Solving an Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) in Python with SciPy — example on an aeronautical ice sensor
In my career as an aeronautical engineer, I never solved a differential equation by hand on a real project. The specialized software — SAMCEF, ABAQUS, NASTRAN — took care of that. We defined the geometry, the materials, the boundary conditions, and the software calculated the natural frequencies and modes. But understanding what the software does…