An Electro-Mechanical Device for Solving Non-Linear Differential Equations
- 1 June 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 20 (6) , 600-607
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1698435
Abstract
This paper introduces an electro‐mechanical device for solving some non‐linear differential equations. Solutions are obtained with sufficient accuracy and speed so that an entire domain of solutions can be quickly investigated. The procedure not only avoids the limited point of view inherent in the solutions obtained by most mechanical means, but also retains sufficient accuracy so that its solutions can be used as a starting point for numerical methods if further accuracy is desired. Examples are given of results obtained on some non‐linear differential equations.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- An Experimental Investigation of Forced Vibrations in a Mechanical System Having a Non-Linear Restoring ForceJournal of Applied Physics, 1946
- V. Mechanical integration of the linear differential equations of the second order with variable coefficientsProceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1876