org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch04
Class RCApp

java.lang.Object
  org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation
      org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation
          org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch04.RCApp

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, Animation, Simulation

public class RCApp
extends AbstractSimulation

RCApp solves and plots the voltage across a capacitor in an RC circuit driven by a sinusoidal driving voltage. This application demonstrates:

1. how to use the ODE interface.
2. how to use the ODESolver interface.
3. how to use the Animation control to run and single-step a differential equation.
4. how to display the ODE solution in a graph.

Students should test other ODESolvers in the Numerics package.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation

control, showStepsPerDisplay, stepCounter, stepsPerDisplay

Fields inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation

animationThread, decimalFormat, delayTime, mainFrame

Constructor Summary

RCApp()
Constructs the RCApp

Method Summary

void	doStep() Does an animation step
void	initialize() Initializes the simulation.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Start Java application
void	reset() Resets animation to a predefined state

Methods inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation

enableStepsPerDisplay, getControl, getLoader, getStepCounter, getStepsPerDisplay, initializeAnimation, resetAnimation, run, setControl, setStepsPerDisplay, start, startAnimation, startRunning, startSimulation, stepAnimation, stop, stopAnimation, stopRunning, stopSimulation

Methods inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation

addChildFrame, clearChildFrames, getChildFrames, getDelayTime, getMainFrame, getOSPApp, isRunning, setDelayTime

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.opensourcephysics.controls.Simulation

isRunning

Constructor Detail

RCApp

public RCApp()

Constructs the RCApp

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()

Description copied from class: AbstractSimulation

Initializes the simulation. Override this method to initialize a concrete simulation.

Overrides:

initialize in class AbstractSimulation

doStep

public void doStep()

Does an animation step

Specified by:

doStep in class AbstractAnimation

reset

public void reset()

Resets animation to a predefined state

Overrides:

reset in class AbstractSimulation

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Start Java application

Parameters:

args - command line parameters