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2020-TeachingModule-SpringDesignToMeetSpecsAtMinimumCosts
We discuss a Modeling Scenario in which students are asked to design a spring mass system at minimum costs give relative costs of features of the spring.
module
optimization
spring mass
mass
spring\
cost
Teaching Module
minimal cost
Modeling Scenario
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3-104-BungeeJumping-ModelingScenario
In this project, students design a bungee jumping cord (cross-sectional area and length) that will keep jumpers safe. Students communicate their recommendations as a letter to a client interested in starting a bungee jumping business.
design
falling
mass
spring\
bungee
elesticity
recommendation
consult
Modeling Scenario
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3-031-SpringCost-ModelingScenario
We assume students are familiar with overdamping and underdamping of a spring-mass-dashpot system. Students will apply this knowledge to model the interplay between spring constant, tolerance, and cost.
design
unit cost
spring constant
static equilibrium
spring masss dashpot
Modeling Scenario
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0
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1-155-CruiseControl-ModelingScenario
In this project we illustrate the design of a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) cruise control algorithm for an automobile. PID control is one of the most common techniques in control engineering.
PID controller
feedback control
Control theory
cruise control
automobile
closed-loop control
input-ouput
block diagram
Modeling Scenario
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5-005-Dialysis-ModelingScenario
We design a compartment model of a kidney dialysis machine and compare 3 and 9 compartments for the machine as well as determine the effect of change in one of the parameters in the model on the effectiveness to deliver quality dialysis.
countercurrent multiplier
kidney
dialysis
concurrent
compartment
Modeling Scenario
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1-034-T-FishMixing-ModelingScenario
This activity gives students a chance to build the underlying differential equation and/or difference equation for a mixing problem using tangible objects (fish) and a student-designed restocking and fishing plan in a lake.
simulation
fish
Fishing
mixing
restocking
Modeling Scenario
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0
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1-054-GrowthInFarmland-ModelingScenario
An enriching project developing a model from data with missing temporal information is described. Students fit functions to the data that leads to the creation of a differential equations model, which they then are required to analyze in multiple...
fitting
farm
farmland
Modeling Scenario
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258
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0
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1-114-EarthClimate-ModelingScenario
In this modeling scenario, we investigate the Earth's climate using a zero-dimensional energy balance model. Energy balance models are climate models that try to predict the average surface temperature of the Earth.
climate
energy
temperature
linearization
phase lines
energy balance model
root finding
Modeling Scenario
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1-138-InnerEarDrugDelivery-ModelingScenario
Students examine local drug delivery to the cochlea. The delivery system is modeled as a liquid mixing problem. Students formulate the differential equation, and solve the equation using separation of variables or integrating factor.
concentration
drug delivery
inner ear
cochlea
hearing loss
Modeling Scenario
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163
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0
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3-009-BallDropInWater-ModelingScenario
We conduct an analysis of a falling ball in liquid to determine its terminal velocity and to ascertain just what radius ball for a given mass density is necessary to attain a designated terminal velocity.
resistance
gravity
falling body
terminal velocity
buoyancy
Modeling Scenario
283
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173
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0
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3-075-RLCCircuits-ModelingScenario
We introduce the basics of RLC circuits, defining the terms of inductance, resistance, and capacitance in a circuit in which an induced voltage created a current running through these devices.
resistance
circuit
voltage
inductance
capacitance
current
Kirchhoff's Law
Modeling Scenario
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5-040-TunedMassDamper-Part-I-Modeling Scenario
We offer an opportunity to build mathematical models to mitigate dangerous displacements in structures using structural improvements called Tuned Mass Dampers. We model the motion of the original structure as a spring-mass-dashpot system.
structure
spring-mass-dashpot
spring mass
earthquake
vibration
tuned mass tuner
restoring force
control
dampe
Modeling Scenario
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190
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0
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3-130-MatterOfSomeGravity-ModelingScenario
This project introduces the concept of an inverse problem (or parameter estimation), in the context of the simple linearized pendulum ordinary differential equation.
gravity
inverse problem
acceleration
Modeling Scenario
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191
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0
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1-040-OutcomeSavings-ModelingScenario
We ask students to build a model for a savings account and to determine the monthly deposit in a savings account in order meet a long term savings goal.
Pop_Growth Pilot
savings
growth
deposit
g
Modeling Scenario
260
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362
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0
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1-094-SteepingTea-ModelingScenario
We provide photographs of steeping process for a tea steeped in hot water. Students build a differential equation model for the steeping process and do parameter estimation using the color of our tea as a way to measure relative concentration.
concentration
Surface Area
color
Newton's Law of Cooling
tea
sugar
Modeling Scenario
240
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174
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0
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1-095-RatingChessPlayers-ModelingScenarios
The goal of this activity is to have students build a mathematical model involving a system of first order difference equations from a verbal description of a scenario.
simulation
chess
Elo's method
chess rating
Modeling Scenario
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257
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0
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5-076-LanchesterLaws-ModelingScenario
Lanchester's laws are used to calculate the relative strengths of military forces. The Lanchester equations are differential equations describing the time dependence of two armies' strengths A and B as a function of time,
Lanchester's laws
sensitivity analysisanalysis
Modeling Scenario
296
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561
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0
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1-170-CensusModeling-ModelingScenario
Students who have studied models for population are likely to be familiar with the exponential and the logistic population models. The goal here is to explore the role of modeling assumptions in choosing which model to use.
logistic growth
exponential
population
U.S. Census Data
assumption
Google Sheets
Unites States
Guatemala
Modeling Scenario
339
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268
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0
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3-017-StackedCoffeeFiltersFalling-ModelingScenario
Data on free falling 2, 4, 6, and 8 stacked coffee filters is offered. Students form a model using a resistance term proportional to velocity, velocity squared, or velocity to some general power. Parameters need to be estimated and models compared.
data
resistance
falling body
coffee filter
stacked
Modeling Scenario
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0
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3-019-ShuttleCockFalling-ModelingScenario
We are given data on the time and position of a shuttlecock as it falls to the ground from a set height. We attempt to model the falling object and we confront the different resistance terms and models.
resistance
gravity
Free Body Diagram
shuttlecock
fallingc object
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