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Fred_Kohlhepp23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
May 18, 2015
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  • May 18, 2015
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Has anyone had any experience with "Engineering Equation Solver"?

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I could use MATHCAD or MATLAB but I might as well use excel if I am going to use one of those. I have used EES for a couple of years now and the true power in it is being able to simultaneously solve systems of equations. For example, I could input 5 equations with 5 unknowns and it would solve for all 5 unknowns instantly without any manipulation to any of the equations. It could even simultaneously solve 100 equations with 100 unknowns!! I could pretty much input them as how they were written in a textbook or scientific paper without manipulation. If I was to do that in MATLAB, MATHCAD, or Excel, I would need to then waste a lot of time setting up a matrix to solve and you could imagine how time consuming that would be with 10+ equations/unknowns. EES is able to determine the variables that are unknown and its architecture automatically organizes the matrix and solves it. EES is also very powerful at combining this feature with being able to parametrically sweep design variables.

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Above is a statement from a person asking to have this software made available on his work computer. I don't recall seeing this software mentioned in the previous discussions.

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RichardJ19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
May 18, 2015

I've never even heard of it. It looks interesting though.

Of course, the statement

I would need to then waste a lot of time setting up a matrix to solve and you could imagine how time consuming that would be with 10+ equations/unknowns

is not true when it come to Mathcad (although that would be one possible approach if the equations are linear), but maybe the setup in EES is even easier, or more flexible for differential equations. It says it handles integral equations too, which Mathcad doesn't (so they have to be converted to differential equations, which is possible, but a PITA).

Let us know what you find out

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Fred_Kohlhepp23-Emerald IAuthor
23-Emerald I
May 18, 2015

FWK: Can EES deal with units?

EES user:

Actually that’s a feature I really like with EES. It can deal with units and give you errors when something is wrong. For example, if you are trying to calculate Wats (Joules/seconds) and for some reason you do Joules/meters then it will give you an error and tell you where you messed up your units. Another example is if you are off by some conversion factor.

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
May 18, 2015

In fact, it looked familiar and reminded me of some other software that I'd seen sometime in the past ... after a bit of inspiration I found it, TK Solver; it's still around and also does the solver bit (as you might guess from the name).

TK Solver 5.0 Premium (Standalone) from Universal Technical Systems

Stuart

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