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4.47

Adding a Force Term to Equation ()

In reference [63] Swift et al. suggested that a force, which changes the momentum, can be introduced by changing equation (4.47) to

  equation4517

If this approach is taken, then the extra term must be included in the equations of motion. For example, the first-order density equation, equation ({4.54), will become

  equation4525

Thus again this method can only be used if the term tex2html_wrap_inline15039 is negligible small. The form of the terms tex2html_wrap_inline15041 would also need to be considered.



James Buick
Tue Mar 17 17:29:36 GMT 1998