An Introduction to Computer Simulation

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-850425-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 568 g

Computer simulation is increasingly used in physics and engineering to predict the probable outcome of experiments and to aid in their interpretation. The methods of simulation are based on a range of numerical techniques for treating ordinary and partial differential equations. Since much of physics can be broken down into a relatively small set of fundamental equations, there is a set of very general methods which can be widely applied. This text aims to give an introduction to those methods suitable for readers at an undergraduate level and those meeting the subject for the first time at postgraduate level. The methods are illustrated with simple programs and problems. The book covers a range of material not available in a simple form in a single text elsewhere.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woolfson, M. M.

Pert, G. J.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computersimulation & Modelle, 3-D Graphik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- 1: Models and simulation

- 2: Finite-difference methods

- 3: Simulation with particlesd

- 4: The Monte-Carlo method

- 5: The wave equation

- 6: The finite element method

- 7: Compuational fluid dynamics

- Appendices

- Problems: solutions and comments

- References