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    3-073-EarthQuakePartII-ModelingScenario
    Your goal here is to determine how much friction/damping should be designed into a building to keep the roof from moving too far (which would result in the entire building collapsing) when it...

    Keywords: earthquakevibrationdampingamplitudespring-mass systemsteady-state solutionunderdamped

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    2016-I-Liang_Chern-Mathematical Modeling_and_Ordinary_Differential_Equations
    We let the author's Table of Contents speak for itself.

    Keywords: differential equationsmodelingtextbook

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    SIMIODE Spring 2024 Webinars - Insightmaker
    We discuss the use of the FREE system dynamics software Insightmaker (https://insightmaker.com/) in a first course in Ordinary Differential Equations (with a modeling emphasis).

    Keywords: modelingsimulationSoftwarepythonsystemsInsightMakerflowCategory Theorystockstock-flow

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    3-110-MilitarySpringMassApplication-ModelingScenario
    The is a collection of different scenarios for the shock system of a trailer. In each scenario, students will transform the shock system of a trailer into a second-order differential equation,...

    Keywords: dampingresonancebeatsspring-mass systemLaplace TransfomDirac Delta function

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    Why does Blood Flow Change? Investigating the Math of Blood Flow Dynamics
    This collection of activities explores the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and the factors of resistance through graphs and modeling direct and inverse variation.

    Keywords: quant biographingRatiosmathassessmentcollege algebraundergraduate educationphysiologyAnatomyhuman biologyvariationCardiovascular physiologyAnatomy & Physiologylab activityOpenStaxqbccmanipulate equationsUnderstanding fractionsChoosing modelsUnderstanding ratesEstimating answersUse elementary functionsCreate graphsInterpret graphsRates and ProportionsSolving Equations and Inequalities

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    2016-Roberto_Camporesi-A fresh look at linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients
    We present an approach to the impulsive response method for solving linear constant-coefficient ordinary differential equations of any order based on the factorization of the differential operator.

    Keywords: impulseGreen functionsinstructional exposition

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    2015-Doust-Saraj-The logistic modeling population having harvesting factor
    The present paper deals with the logistic equation having harvesting factor, which is studied in two cases constant and non-constant.

    Keywords: logisticharvestharvesting factor

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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.

    Keywords: moduleoptimizationspring massmassspring\costTeaching Moduleminimal cost

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    2008-Luis_San_Andrés-Dynamic Response of Second Order Mechanical Systems with Viscous Response Forces
    Walk through the cases in context of second order linear constant coefficient differential equation with driving function

    Keywords: driving functionviscousmechanical system

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    2010-Del-Ciello-EtAl-Modeling Disease
    We model the transmission of a disease through a population. Such modeling is very important to the study of epidemiology and the practice of medicine.

    Keywords: diseasespreadcarriessymptomaticasymptomatic

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    2014-Bozkurt-Peker-Mathematical modelling of HIV epidemic and stability analysis
    A nonlinear mathematical model of differential equations with piecewise constant arguments is proposed. This model is analyzed by using the theory of both differential and difference equations to...

    Keywords: diseaselogisticHIVpiecewise constantIndia

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    1-058-WaterClocks-ModelingScenario
    We apply Torricelli's Law to the task of building a water clock in which the height of the water in a container falls at a constant rate when the container has a hole in the bottom to let the...

    Keywords: flowTorricelli's Lawspigotswater clock

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    1-130-AspirinAbsorption-ModelingScenario
    We model the amount of aspirin absorbed by the human body at a constant rate. This is a ``zero-order reaction'' in the language of pharmacokinetics -- the study of how drugs move in the body.

    Keywords: pharmacokineticsdrugaspirin

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    1-085-DrugBolus-ModelingScenario
    Given data on the concentration of a drug in the plasma of a human in mg/L at certain time intervals in hours can we determine the rate at which the drug leaves the plasma as well as the initial...

    Keywords: concentrationsum of square errorsbolusdrugrate constantadminister

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    2003-Fay-Graham-Coupled spring equations
    Coupled spring equations for modelling the motion of two springs with weights attached, hung in series from the ceiling are described.

    Keywords: spring massoscillationHooke's Lawcoupled springsperiodicforcing functionphase portrait

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    2003-Fay-Graham-Coupled spring equations
    Coupled spring equations for modelling the motion of two springs with weights attached, hung in series from the ceiling are described.

    Keywords: massoscillationspring\coupled springsperiodicfporcing

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    2004-Mark_McCartney-Using_second-order_ordinary_differential_equations_to_model_traffic_flow
    A simple mathematical model for how vehicles follow each other along a stretch of road is presented. The resulting linear second-order differential equation with constant coefficients is...

    Keywords: differential equationstraffic flowvehicle followsecond order

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    4-036-AltitudeDependentGravity-ModelingScenario
    When projectiles are way above Earth's surface gravity's changes become important when dealing with projectiles at high altitudes. We lay out an approach for such a case which is a second-order...

    Keywords: agravityprojectilelinearizationltitufealtitude

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    1-031-CoolIt-ModelingScenario
    We offer data on the temperature of water in a beaker in a room of constant temperature and in a room of nonconstant temperature. Students consider both empirical and analytic modeling...

    Keywords: SpanishNewton's Law of Coolingcooling

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    2020-TeachingModule-CarSuspension
    The modeling activity on car suspensions assumes that students have grappled with second order linear homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients.

    Keywords: modulesuspensioncar suspensionsecond orderTeaching Module

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