org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics

Class ForwardEulerIntegrator

java.lang.Object

org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics.Integrator

org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics.ForwardEulerIntegrator

public class ForwardEulerIntegrator
extends Integrator

Class capable of performing forward Euler integration. Compared to the Runge-Kutta integrator, this one is faster, but can be less stable.

Version:

3.4, 5th February, 2016.

Author:

Carl Pearson, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein and minor modifications by Jo Wood.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics.Integrator

Integrator.METHOD

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics.Integrator

s

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ForwardEulerIntegrator(ParticleSystem s) Sets up the integrator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ForwardEulerIntegrator	step(float deltaT) Advances the integrator by one step.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ForwardEulerIntegrator

public ForwardEulerIntegrator(ParticleSystem s)

Sets up the integrator.

Parameters:

s - Particle system upon which to perform the integration.

Method Detail

step

public ForwardEulerIntegrator step(float deltaT)

Advances the integrator by one step.

Specified by:

step in class Integrator

Parameters:

deltaT - the magnitude of the time step to advance.

Returns:

The Integrator after stepping forward by the given time step.