15.5 STEADY STATE - EQUILIBRIUM
The steady state of a system is the value it will take after all of the initial (transient) effects have occurred.
Consider the steady state solution of the problem below,
NOTE: Use this technique with a great deal of caution. Steady state does not imply sitting still, just that initial effects (transients) have settled out. This technique does not recognize systems that have settled into states of periodic motion.