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Figure 8 Standing oscillations in Continuous Cycling (Ziegler-Nichols) method...

The intra-annual response of the Black Sea main pycnocline to the annual forcing by momentum and vorticity fluxes from the wind is manifested in the superposition of two principal modes a basin-scale standing oscillation and sub-basin hybrid Rossby-coastal trapped waves, which form quasigeostrophic cyclonic amphidromic systems. 

The structures and parameters of open-mouth basins are quite different from those of closed basins. Standing oscillations in a rectangular bay (harbor) with uniform depth and open entrance also have the form (9.1) but with a nodal line located near the entrance (bay mouth). In general, the approximate positions of nodal lines are determined by the following expressions (Fig. 9.1(b), Table 9.1) ... 

If a basin is not long and narrow, the ID approach used above is not appropriate. For such basins, 2D effects may begin to play an important role, producing compound or coupled seiches. Two elementary examples, which can be used to illustrate the 2D structure of seiche motions, are provided by rectangular and circular basins of uniform depth (H). Consider a rectangular basin with length L x = 0,L) and width / y = 0,1). Standing oscillations in the basin have the form ... 

Most natural lakes or water reservoirs can support rather complex 2D seiches. However, the two elementary examples of rectangular and circular basins help to understand some general properties of the corresponding standing oscillations and to provide rough estimates of the fundamental periods of the basins. 

M. Nakano and T. Abe, Standing oscillation of bay water induced by currents. Records Oceanogr. Works in Japan, Spec. No. 3, 75-96 (1959). 

Figure Bl.19.6. Constant current 50 mn x 50 mn image of a Cu(l 11) surface held at 4 K. Tliree monatomic steps and numerous point defects are visible. Spatial oscillations (electronic standing waves) with a...

As it stands, the picture of dynamics from Eq. (29) is derived from the interaction of molecules with a continuous light source, that is, the system is at equilibrium with the oscillating light field. It is also valid if the light source is an infinitely short laser pulse, as here all frequencies are instantaneously excited. 

As the Reynolds number rises above about 40, the wake begins to display periodic instabiUties, and the standing eddies themselves begin to oscillate laterally and to shed some rotating fluid every half cycle. These still laminar vortices are convected downstream as a vortex street. The frequency at which they are shed is normally expressed as a dimensionless Strouhal number which, for Reynolds numbers in excess of 300, is roughly constant ... 

The operation of flow dampers can cause pressure fluctuations in the ductwork system. Measurements by Melin indicate that pressure oscillations in an exhaust system can cause instabilities in the airflow through a fume cupboard sufficient to give rise to outward leakage of contamination, especially when a person stands in front of the cupboard. 

Figure 12. Electronic spectra and the results of open-shell PPP-like semiempirical calculations for radical ions. The vertical lines represent the allowed transitions, the wavy lines with arrows the forbidden ones. The right side scales denote the calculated spectral intensities, where f stands for the oscillator strength. Top left the absorption curve (146) redrawn to the log e vs. 0 (cm ) form calculations are taken from (59). Top right taken from (11). Bottom left taken from (143). Bottom right taken from (136), the absorption curve redrawn to the log e vs, 0 (cm" ) form.

Figure 14. Absorption curves of the tetracene radical ions (157) and results of the semiempirical open-shell PPP-like calculations (59). The latter are indicated by vertical lines (allowed transitions) and by wavy lines with arrows (forbidden transitions) f stands for theoretical oscillator strength.

Since the idea that all matters are composed of atoms and molecules is widely accepted, it has been a long intention to understand friction in terms of atomic or molecular interactions. One of the models proposed by Tomlinson in 1929 [12], known as the independent oscillator model, is shown in Fig. 13, in which a spring-oscillator system translates over a corrugating potential. Each oscillator, standing for a surface atom, is connected to the solid substrate via a spring of stiffness k, and the amplitude of the potential corrugation is. ... 

If an electric held of the proper frequency is applied across the quartz crystal, the crystal wiU oscillate in a mechanically resonant mode. These condihons correspond to the creation of a standing acoustic shear wave that has a node midpoint between the two faces of the crystal and two antinodes at both faces of the disk. This is depicted schematically in Eig. 21.20b. In an EQCM experiment the crystals are operated at the fundamental resonant frequency that is a function of the thickness of the crystal. A crystal with a thickness of 330pm has a resonant frequency of 5 MHz. Crystals with these characteristics are commercially available. In an EQCM experiment, an alternating electric field of 5 MHz is applied to excite the quartz crystal into... 

The sonochemical reduction of Au(III) has been investigated under Ar in the presence of 20 mM 1-propanol at different frequencies, where two types of ultrasound irradiation systems were used one is a horn type sonicator (Branson 450-D, frequency 20 kHz, diameter of Ti tip 19 mm) and the other is a standing wave sonication system with a series of transducers operating at different ultrasound frequencies (L-3 Communication ELAK Nautik GmbH, frequency 213, 358, 647, and 1,062 kHz, diameter of oscillator 55mm) [33]. All experiments were performed at a constant ultrasound intensity ((0.1+/—0.01 W mL-1), which was determined by calorimetry. 

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