PHYSICS 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Viscosity, Leaky Bucket, Systems Theory
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A basic understanding of systems thinking is essential to understanding our complex society and everyday lives, and is important to anyone trying to understand any system in the natural sciences, economics, social sciences, etc. In the activity the student is introduced to several fundamental concepts related to all system. These include equilibrium, time delay or response time, and the relationship between flows into and out of a system and system content. Here we use a water bucket with some content c, an inflow s, and possibly some outflow. This is an excellent analogy to a variety of real world systems. For example: saving money; water storage in a reservoir, energy storage and usage for your home, or the buildup of stress during an ongoing stressful situation. A simple water bucket with content c and inflow s. Goto: http://www. atmosedu. com/physlets/globalpollution/waterbucket. htm and then follow the online instructions. Imagine a 10 gallon bucket that is filled by a faucet.
