Diffusion Equation Analytic Solution Model

APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

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Diffusion Equation Analytic Solution Model

written by Dieter Roess

The Diffusion Equation Analytic Solution Model shows the analytic solution of the one dimensional diffusion equation. A delta pulse at the origin is set as the initial function. This setup approximately models the temperature increase in a thin, long wire that is heated at the origin by a short laser pulse.

The analytic solution is a Gaussian spreading in time. Its integral is constant, which means that the laser pulse heating energy is conserved in the diffusion process.

Calculus Models are part of "Learning and Teaching Mathematics using Simulations – Plus 2000 Examples from Physics" ISBN 978-3-11-025005-3, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Mathematical Tools - Differential Equations Thermo & Stat Mech - Kinetic and Diffusive Processes = Diffusion	- Upper Undergraduate - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Simulation

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License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
Rights Holder:: Dieter Roess
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 25, 2011 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:: June 3, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 25, 2011

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