OK!
Ίσως ο τίτλος που έδωσε ο
Luc (Le Blanc) στην νέα υπορουτίνα του
Auriga να μην είναι και ο καταλληλοτερος για να περιγράψει την εν λόγω λειτουργεία. Λοιπον έχουμε και λέμε, η νέα έκδαση του Auriga (1.0.3) έχει αυτό το καινούργιο προγραμματάκι το οποίο λειτουργεί ως εξής:
The Pit Sounder formnn
This form allows estimating the depth of a pit from the fall time of a rock. Computations lay on the numerical resolution of the differential equation that describes the fall of a spherical body in air. The parameters of this equation are the mass and diameter of the rock, Earth's gravitational constant, air density and the Reynolds number of a sphere, that in tu
depends on the diameter and instantaeous speed of the rock, as well as air density and viscosity.nnA more complete explanation of the maths involved is available in the profondeurpuits.pdf document (in French) in the Auriga Web site. (
http://www.speleo.qc.ca/auriga )nnOnly the rock diameter is input by the user. The rock mass is computed from this diameter, using the average limestone density of 2520 kg per cubic meter. The gravitational constant used corresponds to a 45° latitude at the surface of the Earth. Air density and viscosity depend on temperature and humidity, but values used correspond to 20° Celsius in a saturated atmosphere (100% humidity.)nnThe equation solution yields the distance travelled by the rock over time with the help of a constant-step 4th order Runge-Kutta method. The computed pit depth takes into account the speed of sound in air.nFind a rock, ideally spherical, and select its Diameter with the scroll bar.nAt the moment the rock is dropped (with no initial speed), hit the Rock! button or one of the 4 hardware application buttons to start the stopwatch.nnWhen the sound of the rock hitting the bottom of the pit is heard, hit the Boom! button or one of the 4 hardware application buttons to stop he stopwatch. The estimated depth is displayed after computations that can last a few seconds. The algorithm accepts fall times of up to 15 seconds.nnIt is possible to manually input a fall time measured outside of Auriga by tapping the stylus on the time field to make it editable and to write that fall time. Hit the Boom! button to know the corresponding depth.nnResearch and algorithm:
Pierre BeaucheminnMenu: none.
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"λιθοβολισμού"!!!
