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How can I solve equation of motion?


From: John W. Eaton
Subject: How can I solve equation of motion?
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:46:55 -0600

On  2-Dec-2002, NIITSU Taichi <address@hidden> wrote:

| Now,I research to solve the equation of motion by using octave.
| The following is the example of equations.
| 
| (dx/dt)''=F - (dx/dt)'
| 
| #"F" is the externalforce which is measured by experiment.This value is
| refered to data of experiment every time.
| 
| I came up with the program to solve this equation as follows.
| But,this program does not seem to work correctly.
| 
| F=rand(5,1);  # Now, I give randam "F"
| function dx = ex(x,t)
|       global n;
|       dx(1) = F(n+1,1)-x(1);
|       dx(2) = x(1);
| endfunction
| 
| global n;
| v=0;  # set initial value
| X=0;  # set initial value
| for n=0:4
|       x0 = [v;X]      # initial value
|       t = linspace(n,n+1,2)
|       y = lsode("ex",x0,t)
|       v=(2,1)         # new initial value
|       X=(2,2)         # new initial value
| end
| 
| I would be very happy if you have any idea on it and let me know
| Thanks in advance,

The T argument in lsode can be a vector, so you can avoid the loop.
If I understand what you want the random F to do, I think you are
trying to do something like this:

  global F
  F = rand(5,1);

  function dx = ex(x,t)
    global F T
    ## Find value in F corresponding to current time interval.
    r = F (max (find (t >= T)));
    dx = [r-x(1); x(1)];
  endfunction

  x0 = [0; 0];

  global T
  T = (0:4)';

  ## Since there are discontinuities in the derivative function, you
  ## should tell lsode where they are for both accuracy and speed.

  Tcrit = T(2:4);

  y = lsode("ex",x0,T,Tcrit)


jwe



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