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To first order, the dispersion (a-a) interaction is independent of the structure in a condensed medium and should be approximately pairwise additive. Qualitatively, this is because the dispersion interaction results from a small perturbation of electronic motions so that many such perturbations can add without serious mutual interaction. Because of this simplification and its ubiquity in colloid and surface science, dispersion forces have received the most significant attention in the past half-century. The way dispersion forces lead to long-range interactions is discussed in Section VI-3 below. Before we present this discussion, it is useful to recast the key equations in cgs/esu units and SI units in Tables VI-2 and VI-3. 

The individual reactions need not be unimolecular. It can be shown that the relaxation kinetics after small perturbations of the equilibrium can always be reduced to the fomi of (A3.4.138t in temis of extension variables from equilibrium, even if the underlying reaction system is not of first order [51, fil, fiL, 58]. 

This expression can be simplified considerably since >2 and /j are orthogonal which implies that J2 and are orthogonal as well. Furthemiore, a C ) s fflj(O) = 1 and a iO == = 0 since is a small perturbation ... 

B2.5.3.1 RELAXATION AFTER A SMALL PERTURBATION FROM EQUILIBRIUM... 

B2.5.3.2 PERIODIC SMALL PERTURBATION FROM EQUILIBRIUM AND ULTRASOUND ABSORPTION... 

A general limitation of the relaxation teclmiques with small perturbations from equilibrium discussed in the previous section arises from the restriction to systems starting at or near equilibrium under the conditions used. This limitation is overcome by teclmiques with large perturbations. The most important representative of this class of relaxation techniques in gas-phase kinetics is the shock-tube method, which achieves J-jumps of some 1000 K (accompanied by corresponding P-jumps) [30, and 53]. Shock hibes are particularly... 

Excitable media are some of tire most commonly observed reaction-diffusion systems in nature. An excitable system possesses a stable fixed point which responds to perturbations in a characteristic way small perturbations return quickly to tire fixed point, while larger perturbations tliat exceed a certain tlireshold value make a long excursion in concentration phase space before tire system returns to tire stable state. In many physical systems tliis behaviour is captured by tire dynamics of two concentration fields, a fast activator variable u witli cubic nullcline and a slow inhibitor variable u witli linear nullcline [31]. The FitzHugh-Nagumo equation [34], derived as a simple model for nerve impulse propagation but which can also apply to a chemical reaction scheme [35], is one of tire best known equations witli such activator-inlribitor kinetics ... 

It is appropriate to consider first the question of what kind of accuracy is expected from a simulation. In molecular dynamics (MD) very small perturbations to initial conditions grow exponentially in time until they completely overwhelm the trajectory itself. Hence, it is inappropriate to expect that accurate trajectories be computed for more than a short time interval. Rather it is expected only that the trajectories have the correct statistical properties, which is sensible if, for example, the initial velocities are randomly generated from a Maxwell distribution. 

Letting m/M 0 in the numerical method, it can be shown that the solution given by (21) tends to a small perturbation of the Verlet method formally applied to that equation ... 

Let z, y,steady state balance equaclons, and consider small perturbations about these values, writing... 

A Moeller-Plesset Cl correction to v / is based on perturbation theory, by which the Hamiltonian is expressed as a Hartree-Fock Hamiltonian perturbed by a small perturbation operator P through a minimization constant X... 

We consider an equilibrium problem for a shell with a crack. The faces of the crack are assumed to satisfy a nonpenetration condition, which is an inequality imposed on the horizontal shell displacements. The properties of the solution are analysed - in particular, the smoothness of the stress field in the vicinity of the crack. The character of the contact between the crack faces is described in terms of a suitable nonnegative measure. The stability of the solution is investigated for small perturbations to the crack geometry. The results presented were obtained in (Khludnev, 1996b). 

Maz ya V.G., Nazarov S.A. (1987) Asymptotics of energy integrals for small perturbations of the boundary near corner and conical points. Trudy Moscow Math. Soc. 50, 79-129 (in Russian). 

In some cases, however, it is possible, by analysing the equations of motion, to determine the criteria by which one flow pattern becomes unstable in favor of another. The mathematical technique used most often is linearised stabiHty analysis, which starts from a known solution to the equations and then determines whether a small perturbation superimposed on this solution grows or decays as time passes. 

It has been postulated that jet breakup is the result of aerodynamic interaction between the Hquid and the ambient gas. Such theory considers a column of Hquid emerging from a circular orifice into a surrounding gas. The instabiHty on the Hquid surface is examined by using first-order linear theory. A small perturbation is imposed on the initially steady Hquid motion to simulate the growth of waves. The displacement of the surface waves can be obtained by the real component of a Fourier expression ... 

