Use of Diagrams

Upon a step change in the temperature from 20 °C to 50 °C, the height of the mercury in the thermometer will slowly rise as shown in Fig. 1.7. 

The dynamic behavior is in agreement with the interpretation from the simple behavioral model as depicted in Fig. 1.5. The thermometer behaves like a first-order system with a mercury height which varies linearly with the temperature. 

The speed at which this will take place depends on the heat transfer coefficient from the environment to the glass. In air the temperature change is gradual, in boiling water the temperature rise is almost instantaneous. Calibration thermometers always use mercury as a liquid. The accuracy is approximately 0.1 °C. The thermometer should always be fully submerged, the scale of these thermometers is not linear. 

In Fig. 1.2 where the modeling steps were discussed, three deliverables from the modeling process were mentioned  

Diagrams are a good means to illustrate these deliverables the environmental model is illustrated by a context diagram showing the connections with the environment, the behavioral model is supported by data-flow diagrams showing the functions and internal structure and also for simulations often graphical tools are used. 

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Research into the use of diagrams would enable their use as ways of promoting both the development of and assessment of meta-visual capability to be explored. Such research might... 

Students use of diagrams is frequently hmited by their lack of chemical knowledge, their lack of ability to attend to the detail of the diagram and their lack of ability to use chemical terminology accurately, evidenced by the incorrect use of chemical phrases and misuse of everyday language. There are three important facts that need to be imderstood in order to gain a better imderstanding of the sub-micro level ... 

Requirements should be defined precisely vague statements, ambiguity, and jargon should therefore be avoided. The use of diagrams is often useful. The scope for readers to make assumptions or misinterpret should be minimized. 

For the analysis of the various formalisms, manipulation of the equations, generating normal product of terms via Wick s theorem, and particularly for indicating how the proofs of the several different linked cluster theorems are achieved, we shall make frequent use of diagrams. For the sake of uniformity, we shall mostly adhere to the Hugenholtz convention/1/. All the constituents of the diagrams will be operators in normal order with respect to suitable closed-shell determinant taken as the vacuum. We shall refer to the creation/annihilation operators with respect to this vacuum after the h-p transformation.The hamiltonian H will also be taken to be in normal order with respect to... 

It should perhaps be stated at this point that the use of diagrams in the many-body perturbation theory is not obligatory. The whole of the theoretical apparatus can be set up in entirely algebraic terms. However, the diagrams are both more physical and easier to handle than the algebraic expressions and it is well worth the effort required to familiarize oneself with the diagrammatic rules and conventions. 

As our discussions of population distributions and basic statistics have progressed, the use of graphical methods to display data can be seen to play an important role in both univariate and multivariate analysis. Suitable data plots can be used to display and describe both raw data, i.e. original measures, and transformed or manipulated data. Graphs can aid in data analysis and interpretation, and can serve to summarize final results. The use of diagrams may help to reveal patterns in the data which may not be obvious from tabulated results. With most computer-based data analysis packages the graphics support... 

The second use of diagrams is that they may also serve as templates against which students compare individual parts of specific problems. For this use, students must have knowledge of the different components and what characterizes them. Thus, the student must understand the way that the figures are constructed and the meaning assigned to their different parts. The overall shape is less important. 

Some research about visual representations in instruction has focused specifically on the use of diagrams, such as those in SPS. For example, Willis and Fuson (1988) found that children s performance on word problems improved when diagrams were used to display the problems, but they offered little psychological justification for the finding. 

For a likely explanation, we can turn to Larkin and Simon (1987), who viewed results like these in terms of computational efficiency. Larkin and Simon argue that verbal representations and diagrammatic representations may be informationally equivalent but computationally quite different. The use of diagrams to represent problems is preferable to verbal representation, they suggest, because diagrams facilitate the search process and enhance recognition. 

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Dalton made much use of diagrams in his lectures explaining the atomic theory, and cubical wooden blocks to represent atoms. The student s definition atoms are blocks of wood, painted in various colours, invented by Dr. Dalton , was no doubt based on such visual aids to memory. Dalton says ... 

Crosland M (1959) The use of diagrams as ehemical equations in the lecture notes of William Cullen and Joseph Black. Ann Sci 15 75-90... 

Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of fluid mechanics and dynamics. Clearly written with extensive use of diagrams and reference lists at the end of each entry. 

The compounds FOH and FrOH are extremely difficult if not impossible to prepare and characterize. However, suppose for the moment that we have them on hand and can test them for add—base character in aqueous solution. Speculate on the results. Would either be regarded as a strong add or base Carefully justify your answers with the judidous use of diagrams. 

In the previous chapter the behavior of elementary transfer functions has been discussed in the frequency domain. Systems that are more complex are often composed of a series and/or parallel connection of these elementary transfer functions. In chapter 1 the use of diagrams was introduced to show the coherence between systems. In this chapter the behavior of the different processes will be explained in the time domain based on these diagrams, covering the entire range from elementary first-order lumped systems to complex distributed systems. In the following chapters 11-16 the behavior of different process units will be described based on this general process behavior. 

Several constraints are imposed on the use of diagrams like Figure 10.13. First, this particular plot is valid only for an iron-carbon alloy of eutectoid composition for other compositions, the curves have different configurations. In addition, these plots are accurate only for transformations in which the temperature of the alloy is held constant throughout the duration of the reaction. Conditions of constant temperature are termed isothermal thus, plots such as Figure 10.13 are referred to as isothermal transformation diagrams or sometimes as time-temperature-transformation (or T-T-T) plots. 

Higgins made use of diagrams and symbols in discussing the supposed forces between particles. The use of the initial letters of names as symbols (emphasised by Reilly and McSweeney and Wheeler ) was not consistent I stands both for iron and inflammable air, and volatile vitriolic acid (a compound) is V. Higgins also has a symbol for oil, and did not confine the single letters to symbols for elements,... 

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