor at least these three distinct frequencies, i.e. lx, 2x, and 3x. In addition, narrowbands should be established to monitor the discrete frequencies generated by the couplings or joints used to connect the jackshaft to the driver and driven unit. 

Gangestad, S., Snyder, M. (1985). To carve nature at its joints On the existence of discrete classes in personality. Psychological Review, 92, 317-349. 

More precisely, the Fourier coefficients in (4.27) can be replaced by random variables with the following properties k. U = 0 and (U ) = 0 for all k such that k > kc. An energy-conserving scheme would also require that the expected value of the residual kinetic energy be the same for all choices of the random variable. The LES velocity PDF is a conditional PDF that can be defined in die usual manner by starting from die joint PDF for the discrete Fourier coefficients U. ... 

Note finally that, for any given value of the mixture fraction (i.e., f f), the multienvironment presumed PDF model discussed in this section will predict a unique value of 4>. In this sense, the multi-environment presumed PDF model provides a simple description of the conditional means (0 f) at Ve discrete values of f. An obvious extension of the method would thus be to develop a multi-environment conditional PDF to model the conditional joint composition PDF / (-i/d x, / ). We look at models based on this idea below. 

The algorithms discussed earlier for time averaging and local time stepping apply also to velocity, composition PDF codes. A detailed discussion on the effect of simulation parameters on spatial discretization and bias error can be found in Muradoglu et al. (2001). These authors apply a hybrid FV-PDF code for the joint PDF of velocity fluctuations, turbulence frequency, and composition to a piloted-jet flame, and show that the proposed correction algorithms virtually eliminate the bias error in mean quantities. The same code... 

Maximum likelihood (ML) is the approach most commonly used to fit a parametric distribution (Madgett 1998 Vose 2000). The idea is to choose the parameter values that maximize the probability of the data actually observed (for fitting discrete distributions) or the joint density of the data observed (for continuous distributions). Estimates or estimators based on the ML approach are termed maximum-likelihood estimates or estimators (MLEs). 

The simplest of these models which permits a detailed discussion of the decay of correlations is a random walk model in which a set of random walkers whose positions are initially correlated is allowed to diffuse the motion of any single random walker being independent of any other member of the set. Let us assume that there are r particles in the set and motion occurs on a discrete lattice. The state of the system is, therefore, completely specified by the probabilities Pr(nlf n2,..., nr /), (tij = — 1, 0, 1, 2,. ..) in which Pr(n t) is the joint probability that particle 1 is at n1( particle 2 is at n2, etc., at time l. We will also use the notation Nj(t) for the random variable that is the position of random walker j at time t. Reduced probability distributions can be defined in terms of the Pr(n t) by summation. We will use the notation P nh, rth,..., ntj I) to denote the distribution of random walkers iu i2,..., i at time t. We define... 

A more refined approach is based on the local description of fluctuations in non-equilibrium systems, which permits us to treat fluctuations of all spatial scales as well as their correlations. The birth-death formalism is applied here to the physically infinitesimal volume vo, which is related to the rest of a system due to the diffusion process. To describe fluctuations in spatially extended systems, the whole volume is divided into blocks having distinctive sizes Ao (vo = Xd, d = 1,2,3 is the space dimension). Enumerating these cells with the discrete variable f and defining the number of particles iVj(f) therein, we can introduce the joint probability of arbitrary particle distribution over cells. Particle diffusion is also considered in terms of particle death in a given cell accompanied with particle birth in the nearest cell. 

Mineralized coal impure coal that is heavily impregnated with mineral matter, either dispersed or discretely localized along cleat joints or other fissures pyrite and calcareous minerals are the most common (ASTM D-2796). 

Prompted by these considerations, Gillespie [388] introduced the reaction probability density function p (x, l), which is a joint probability distribution on the space of the continuous variable x (0 < x < oc) and the discrete variable l (1 = 1,..., to0). This function is used as p (x, l) Ax to define the probability that given the state n(t) at time t, the next event will occur in the infinitesimal time interval (t + x,t + x + Ax), AND will be an Ri event. Our first step toward finding a legitimate method for assigning numerical values to x and l is to derive, from the elementary conditional probability hi At, an analytical expression for p (x, l). To this end, we now calculate the probability p (x, l) Ax as the product po (x), the probability at time t that no event will occur in the time interval (t, t + x) TIMES a/ Ax, the subsequent probability that an R.i... 

A problem is that discrete variations are prone to interaction effects, see Sect. 2.2. The ability to recognize such interaction effects is very important when new reactions are explored, otherwise the potential of the reaction for preparative purposes may be overlooked. It is therefore necessary to use multivariate strategies also for exploring the reaction space so that the joint influence of varying the substrate, reagent (s) and solvent can be evaluated. 

The same library was used by the authors to identify a novel, blue-white emission composite identified as Sr2Ce04 (39, 40). Another prominent group identified mag-netoresistant materials (41) and novel capacitors (42) from smaller discrete materials libraries, while joint efforts by a multi-lab group (43) proved the applicability of combinatorial technologies to the development of molecular plastic solar cells. Further examples will be described in the next section with greater focus on screening procedures. 

At this point in this chapter, it is easy to understand that, using the methodology above, the modelling of a chemical transformation presents no important difS-culty if the chemical reaction is fitted in the general framework of the concepts of probability theory. Indeed, the discrete molecular population characterizing a chemical system can be described in terms of the joint probability of the random variables representing the groups of entities in the total population. 

For the structural consideration, the graphitic monolayer tube can be treated as a rolled-up graphite sheet that matches perfectly at the closure line. Choosing the cylinder joint in different directions leads to different helicities. One single helicity gives a set of discrete diameters. In order to obtain the diameter that matches exactly the required interlayer spacing, the tube layers need to adjust their helicities. Therefore, in general, different helicities for different layers in a multilayer tube are expected and were indeed found in our experiment. 

Microorganisms in nature tend to accumulate at interfaces. In the oceans, they are more concentrated at the air-sea and sediment-sea interfaces than in the main body of water. In soils and on rock surfaces, they are not uniformly distributed but accumulate in discrete microcolonies attached to mineral surfaces or organic particulates to form a system composed of more or less discontinuous microcolonies, each in its own distinct microhabitat (Stotsky, 1972). Microorganisms can easily and rapidly penetrate cracks, joints and microscopic fissures in rock (Webley et al., 1963 Myers and McCready, 1966). Initial attachment of microorganisms to mineral surfaces is thought to be a sorptive process which depends upon the nature of the mineral and microbial surfaces and the physical and chemical characteristics of the aqueous phase (Marshall, 1971). 

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