org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics
Class ModifiedEulerIntegrator

java.lang.Object
  org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics.Integrator
      org.gicentre.utils.network.traer.physics.ModifiedEulerIntegrator

public class ModifiedEulerIntegrator
extends Integrator

Modified Euler integrator that evolves the state of a particle system. Compared to the Runge-Kutta integrator, this one is faster, but can be less stable.

Author:

Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Carl Pearson 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

ModifiedEulerIntegrator(ParticleSystem s)
Sets up the integrator.

Method Summary

ModifiedEulerIntegrator

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

ModifiedEulerIntegrator

public ModifiedEulerIntegrator(ParticleSystem s)

Sets up the integrator.

Parameters:

s - Particle system upon which to perform the integration.

Method Detail

step

public ModifiedEulerIntegrator 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.