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Hence, the comparison of the Eqs. (4.21), (4.46) and (4.47) shows that polymer behavior at deformation is defined by change exactly, if this parameter is considered as probabilistic measure. Let us remind, that such definition exists actually within the frameworks of lattice models, where tiiis parameter is connected with the ratio of free volume microvoids number and lattice nodes number N (N jN) [49]. The similar definition is given and for Pj in the Eq. (4.46) [86]. 

It is a common feature of most AI methods that flexibility exists in the way that we can run the algorithm. In the SOM, we can choose the shape and dimensionality of the lattice, the number of nodes, the initial learning rate and how quickly the rate diminishes with cycle number, the size of the initial neighborhood and how it too varies with the number of cycles, the type of function to be used to determine how the updating of weights varies with distance from the winning node, and the stopping criterion. 

In semi-commensurate layers with a modulated semi-commensurate direction a different process is usually observed. In the unit verniers, (n + 1)b, built on centred subcells in at least one component there will be two (nearly) equivalent matches for the two unit cells either (1) the lattice node of the layer with the even number of subcells in the vernier match can match with the node at the origin of the layer which has an odd number of subcells in the vernier or (2) the node at (0 0 4)ceu of the first layer type can match with the node (0 54)cen of the second layer type. If (as in cylindrite. Fig. 14) the... 

For the simulations presented in this chapter, a D3Q19 lattice (where D and Q denote the dimension of the lattice and the number of links per lattice node, respectively) was employed that is obtained as 3D projection of a 4D face-centered hypercubic lattice. 

Fig. 7.14. Operation of a cellular automaton - a model of gas. The particles occupy the lattice nodes (cells). Their displacement from the node symbolizes which direction they are heading in with the velocity equal to 1 length unit per 1 time step. On the left scheme (a) the initial situation is shown. On the right scheme (b) the result of the one step propagation and one step collision is shown. Collision only take place in one case (at 0362) the collision rule has been applied (of the lateral outgoing). The game would become more dramatic if the number of particles were larger, if the walls of the box as well as the appropriate propagation rules (with walls) were introduced.

In this study, the Boltzmann equation is solved with the help of a single relaxation time collision operator approximated by the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) approach [1], Here, the relaxation of the distribution function to an equilibrium distribution is supposed to occur at a constant relaxation parameter r. The substitution of the continuous velocities in the Boltzmann equation by discrete ones leads to the discrete Boltzmann equation, where fai = fm(x, t). The number of available discrete velocity directions ai that connect the lattice nodes with each other depends on the applied model. In this work, the D3Q19 model is used which applies for a three-dimensional grid and provides 19 distinct propagation directions. Discretising time and space with At and Ax = At yields the Lattice-Boltzmann equation ... 

Fig. 1.7. Phases of the wave functions at the band limits, for an alternating two-dimensional square lattice involving s orbitals. The top part of the figure represents the phases on one of the sub-lattices, and the two lower parts show the corresponding phases on the full lattice. On the left hand side, are the states associated with Fmax depending upon the sign of the wave function on the second sub-lattice, its number of nodes is either vanishing or maximal, which gives the bottom of the valence band (VB) and the top of the conduction band (CB), respectively. On the right hand side, are the states associated with Fmin the coefficients of the wave function on one sub-lattice are equal to zero and are out of phase on the other sub-lattice these non-bonding states are located at the lower and upper gap edges.

In the process of marching through the lattice, nodes C for which some of the four neighboring nodes, N, E, S, and W are outside the system will be encounted these nodes outside the system are called the fictitious nodes. Without any boundary conditions, fictitious nodes would lead to an undetermined set of equations. It is, however, possible to eliminate the fictitious nodes with the help of the boundary conditions, thereby reducing the number of unknowns to the number of equations available. 

A number of nodes arranged in a regular lattice each node stores a set of weights ... 

A GCS can be constructed in any number of dimensions from one upwards. The fundamental building block is a /c-dimensional simplex this is a line for k = 1, a triangle for k = 2, and a tetrahedron for k = 3 (Figure 4.2). In most applications, we would choose to work in two dimensions because this dimensionality combines computational and visual simplicity with flexibility. Whatever the number of dimensions, though, there is no requirement that the nodes should occupy the vertices of a regular lattice. 

Inputting solid particles at fixed positions, of different sizes simulates a solid phase in the fluid lattice (Fig. 4). The number of fluid particles per node and their interaction law (collisions) affect the physical properties of real fluid such as viscosity. Particle movements are divided into the so called propagation step (spatial shift) and collisions. Not all particles take part in the collisions. It strongly depends on their current positions on the lattice in a certain LGA time step. In order to avoid an additional spurious conservation law [13], a minimum of two- and three-body collisions (FHP1 rule) is necessary to conserve mass and momentum along each lattice line. Collision rules FHP2 (22 collisions) and FHP5 (12 collisions) have been used for most of the previous analyses [1],[2],[14], since the reproduction of moisture flow in capillaries, in comparison to the results from NMR tests [3], is then the most realistic. 

However, two-dimensional networks appear to capture almost all of the important physics and chemistry of the problem. (Their dimensionality, two dimensions instead of the three of a real porous medium, is fundamentally incorrect.) Figure 6 illustrates a square-lattice network in which all tubes have the same length and connectivity but different radii. Important parameters for a network include the population distribution of radii, the physical distribution of those radii in the medium, and the connectivity (number of tubes that meet at a node). 

The pore space of a unimodal real material is represented by a three-dimensional cubic lattice, with unoccupied lattice sites considered "nodes", cubic site faces considered "bonds" and occupied sites considered solid matrix. The connectivity of a particular site is defined as the number of unoccupied site neighbours it has. For example, in the case of a completely unoccupied lattice all the sites (nodes) would have a connectivity of 6. For a cubic lattice, Elias-Kohav et al.[ ] have described a method for the determination of tortuosity. The tortuosity is approximated by the number of sideways diversions that a molecule needs to proceed in the void (unoccupied cubic sites). If M is the locally averaged number of blocked lattice sites adjacent to an empty site, then the probability of a one site diversion is M/6. M is obviously analogous to six minus the so-called connectivity of the lattice. After such a move there is a similar probability of a further diversion and when M does not vary with every diversion the local tortuosity after n steps is ... 

To appreciate this latter point, consider the trajectory of a single molecule in space. Let us discretize this trajectory such that we represent the trajectory of the molecule by a succession of regularly spaced points. Thus, these points may be viewed as the p nodes of a cubic lattice. Clearly, in each spatial dimension, 2 otit of the total number of the p nodes in that direction lie on the surface of the cube. Extending these considerations to N instead of just a single molecule, it is immediately clear that we need to replace the original cube by an Af-dimensionaJ hypercube such that in eacli dimension the fraction p — 2/p represents the ratio of nodes not on the surface of the hypercube relative to the total number of nodes. To estimate this fraction... 

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