Computational physics Definition and 167 Threads

Hi, I am in a computational physics class and we are programming projectile motion in python. I do not know why I am having such a hard time at this, but I cannot get my programs to work. Homework Statement Calculate the effect of backspin on a fastball. How much does an angular velocity of...

A complete set of lecture notes for an upper-division computational physics course. Topics covered include scientific programming in C, the numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, particle-in-cell codes, and Montecarlo methods...

Pretty much every professor in my physics department has said that it when it comes to American physics graduate school, it is harder to get in as a theory student than as an experimentalist. Do graduate programs consider computational physics, numerical material sciences, etc... essentially...

Computational Physics: http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/329/lectures/lectures.html An introductory course Integration of ODEs The chaotic pendulum Poisson's equation The diffusion equation The wave equation Particle-in-cell codes Monte-Carlo methods All very...

I am in need of a project that needs to be based around "computational physics" firstly, can someone define "computational physics" for me? My best understanding is that it's the physics that have more to do with math and equations versus physical exploitations. secondly, does anyone have...

On the surface, Computational Physics appeals to me a lot. I'm very interested in physics, computer programming, creating simulations of mechanical systems, and games programming. However, I don't really know what Computational Physics is. What would I learn? How attractive would I be to...

Hello, I have to write a MATLAB program for a problem that utilizes a M-function. I was curious if you guys knew of any good websites that have some sample code for such problems. Also, I am somewhat familiar with programming in C++. How much does MATLAB differ from this language? Any help is...

Computational Physics can be frustrating sometimes... Just realized that my past eleven weeks of work has been entirely invalidated due to single error in my simulation inputs. Arrrg. On the upside, I think I've got the process down now, so its just a matter of rerunning everything...

Are there many interesting computational physics problems out there? Are there any comet trajectories that will deviate from a standard ellipse? For some reason plotting the path of a baseball just doesn't spark my interest.

Hey, In doing a circuit simulation i want to allocate a matrix like this (c++) double S1store[3][steps+1] i get no compiling errors, but if i make steps greater then 28000 the program gives me a windows error and crashes, it runs fine on a unix system. is there a limit to the amount of...

Hi everyone! I'm currently searching for good graduate computational physics programs, so if anyone can name a few, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Perhaps this isn't in the right section, although I couldn't think of a better one. If I wanted to start working on computer simulations, what language and packages should I pursue? I know the blog highlighted Python, but after a point, it has its limits. I was thinking C++ or Java, as I already...

What are some of the more practical applications, if there are any, of computational physics?

http://pacific.uta.edu/~qiming/Project2.htm Mind you this is solving NUMERICALLY(hence Euler's algorithm)not analytically *THIS FOLLOWING PART IS JUST ME EXPLAINING WHAT I DID, it's hard to put into words, if you can follow it and spotted a mistake, let me know* quick assist to get you...

I am senior in college and I will be graduating in May 2005. I am about to complete my undergrad in Engineering Physics but I decided that I wanted to go more into the I.T. field for grad school since I have decided that I don't think I want to do physics. I researched a field call...

Hi all, I am not sure if I'm posting on the right place. I am currently working on a computational project. It's about simulating a system with two non-test masses and a bunch of test masses. The instruction sheet says that we should "scale the problem carefully by setting the units such that...

Hi, I am new to this forum I've noted no computational physics forum? whys that? cheers!