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Impulse Function in Real Life
Impulse Function in Real Life
Impulse Function in Real Life
The impulse function, also known as a Dirac delta function, helps you measure
a spike that occurs in one instant of time. Think of the spiked impulse function
(Dirac delta function) as one thats infinitely large in magnitude and infinitely
thin in time, having a total area of 1. Impulse forces occur for a short period of
Some physical phenomena come very close to being modeled with impulse
functions. One example is lightning. Lightning has lots of energy and occurs in
a short amount of time. That fits the description of an impulse function.