Modelling in physics teaching: the role of computer simulation

Andaloro, G.; Donzelli, V.; Sperandeo-Mineo, R M

doi:10.1080/0950069910130303

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“…The monitoring of changes in concentration of a reactant or a product with time may be done continuously in a computer environment since the correspondent changes in some concentration-dependent property may be registered, data may be depicted graphically and equations may be derived from them. Additionally, students may produce hypotheses of how a reaction occurs or of how factors as temperature, for instance, influence the rate of a reaction when the software make possible the control of input values (Andaloro, Donzelli & Sperandeo-Mineo, 1991;Hartley, 1988;Sutherland, 1989). The important understanding of the relationships between kinetic data and mechanism of a reaction would then be supported.…”

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Teaching and Learning Chemical Kinetics

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Chemical Education: Towards Research-Based Practice

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“…As it is well-known, computer-based modeling environments can supply students with effective pedagogical strategies dealing with complex real-world systems and everyday problem solutions [1,3,6,10,19]. Research has shown that computer simulations can efficiently raise student's interest in learning by vivid graphical construction and animation [12,24] and be used to help students to gain insights into phenomena and overcome mathematical difficulties [14].…”

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Computer simulations to approach surface tension by means of a simple mesoscopic mechanical model

Battaglia

Gallitto

Fazio

2019

Comp Applic In Engineering

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A small insect can stand or walk on water surface, drops of mercury do not spread on a solid surface, and a meniscus is formed at the free surface of a liquid contained in a thin vessel. These phenomena can be seen as macroscopic manifestations of molecular interactions and can be explained macroscopically in terms of surface tension. In this study, we deal with an approach to surface tension from a mechanical point of view, presenting a simple mesoscopic mechanical model of surface tension and the results of its implementation in numerical fluid dynamics simulations. Particularly, phenomena like droplet formation without gravity and with gravity when it can drop from a narrow hole like a trickling tap, the formation of a meniscus at the free surface of a liquid contained in a vessel, the behavior of a small piece of solid on a liquid surface, and a sessile droplet are studied. Student and teachers can study the behavior of a liquid due to the surface tension by using the numeric simulations as a “tool” for analyzing several different situations.

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“…In recent years, many research studies have pointed out that modeling environments, based on Information Technology, can supply effective pedagogical strategies dealing with complex real-world systems and everyday problem solutions [5,6]. Computer software has been applied in different aspects of teaching, learning, validation, and research in engineering education.…”

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A pedagogical flight simulator for longitudinal airplane flight

Tarantino

Fazio

Sperandeo-Mineo

2009

Comp Applic In Engineering

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This article presents a bi-dimensional model of flight and describes the implementation of a flight simulator able to describe the different phases of longitudinal flight of a real airplane. After identifying the relevant physical variables, the equations of motion are written and solved using a numerical integration method. Using computer simulations, flight paths and time evolution of the kinematics variables are analyzed for a complete flight of a light commercial airplane. The simulations take into account and reproduce the basic actions of a pilot to control the flight. The main maneuvers involved in pilotage are also predicted and explained in terms of model parameter variations inducing transitions in the phase space. Finally, the steady-state configurations are analyzed by means of the linearization of equations in order to gain meaningful information about the dynamical stability of the system. ß 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng

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Modelling in physics teaching: the role of computer simulation

Cited by 40 publications

References 24 publications

Teaching and Learning Chemical Kinetics

Teaching and Learning Chemical Kinetics

Computer simulations to approach surface tension by means of a simple mesoscopic mechanical model

A pedagogical flight simulator for longitudinal airplane flight

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