The air spring effect results from adiabatic expansion and compression of the air in the actuator casing, Niirnericallv, the small perturbation value for air spring stiffness in Newtons/rneter is given bv Eq, (8-107),... 

The evolution of spall in a body subject to transient tensile stresses is complex. A state of homogeneous tensile stress is intrinsically unstable and small perturbations in the material microstructure (microcracks, inclusions, etc.) can lead to the opening of voids and initiation of the spall process. 

Time reversibility. Newton s equation is reversible in time. Eor a numerical simulation to retain this property it should be able to retrace its path back to the initial configuration (when the sign of the time step At is changed to —At). However, because of chaos (which is part of most complex systems), even modest numerical errors make this backtracking possible only for short periods of time. Any two classical trajectories that are initially very close will eventually exponentially diverge from one another. In the same way, any small perturbation, even the tiny error associated with finite precision on the computer, will cause the computer trajectories to diverge from each other and from the exact classical trajectory (for examples, see pp. 76-77 in Ref. 6). Nonetheless, for short periods of time a stable integration should exliibit temporal reversibility. 

The Raman and infrared spectra for C70 are much more complicated than for Cfio because of the lower symmetry and the large number of Raman-active modes (53) and infrared active modes (31) out of a total of 122 possible vibrational mode frequencies. Nevertheless, well-resolved infrared spectra [88, 103] and Raman spectra have been observed [95, 103, 104]. Using polarization studies and a force constant model calculation [103, 105], an attempt has been made to assign mode symmetries to all the intramolecular modes. Making use of a force constant model based on Ceo and a small perturbation to account for the weakening of the force constants for the belt atoms around the equator, reasonable consistency between the model calculation and the experimentally determined lattice modes [103, 105] has been achieved. 

The following analysis will be linearized for small perturbations of the spool-valve and aetuator. 

Equation (4.45) ean be linearized using the teehnique deseribed in seetion 2.7.1. If q, Xv and /)L are small perturbations of parameters 2l, and Pl about some operating point a , then from equation (4.46)... 

Equation (4.39) is true for both large and small perturbations, and so ean be written... 

Taking Laplaee transforms (zero initial eonditions), but retaining the lower-ease small perturbation notation gives... 

The question whieh then arises is What do we call a defect in a nanotube To answer this question, we need to define what would be a perfeet nanotube. Nanotubes are mieroerystals whose properties are mainly defined by the hexagonal network that forms the eentral cylindrical part of the tube. After all, with an aspect ratio (length over diameter) of 100 to 1000, the tip structure will be a small perturbation except near the ends. This is clear from Raman studies[4] and is also the basis for calculations on nanotube proper-ties[5-7]. So, a perfect nanotube would be a cylindrical graphene sheet composed only of hexagons having a minimum of defects at the tips to form a closed seamless structure. 

Nuclear PSAs contain considerable uncertainty associated with the physical and chemical processes involved in core degradation, movement of the molten core in the reactor vessel, on the containment floor, and the response of the containment to the stresses placed upon it. The current models of these processes need refinement and validation. Because the geometry is greatly changed by small perturbations after degradation has commenced, it is not clear that the phenomcn.i can be treated. 

Most reactions in solution have rather small AV" values (usually Av" is less than 20 cm /mol), so only small perturbations are possible. The pressure change is created by rupturing a diaphragm separating the reaction solution from a pressure vessel. A typical pressure change is about 60 atm. 

Consider this fast reaction as it would be studied by a small-perturbation chemical relaxation method. 

The assumption that V is a small perturbation to Hg suggests that the perturbed wavefunction and energy can be expressed as a power series in V. The usual way to do so is in terms of the parameter X ... 

Electron spin resonance (or electron paramagnetic resonance) is now a well-established analytical technique, which also offers a unique probe into the details of molecular structure. The energy levels involved are very close together and reflect essentially the properties of a single electronic state split by a small perturbation. 

In a formal sense, isoindole can be regarde,d as a IOtt- electron system and, as such, complies vith the Hiickel (4w- -2) rule for aromatic stabilization, with the usual implicit assumption that the crossing bond (8, 9 in 1) represents a relatively small perturbation of the monocyclic, conjugated system. The question in more explicit terms is whether isoindole possesses aromatic stabilization in excess of that exhibited by pyrrole. 

Consider two random initial configurations that differ at only one site, so that H t = 0) = 1. The difference plots shown in figure 3.16 suggest that for class cl and c2 rules, H t) rapidly approaches some small fixed value. Class c3 rules, on the other hand, are unstable with respect to such small perturbations H t) generally grows with time. The rate of growth of H t) depends on whether the rules are additive or nonadditive. 

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