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Contribution of digital simulation in visualizing physics processes
Author(s) -
Vidaurre Ana,
Riera Jaime,
Giménez Marcos H.,
Monsoriu Juan A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.10016
Subject(s) - visualization , computer science , process (computing) , focus (optics) , field (mathematics) , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , physics , mathematics , programming language , pure mathematics , optics
In our experience of teaching physics for engineering at university level we have learned that the mathematical relationships between the parameters that control a process are important, but not sufficient, to understand a process. Such knowledge will only be consolidated if the new concept is incorporated by student in his field of study. Simulation programs, especially through visualization, can help to attain this target. We have developed three programs using Visual Basic. One of them is devoted to fitting experimental data and is complementary to experimental work; the others focus on dynamics, translation, and rotational movement, helping to understand the Newton's laws. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 10: 45–49, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com .); DOI 10.1002/cae.10016