Classical Mechanics Simulations (Consortium for Upper Level Physics Software (Series).) [Paperback]

Bruce Hawkins (Author), Randall S. Jones (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0471548812 | ISBN-13: 978-0471548812 | Publication Date: February 1995 | Edition: 1

The Consortium for Upper Level Physics Software (CUPS) has developed a comprehensive series of Nine Book/Software packages that Wiley will publish in FY '95 and '96. CUPS is an international group of 27 physicists, all with extensive backgrounds in the research, teaching, and development of instructional software. The project is being supported by the National Science Foundation (PHY-9014548), and it has received other support from the IBM Corp., Apple Computer Corp., and George Mason University. The Simulations being developed are: Astrophysics, Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Modern Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State, Thermal and Statistical, and Waves and Optics.

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Other CUPS Projects Astrophysics Simulations Electricity and Magnetism Simulations Modern Physics Simulations Nuclear and Particle Physics Simulations Quantum Mechanics Simulations Solid State Physics Simulations Thermal and Statistical Physics Simulations Waves and Optics Simulations Classical Mechanics Simulations is one volume in a series of nine book/software package developed by the Consortium for Upper-Level Physics Software. CUPS is an international group of 27 physicists, all with extensive backgrounds in the research, teaching, and development of instructional software. The simulations included in this volume cover: The Motion Generator (Euler’s Method, Runge KaHo, etc.), Gravitational Orbits, Oscillators, Collisions (Coulomb, Nuclear, Hard Sphere, Soft Sphere), Coupled Oscillators (One and Two Dimensional), and Dynamics of Rigid Bodies. These simulations include complex, often realistic, calculations of models of various physical systems. If desired, the user may also vary many parameters of the system, and interact with it in other ways, so as to study its behavior in real time. Source code has been provided for users who wish to modify programs. All of the programs are written in Borland/Turbo Pascal for MS-DOS. Minimum hardware requirement is an IBM-compatible 386-level machine with mouse and VGA color monitor. The disk(s) included in this package are 3.5???.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471548812
• ISBN-13: 978-0471548812
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,317,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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