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If we wanted, we could have set this up in Excel as
well. In this case TK Solver works as an Add-In to Excel
and does all the behind the scenes work as an engine
while the user works in the familiar Excel format.
Models built in the Premium version of TK Solver can
be distributed to others to run in Excel since a Player
version of TK Solver can be downloaded for free from
www.uts.com. |
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Example 2:
We show the calculation of a car traveling down an
incline. Formulas as copied from the MathLook window
of TK Solver are fairly simple: |
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Inputs and outputs are as follows. You will also see various functions plotted above and to the right.
| Status |
Input |
Name |
Output |
Unit |
Comment |
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Roller
Coaster
Physics
101 |
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733,940 |
mass |
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kg |
Mass
of
a
car
with
riders |
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30,000 |
alpha |
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deg |
Angle
of
incline |
| |
2,000 |
accel |
|
m/s^2 |
Acceleration
of
car |
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Fpar |
3596.306 |
N |
Force
parallel
to
the
track |
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Fperp |
6228.985 |
N |
Force
parallel
to
the
track |
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Ffric |
2128.426 |
N |
Friction
Force |
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mu |
3.417D-1 |
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Net
Force |
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53.125 |
height |
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m |
Maximum
height |
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PEtop |
382107.513 |
J |
Potential
energy
at
top |
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29.020 |
velocity |
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m/x |
Maximum
velocity |
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KEbot |
309047.602 |
J |
Kinetic
energy
at
bottom |
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