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In molecular dynamics applications there is a growing interest in mixed quantum-classical models various kinds of which have been proposed in the current literature. We will concentrate on two of these models the adiabatic or time-dependent Born-Oppenheimer (BO) model, [8, 13], and the so-called QCMD model. Both models describe most atoms of the molecular system by the means of classical mechanics but an important, small portion of the system by the means of a wavefunction. In the BO model this wavefunction is adiabatically coupled to the classical motion while the QCMD model consists of a singularly perturbed Schrddinger equation nonlinearly coupled to classical Newtonian equations, 2.2. 

Diffusion The mixing of substances by molecular motion to equalize a concentration gradient. Applicable to gases, fine aerosols and vapors. (See Brownian diffusion.)... 

Because the mapping approach treats electronic and nuclear dynamics on the same dynamical footing, its classical limit can be employed to study the phase-space properties of a nonadiabatic system. With this end in mind, we adopt a onemode two-state spin-boson system (Model IVa), which is mapped on a classical system with two degrees of freedom (DoF). Studying various Poincare surfaces of section, a detailed phase-space analysis of the problem is given, showing that the model exhibits mixed classical dynamics [123]. Furthermore, a number of periodic orbits (i.e., solutions of the classical equation of motion that return to their initial conditions) of the nonadiabatic system are identified and discussed [125]. It is shown that these vibronic periodic orbits can be used to analyze the nonadiabatic quantum dynamics [126]. Finally, a three-mode model of nonadiabatic photoisomerization (Model III) is employed to demonstrate the applicability of the concept of vibronic periodic orbits to multidimensional dynamics [127]. 

In addition to phase change and pyrolysis, mixing between fuel and oxidizer by turbulent motion and molecular diffusion is required to sustain continuous combustion. Turbulence and chemistry interaction is a key issue in virtually all practical combustion processes. The modeling and computational issues involved in these aspects have been covered well in the literature [15, 20-22]. An important factor in the selection of sub-models is computational tractability, which means that the differential or other equations needed to describe a submodel should not be so computationally intensive as to preclude their practical application in three-dimensional Navier-Stokes calculations. In virtually all practical flow field calculations, engineering approximations are required to make the computation tractable. 

The formulation of a consistent scheme to derive mixed quantum-classical equations of motion is a relevant goal both from a purely theoretical point of view and for practical (e.g., computational) applications. 

This result concludes the presentation of the Heisenberg group approach as the powerful tool that allows to derive classical mechanics as a formal limit of quantum mechanics, for h —> 0. The most important ingredients that have been introduced to obtain this result are the Fourier-like representation of observables and equations of motion and the definition of the antiderivative operator. These elements will be used in section 5 to derive a similiar procedure for a mixed quantum-classical mechanics. An ansatz on the quantum-classical equations of motion will be necessary, but the subsequent application of Heisenberg group formalism will be a straightforward generalization of what has been done so far. 

The application of flow will generate mechanical stresses. If these stresses are not equally shared by the components in a mixed system, an addition flux will result. This problem was considered for the case of polymeric liquids by Helfand and Fredrickson [92], The existence of a mechanical stress tensor, x, acting on the fluid will lead to a force, m = -V x, and a corresponding flux, = -E V x. Expanding this flux for small values of the order parameter, the equation of motion for the structure factor becomes... 

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