Modeling Waves with Numerical Calculations Using Python

AvRhett Allain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Synthesis Lectures on Wave Phenomena in the Physical Sciences

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Numerical calculations (what many call computational physics) is a core tool in modern physics. This text goes through the techniques to create a numerical model of the wave equation starting from the very basics and using free and open source tools such as Python and Web VPython.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-27
Mått:168 x 240 x 13 mm
Vikt:421 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Synthesis Lectures on Wave Phenomena in the Physical Sciences
Antal sidor:118
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031782909

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Rhett Allain is an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana. Besides his role as a physics educator, he is also an active science communicator. In 2010, Allain began writing about fun and interesting physics topics on WIRED.com. These initial blog posts lead to other opportunities including becoming the science advisor for both MythBusters and CBS MacGyver. He maintains an active YouTube channel (Dot Physics) and also writes at medium.com. In his spare time, he likes to take things apart but he can’t always put them back together.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction to Numerical Calculations: A mass on a spring.- Introduction to Web VPython: Modeling a mass on a spring.- Wave on a String and the Wave Equation.- Many Masses and Many Springs: A Wave on a String.- Solving the Wave Equation With the Finite Difference Method.