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Old-Timey Calculators: Before Electronic Computers (and Even After)

Posted on February 21, 2023 by R.P. Churchill

Some time around 2004, as I was bouncing around the country doing data collections and research in support of the simulation and analysis of transportation and security systems, I happened to visit the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History … Continue reading →

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Efficient Matrix Solutions for Special Classes of Engineering Problems

Posted on May 11, 2016 by R.P. Churchill

There are a large class of analogous engineering problems that may be addressed with a particular mathematical solution. Fluid systems where volumes containing fluid are connected by fluid flows, mechanical systems where masses are connected by springs and dashpots (which … Continue reading →

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