EXAMPLES OF GRAPHICAL SOLUTION OF SIX PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING, MECHANICS, AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The paper illustrates the use of graphical analyses by presenting the solution of six problems in the fields of operational analyses, mechanics, and engineering: The Jeep Problem, the Range of a Fleet of Aircraft, a Beam under Combined Compression and Transverse Load, the Problem of Cars Replacement, Determination of Ballistic Trajectory Parameters, and the Two-Magnetic-Reactor Problem. The purpose of this paper is to arouse an interest in a methodology which is further enhanced by the graphical display capability available in today's Computers with all its potential problem solving flexibility. The examples treated in this paper are not the stereotyped problems forming the usual subject of textbooks on graphical methods and, in that sense, should prove of greater interest to the reader.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0674369

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  • Michael Watter

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  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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  • Ballistic Trajectories
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