The Visualization Of Boundary Value Problems
Elton Graves · 2020
In this paper the author will demonstrate how using Maple software, and physical models, in an introductory Boundary Value Problems course, helps students learn the concepts presented.By using Maple software and simple demonstrations done in class, the instructor and students were not only able to solve partial differential equations analytically, but were able to see how the solutions visually compared with the classroom demonstrations.Demonstrations will include the heat equation, the one dimensional wave equation, and the beating drum problem.The paper will also discuss why engineers and physicists can use only the first couple of terms of the solution to a boundary value problem.This course helps prepare engineering students to take courses such as Heat Transfer, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Electromagnetic Fields.