• DocumentCode
    747608
  • Title

    Computer Simulation of Wave Motion

  • Author

    Kopp, Eugene H.

  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1973
  • Firstpage
    24
  • Lastpage
    27
  • Abstract
    The wave equation may be treated in a course required of all engineering students. To aid understanding, it is desirable that a variety of "pictures" of wave motion be available. We describe the results of a computer program that generates pictures of a vibrating string for a variety of initial conditions, and discuss how these may be used in class discussion.
  • Keywords
    Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Engineering students; Finite difference methods; Fourier series; Partial differential equations; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.1973.4320784
  • Filename
    4320784