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Engineering Applications of Analog Computers
ANL-6319 Rev. is an Argonne National Laboratory report presenting seven worked engineering experiments solved on analog computers, covering reactor control rod deceleration, pressure flow through packed beds, reactor kinetics with thermal feedback, vibrating systems, temperature distribution in fins and slabs, and iodine-xenon buildup in a reactor. Each experiment follows a structured format covering problem description, mathematical statement with constants and initial conditions, machine equation derivation with scale factors, circuit diagrams with potentiometer and static check sheets, and graphical results. The document demonstrates direct analog solution of nonlinear differential equations from nuclear reactor engineering and heat transfer without linearizing simplifications.