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Digital simulation of wave motion
Author(s) -
Riera Jaime,
Giménez Marcos H.,
Vidaurre Ana,
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.10025
Subject(s) - interactivity , computer science , motion (physics) , wave motion , process (computing) , software , work (physics) , human–computer interaction , simulation software , multimedia , simulation , artificial intelligence , programming language , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , mechanics
Information and communication technologies have been shown to be very effective in the transmission of scientific knowledge. Nowadays, the development of software and hardware makes it possible to simulate processes as close to reality as we want. However, when we are trying to explain some complex physical processes, it is better to simplify the problem by means of simplified pictures of the total process. In the present work, we analyze the design of a simulation program of wave motion developed in our laboratory. The aim of the program is to help students to understand the basic concepts of the wave motion. For this reason, we have paid special attention to interactivity and graphic aspects. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 10: 161–166, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.10025