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Use computers to demonstrate the differential equations of aerodynamics

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A majority of engineering students are apprehensive about the first courses they take in which they are expected to solve differential equations. Fluid mechanics in aeronautical engineering is perhaps the most difficult engineering specialty from the point of view of differential equations. For this reason, aeronautics instructors should become familiar with and use techniques which make the solutions to differential equations less frightening to the students. Versatile computer techniques to demonstrate the characteristics of solutions to differential equations and the effect of boundary conditions on their solutions are currently available for student use. Several of the computational techniques not requiring an extensive computer background are discussed.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 5, Issue 1
        Proceedings of the 3rd SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
        February 1973
        171 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/953053
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          SIGCSE '73: Proceedings of the third SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
          January 1973
          185 pages
          ISBN:9781450373753
          DOI:10.1145/800010

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