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This classification problem can then be solved better by developing more suitable boundaries. For instance, using so-called quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) (Section 33.2.3) or density methods (Section 33.2.5) leads to the boundaries of Fig. 33.2 and Fig. 33.3, respectively [3,4]. Other procedures that develop irregular boundaries are the nearest neighbour methods (Section 33.2.4) and neural nets (Section 33.2.9). 

Note 1 A crystallite may have irregular boundaries and parts of its constituent macromolecules may extend beyond its boundaries. 

Many diffusion problems cannot be solved anal3dically, such as concentration-dependent D, complicated initial and boundary conditions, and irregular boundary shape. In these cases, numerical methods can be used to solve the diffusion equation (Press et al., 1992). There are many different numerical algorithms to solve a diffusion equation. This section gives a very brief introduction to the finite difference method. In this method, the differentials are replaced by the finite differences ... 

Goel, N. S., Geroc, J. S., and Lehmann, G., A simple model for heat conduction in heterogeneous materials and irregular boundaries. 7nt. Comm. Heat Mass Tranter, 19,519(1992). 

Approximating an irregular boundary with a rectangular mesh. 

S-43C Wliat is an irregular boundary What is a practical way of handling irregular boundary surfaces with the ftnile difference method ... 

Next, we consider irregular boundaries such as turbine blades. These boundaries may be approximated in terms of, say, a cartesian coordinate system [Fig. 4.11(a)]. A more accurate formulation, however, requires the construction of modified difference equations. The four steps applied to the difference system shown in Fig. 4.11(b) give... 

As outlined above, the FD, FE, and BE methods can aU be used to approximate the boundary value problems which arise in biomedical research problems. The choice depends on the nature of the problem. The FE and FD methods are similar in that the entire solution domain must be discretized, while with the BE method only the bounding surfaces must be discretized. For regular domains, the FD method is generally the easiest method to code and implement, but the FD method usually requires special modifications to define irregular boundaries, abrupt changes in material properties, and complex boundary conditions. While typically more difficult to implement, the BE and FE methods are preferred for problems with irregular, inhomogeneous domains, and mixed boundary conditions. The FE method is superior to the... 

The vertical coefficient is most easily defined, with an accepted value of 0.067/iw, unless density stratification restricts the value or irregular boundary geometry enhances it. 

C. Dark-field electron microscopy reveals its morphology crystallites are lamellar in shape, around 15 mm thick (along the chain) and 100 nm long (in the lateral direction). The lamellae also have somewhat irregular boundaries. Hudson et al. [110] optimized the etchant composition to reveal clearly the periodic lamellar morphology. 

Like all high order localization methods the iterative locahzation method works with arrival times of certain wave types like P-waves, S-waves, surface waves or Lamb waves. A complex test specimen with irregular boundaries and an inhomogeneous structure causes reflections or scattered waves, which interfere in the signal and thus have no obvious onsets. The first onset usually is the clearest one and is therefore in most cases used for the localization. It corresponds to the compressional P-wave, which has the highest propagation velocity, but may not be detectable in a noisy envi-... 

Figures 16.1 (a, b), 16.2 (a-b) show the SEM and 16.2(c) shows the AFM image of some of the selected composites, which reveal that nanofillers are well dispersed and embedded rather uniformly through the PS matrix. The ceramic particles appear to be well dispersed both in low- and high-concentration composites. The filler particles are uniformly distributed in all composites and the particles are almost spherical in shape with irregular boundaries. In all composites filler particles are clearly embedded in the polymer matrix. It gives clear evidence to the (0-3) connectivity of the composites. The average particle diameter is found to be less than 100 nm in all BNN-PS composites. The average diameter of the nanoceramic is calculated by the software (Nanoscope particle analyzer V531rl) attached to AFM and reported in Table 16.1 and it is found that diameter is of the order of 58 nm for BNN.

Fig. 5.62 Optical micrographs show the size and shape of several minerals used as fillers for composites (A) mica flakes appear platy in shape with irregular boundaries, (B) talc particles have a much finer, platy texture and the particles exhibit a range of shapes from nearly fibrous to platy and (C) clay particles are very fine grained with no characteristic shape.

Few exact solutions are ever available in reservoir flow analysis, simply because irregular boundaries and heterogeneities render the mathematics extremely difficult. Thus, researchers and practitioners concentrate their efforts on numerical models. Great strides have been achieved in petroleum reservoir simulation using such approximate techniques. However, most of the computational literature deals with rectangular and circular grid systems, where finite difference equations take on particularly simple forms. 

Boundary conforming grids. The grid generation technology in Chapters 8-10 should be used where possible. Consider the irregular boundaries seen by our Houston well in a Texas-shaped reservoir in Chapter 9. Whereas boundary-... 

Other analysis methods that use discretization include the finite difference method, the boundary element method, and the finite volume method. However, FEA is by far the most commonly used method in structural mechanics. The finite difference method approximates differential equations using difference equations. The method works well for two-dimensional problems but becomes cumbersome for regions with irregular boundaries (Segerlind 1984). Another difference between the finite element and finite difference methods is that in the finite difference method, the field variable is only computed at specific points while in the finite element method, the variation of a field variable within a finite element is available from the assumed interpolation function (Hutton 2003). Thus, the derivatives of a field variable can be directly determined in finite element method as opposed to the finite difference method where only data concerning the field variable is available. The boundary element method is also not general in terms of structural shapes (MacNeal 1994). 

The finite difference approximations of partial differential equations developed in this chapter so far were based on regular Cartesian coordinate systems. Quite often, however, the objects, whose properties are being modeled by the partial differential equations, may have circular, cylindrical, or spherical shapes, or may have altogether irregular boundaries. The finite difference approximations may be modified to handle such cases. 

A more precise method of expressing the finite difference equation at the irregular boundary is to modify it accordingly. We may use a Taylor series expansion of the dependent value at the point (i,j) in the x-direction to get (see Fig. 6.9)... 

Figure 6.9 Finite difference grid for irregular boundaries.

When (X = P = 1, Eqs. (6.100)-(6.103) become identical to tho.se developed earlier in this chapter for regular Cartesian coordinate systems. Therefore, for objects with irregular boundaries, the partial differential equations would be converted to algebraic equations using Eqs. (6.100)-(6.103). For points adjacent to the boundary, the parameters a and P would assume values that reflect the irregular shape of the boundary, and for internal points away from the boundary, the value of a and P would be unity,... 

Eqs. (6.100)-(6.103) can be used at the boundaries with Dirichlet condition where the dependent variable at the boundary is known. Treatment of Neumann and Robbins conditions where the normal derivative at the curved or irregular boundary is specified is more complicated. Considering again Fig. 6.9, the normal derivative of the dependent variable at the boundary can be expressed as... 

Replacing Eqs. (6.111) and (6.112) into Eq. (6.104) provides the normal derivative which can be used when dealing with Neumann or Robbins conditions at an irregular boundary. Similarly in the y-direction ... 

Fung, A. K. Eom, H. J. (1981). Emission from a Rayleigh layer with irregular boundaries. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Tranter, 26, 397-409. 

The next chapter will discuss a second major technique for solving PDEs - that of the finite element method. Because this teehnique is much more amendable to physical problems with irregular boundaries, this final teehnique has found extensive application in a wide variety of engineering problems. 

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