An experiment in using interactive computer graphics in teaching transient transmission-line theory

technical reportAn interactive computer graphics routine was developed and used in teaching EE 553, Electromagnetic Fields, autumn quarter, 1969, in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. The routine displayed the propagation of the voltage ave form produced by a step-function generator down a two-wire trans mission line showing reflections for the user's choice of various values of resistance, capacitance, or inductance at the end of the line and for various values of generator resistance. This report describes the development and use of the system