Title :
Computer Simulation of Wave Motion
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;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TE.1973.4320784
