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The advantages of this type of system are obvious the pore space is of sufficient complexity to represent any natural or technical pore network. As the model objects are based on computer generated clusters, the pore spaces are well defined so that point-by-point data sets describing the pore space are available. Because these data sets are known, they can be fed directly into finite element or finite volume computational fluid dynamics (CFD) programs in order to simulate transport properties [7]. The percolation model objects are taken as a transport paradigm for any pore network of major complexity. 

Figure 2.9.3 shows typical maps [31] recorded with proton spin density diffusometry in a model object fabricated based on a computer generated percolation cluster (for descriptions of the so-called percolation theory see Refs. [6, 32, 33]).The pore space model is a two-dimensional site percolation cluster sites on a square lattice were occupied with a probability p (also called porosity ). Neighboring occupied sites are thought to be connected by a pore. With increasing p, clusters of neighboring occupied sites, that is pore networks, begin to form. At a critical probability pc, the so-called percolation threshold, an infinite cluster appears. On a finite system, the infinite cluster connects opposite sides of the lattice, so that transport across the pore network becomes possible. For two-dimensional site percolation clusters on a square lattice, pc was numerically found to be 0.592746 [6]. 

Fig. 2.9.5 (a) Typical computer generated percolation cluster that served as a template for the sample fabrication, (b) Photograph of a model object milled 1 mm deep into a polystyrene sheet. The total object size is 12 x 12 cm2, (c) Photographs of model objects etched 1 mm deep into PMMA sheets by X-ray lithography. The total object sizes are 15x15 mm2, 18x18 mm2 and 24 x 24 mm2 from right to... 

One of the major objectives of this paper Is to test the above procedure for obtaining m using computer-generated chromatograms. 

Once the computer-generated map is available then the portion identifying solvent compositions which yield > 1.5 is clearly marked. Though a more exhaustive and objective approach than the MOM, the other disadvantages remain. 

Virtual workspace A representation of a three-dimensional physical workspace generated by computer software and displayed on a video monitor or similar device. This enables, for example, the inclusion and manipulation of computer-generated objects within the virtual workspace such that designs can be tested and modified prior to manufacturing. 

Many organizations overlook the need to provide informational sheets and handouts to support training requirements and provide future reference information. Multimedia-presented visual aids in today s world can enhance learning. However, simply using computer-generated slides, overhead transparencies, white boards, videos, and flip charts does not guarantee the mastery of training objectives (Table 2.10). 

Finally, it is not necessary to move the object to generate an image. Instead, the source may be scanned so that it illuminates the object one point at a time. The image of the source may be scanned optically, as with a pair of mirrors, but a simpler system based on a Nipkow disk has more recently been developed. In such a system, a plate (the Nipkow disk) that contains a series of holes is rotated at high speed, and each hole scans one line in the object. The image may be observed by eye or by a video camera, or it may be digitized with a computer. 

The visual perception of depth (when viewing 3D) data is helped enormously if the viewer can move the data himself. There are many depth cues (stereo, depth from motion, depth from perspective), but depth from motion is the strongest. That is why maximum intensity projections (MIP) are preferably viewed dynamically. By self-tracking also the muscle s proprioceptors are giving feedback to the brain, adding to the visual sensation. The combination with human s superb eye-hand coordination has led to the concept of the Dextroscope (www.dex-troscope.com), where a (computer generated) view or object can be manipulated under a half-transparent mirror, through which the viewer sees the display. Displays can also be equipped with haptic (tactile) feedback systems, which are now commercially available (Fig. 9.13). 

Let us look now at an example of an electromechanical system and implement the systematic process outlined herein with the automated computer-generated model shown below. Let us try a piezoelectric sensor and setup as an objective to find the frequency domain response to find out on which frequency range the sensor will measure accurately this means in which frequencies the relation between input and output should be one. 

Iterated Function Systems. Iterated function systems make it possible to re-create natural objects using mathematical descriptions collected into data sets with accompanying rules for computation. This process is also known as fractal image compression, and it is the technology that makes computer-generated landscapes and visual effects in film possible. Very simply, a table of numbers (or matrix formulation) is created describing the affine transformations desired. These follow the conventional order of scalings, reflections, rotations, and translations. 

Other types of software apphcations are used to design objects and processes that are to be produced as real objects. Computer-assisted design is commonly used to generate construction-specification drawings and to design printed-circuit boards, electronic circuits and integrated circuits, complex machines, and many other real-world constructs. The features and capabilities of individual applications vary. 

In laminated object manufacturing (LOM), layers of a thin sheet are sequentially bonded to each other and cut by a laser according to a computer-generated model (Fig. 6.51). A modified form of the process, referred to as computer-aided manufacturing of laminated engineering materials (CAM-LEM), has been developed to produce complex shapes directly from tape-cast ceramics (72). In CAM-LEM, individual slices are cut from the tape-cast sheet using a laser and stacked to... 

But note that an adaptation which amounts to a distortion and to a derogatory treatment cannot breach the moral right to object to derogatory treatment (section 80 of the 1988 Act), for this right does not apply to a computer program or to any computer-generated work (section 81) (see further below). 

It should be pointed out that there are objections to the continued use of these spectra in some quarters. These objections revolve around the fact that the spectra are of only 2000 channels, are computer generated and are measured on an old detector. In rebuttal of these objections, the following observations can be made. 

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