To make edits to this content please go to the Page Properties.
- Third Party Resource Title: Conservation Equation Model
- Third Party Resource Link: https://serc.carleton.edu/matlab_computation2016/activities/159686.html
- Description: Numerical models are widely used to simulate systems ranging from climate to traffic jams, yet a high percentage of college-level students have little awareness of how they are constructed and their limitations. This activity is intended to introduce students to the construction and use of a simple conservation equation model using MATLAB. Students will construct, with the help of the instructor, a MATLAB script to simulate inputs and outputs to and from a water tank and the tracking of water volume through time. The activity includes calibration and verification of their model using data on flows observed in the water tank.
- Publish Year: 2016
- Institution: College of William and Mary
