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Figure 22C summarizes the procedure for calculating the programming pulse shape v(t) from the target pulse shape bi(t) and the step response u(t). In addition to the measurement of y t), we need to perform a number of data operations such as multiplication, division, Laplace and inverse Laplace transformations. All of these functions can be performed on the software. 

A similar approach, also based on the Kubo-Tomita theory (103), has been proposed in a series of papers by Sharp and co-workers (109-114), summarized nicely in a recent review (14). Briefly, Sharp also expressed the PRE in terms of a power density function (or spectral density) of the dipolar interaction taken at the nuclear Larmor frequency. The power density was related to the Fourier-Laplace transform of the time correlation functions (14) ... 

In contrast to the pseudo 3-D models, tmly multi-dimensional models use, in general, finite element or finite volume CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) techniques to solve full 3-D Navier-Stokes equations with appropriate modifications to account for electrochemistry and current distribution. The details of electrochemistry may vary from code to code, but the current density is calculated almost exclusively from Laplace equation for the electric potential (see Equation (5.24)). Inside the electrolyte, the same equation represents the migration of ions (e g. 0= in SOFC), elsewhere it represents the electron/charge transfer. In what follows, we briefly summarize a commonly used multi-dimensional model for PEM fuel cells because of its completeness and of the fact that it also addresses most essential features of SOFC modeling. 

The third section of the memoir, Reflections on the theory of heat, summarized lucidly what Lavoisier and Laplace sought to accomplish with their machine exact quantitative control of the distribution and the flow of heat in a system of bodies. In order to frame a complete theory of heat, four different kinds of measurement were necessary a linear thermometer, the specific heats of bodies as a function of temperature, the absolute quantities of heat contained in bodies at a given temperature, and the quantities of heat evolved or absorbed in chemical combinations or decompositions. This is in fact an excellent summary of the directions in which the thermometric investigation of heat had proceeded until then, except for the last item, which Lavoisier and Laplace added. They could not measure all these quantities directly, however, as they readily admitted. Particularly problematic was the relationship between the thermometer readings and the absolute quantities of heat. The assumption that the ratio of absolute heats was proportional to the ratio of specific heats was very uncertain and would require many experiments for confirmation. Specific heats only indicated the difference... 

In this appendix some important mathematical methods are briefly outlined. These include Laplace and Fourier transformations which are often used in the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. Some basic operations with complex numbers and functions are also outlined. Power series, which are useful in making approximations, are summarized. Vector calculus, a subject which is important in electricity and magnetism, is dealt with in appendix B. The material given here is intended to provide only a brief introduction. The interested reader is referred to the monograph by Kreyszig [1] for further details. Extensive tables relevant to these topics are available in the handbook by Abramowitz and Stegun [2]. 

T (t) given by eq. (8.4) is the solution to our initial differential equation (5.3). Indeed, taking the Laplace of eq. (8.4), it yields eq. (8.3). The procedure by which we find the time function when its Laplace transform is known is called the inverse Laplace transformation and is the most critical step while solving linear differential equations using Laplace transforms. To summarize the solution procedure described in the example above, we can identify the following steps ... 

This is Laplace s equation, which describes potential flow. It is widely used in heat flow and electrostatic field problems an enormous number of solutions to Laplace s equation are known for various geometries. These can be used to predict the two-dimensional flow in oil fields, underground water flow, etc. The same method can be used in three dimensions, but solutions are more difficult. The solutions to the two-dimensional Laplace equation for common problems in petroleum reservoir engineering are summarized by Muskat [3]. The analogous solutions for groundwater flow are shown in the numerous texts on hydrology, e.g., Todd [4]. See Chap. 10 for more on potential flow. 

Summarizing our discussion of the stability issue, we may first observe that the Laplace equilibrium is generally a stable one for closed interfacial systems (i.e., on a short-enough time scale). The long-term stability, however, is a rather different matter, which will depend upon whether or not there is a free... 

Surface stress There have been few experimental determinations of surface stress. Cammarata [6] has summarized most of these. The surface stress will induce a radial elastic strain (e) in small spheres, which can be measured by electron diffraction. This strain has been related to the surface stress using the Laplace equation (see Chapter 6) by... 

The following sections summarize the reported experimental techniques for porous media characterization. The limitations inherent to the use of the original Young-Laplace equation to PTL materials will become apparent in light of the preceding discussion. 

The mechanical properties of a system comprising a liquid in equflib-rium with its vapour are, as we have seen, consistent with the int ace being treated as if it were a surface in which there resides a tension, that is, as a taut membrane of zero mass and zero thickness. In the hands of Young and Laplace the theory of capillarity combined this simple picture with attempts at hs molecular justification, in the way d cribed in Chapter 1, but this conflation of macroscopic and microscopic views is foreign to the methods of classical thermodynamics, whidi are based solely on the two hypotheses above, namely, the existence of a surface in whidi there is a tension, and the position of that surface in laboratory space. Our assumption is, therefore, that the medianical behaviour of a r interfadal system is the same as that of a model system comprising a mathematical surface S subject to a tension a. Let us therefore first summarize the mechanical consequences of this assumption, so obtaining... 

Meaning of multivalued solutions. We summarize our results thus far. First, the velocities in aerodynamics are obtained by solving Laplace s equation for the velocity potential, subject to kinematic no flow through the surface boundary conditions related to u, v, and trailing edge. Then, pressures are obtained from Equation 1-27, where the integration constant is evaluated from known ambient conditions at infinity upstream. Aerodynamicists work with a dimensionless pressure coefficient... 

Except for the normalization constant (see Exercises 6.3 and 6.4), this step completes our derivation of the solid harmonics (6.4.33) from Laplace s equation. Our results are summarized in (6.4.14)-(6.4.16). 

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