Title :
A physics simulation engine for modeling autonomous motion through reverse engineering of sodaconstructor
Author :
Yang, Joseph ; Hu, Gongzhu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI
Abstract :
Simulation of physics plays an important role in many fields such as engineering, science, and education. There are many simulation tools for various types of applications, including those for physics. In this paper, we describe a physics simulation engine we developed based on the concepts and models in SodaConstructor, a construction tool kit for learning physics. The models demonstrate several physics phenomena and are explained with experiments to illustrate the functionality of the simulation engine.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; physics education; reverse engineering; SodaConstructor; autonomous motion; learning physics; physics simulation engine; reverse engineering; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Design engineering; Engines; Object oriented modeling; Physics computing; Physics education; Reverse engineering; Springs; SodaConstructor; classic physics; simulation; software reverse engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Systems and Applications, 2009. AICCSA 2009. IEEE/ACS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rabat
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3806-8
DOI :
10.1109/AICCSA.2009.5069338
