SCEPTRE Translator Feasibility Study.
Abstract
The basic objectives of the research are to investigate the feasibility of and determine the best input format for a SCEPTRE translator capable of providing a point-to-point input of one-dimensional mechanical systems to the SCEPTRE compiler. The objectives have been realized by studying the SCEPTRE program. The compiler accepts point-to-point (or node-to-node) input of electrical elements of resistance, capacitance, inductance, voltage sources, and current sources. The ability of SCEPTRE to formulate differential equations from a topological description of an electrical circuit and to solve these equations with such programming ease on the user's part, prompted the search for electrical analogs with point-to-point mechanical systems for direct input through a SCEPTRE translator. The search was directed toward one-dimensional systems since electrical circuits processed by SCEPTRE are actually only one-dimensional current flow networks (i.e. current can flow in only one dimension, thus current is a scalar quantity.) With this approach in mind, the mathematical formulation of an acceptable mechanical to electrical (here-in denoted mechano-electrical) analog is established. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 23, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0755166
Entities
People
- Gary A. Shaw
- James C. Bowers
- John E. O'reilly Jr.
- Richard D. Tabbutt
Organizations
- University of South Florida