Math 319 list of Differential Equation applications
Monday 2006-12-04

ODEs:
population growth
population growth w/carrying capacity
predator/prey, competing hunters, dependent symbiosis
electronics: resistors, capacitors, inductors
ballistics
ballistics w/air resistance
chemical reactions
car suspensions
queueing systems
epidemics
orbital mechanics: space probes, comet danger
buildings & bridges: winds & earthquakes

PDEs:
wave equations: guitar, flute, drum
heat/diffusion:
	thermal insulation
	stock prices
	skin patterns (tiger, zebra, leopard)
	pollutant spread
vibrating beams
radio signals
nuclear detonations
fluid flows:
	aerodynamics
	bloodflow in heart/artificial heart
	auto traffic
	pollutant spread
fluid flows w/chemical changes:
	weather
	global warming
	car engines: gasses inside cylinder
	pollutant spread


cool web site: watch vibrating strings, drums, etc in the
"Vibrational Modes of Continuous Systems" section:
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos.html