Calculus for the WP@ELAB training

• The presentation (source)
• Resources

Examples

1D 0th order ODE problem: Constant force

• 1D Dynamics with constant force

1D 1st order ODE problem: Friction force ($v$ dependence)

• 1D Dynamics with friction force

1D 2nd order ODE problem: Free fall (full dynamics)

• Spreadsheets
  • 1D free fall example (basic version)
  • 1D free fall example (version with named parameters)
• Processing (see processing.org, try it)
  • 1D free fall
• Python @ JupyterNotebook (see jupyter.org)
  • 1D free fall

1D 2nd order ODE problem: Pendulum (full dynamics)

• Spreadsheets
  • Pendulum (basic version)
  • Pendulum with friction
  • Pendulum with friction - phase space
  • Pendulum - energy conservation analysis
  • Pendulum - small angle approximation analysis
• Processing (see processing.org, try it)
  • pendulum (basic version)
  • pendulum (“advanced” version)
  • pendulum with friction
  • two pendulums (wiki/Gravity_of_Earth: sea-level gravity increases from about 9.780 m/s2 at the Equator to about 9.832 m/s2 at the poles)

Simulation and experiment

Prague

• Pendulum in Prague (Charles university)
• Processing

Bogota

• Processing

2D problem: Horizontal Launch

• Spreadsheet approach
• Processing approach

Relevant info

• Gravitational constants at important places from Local Acceleration of Gravity@Wolfram [m/s**2]
  • Barcelona 9.799
  • Bogota 9.776
  • Lisbon 9.814
  • Marseille 9.822
  • Panama 9.778
    
  • Prague 9.834
  • Rio de Janeiro 9.791
  • Santiago de Chile 9.806

References

• Daniel A. Russell: Oscillation of a Simple Pendulum (accessed March 2, 2020).
• Wikipedia contributors, “Pendulum (mathematics),” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pendulum_(mathematics)&oldid=942104313 (accessed March 2, 2020).
• Local Acceleration of Gravity@Wolfram (accessed March 2, 2020).

Authors

• Vojtech Svoboda (Czech Technical University in Prague)
• Pavel Kuriscak (Charles University in Prague)
• Frantisek Lustig (Charles University in Prague)

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Any comments, suggestions, ideas highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Authors.