2024-01-05 18:08:22 +01:00
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# step
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2024-01-05 18:08:25 +01:00
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Step is an interactive physical simulator.
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It allows you to explore the physical world through simulations.
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Features:
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* Classical mechanical simulation in two dimensions;
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* Particles, springs with dumping, gravitational and coulomb forces;
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* Rigid bodies;
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* Collision detection (currently only discrete) and handling;
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* Soft (deformable) bodies simulated as user-editable particles-springs system, sound waves;
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* Molecular dynamics (currently using Lennard-Jones potential):
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* gas and liquid,
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* condensation and evaporation,
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* calculation of macroscopic quantities and their variances;
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* Units conversion and expression calculation;
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* Errors calculation and propagation;
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* Solver error estimation;
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* Several different solvers;
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* Controller tool to easily control properties during simulation;
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* Tools to visualize results: graph, meter, tracer;
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* Context information for all objects, integrated wikipedia browser;
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* Collection of example experiments, more can be downloaded with KNewStuff2;
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* Integrated tutorials.
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