Stress redistribution driving force

It is useful to define a parameter that describes the direction and magnitude of the driving force for stress redistribution. Rather than use the difference in creep rates, it is more convenient to define this parameter as the ratio between the constituent creep rates. For this purpose, a time-dependent... 

The in situ creep mismatch ratio CMR, can provide a quantitative estimate of the driving force for load transfer between constituents. However, it is a rather complicated function of the stress redistribution processes. In order to indicate the basic characteristics of stress redistribution, it is convenient to directly compare the intrinsic (unconstrained) creep rates using the initial elastic stress experienced by the constituents. From Eqn. (12),... 

However, under short-term environmental stresses (e.g., sudden increase in light intensity) there is a lateral redistribution of some of the complexes (12). The efficient conversion of light energy into electrochemical driving force by the multicomponent protein-complex system relies on the lateral interactions of the complexes. Thus, the understanding of the diffusional and the electrophoretic mobility of these components in the plane of the photosynthetic membrane is essential for the elucidation of the dynamic process and the mechanism of the photosynthetic process. 

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