Challenge

Week 3 - Solving second order ODEs

clear all
close all
clc

b = 0.05;
g = 9.81;
l = 1;
m = 0.1;

% initial condition
theta_0 = [0;5];

% time point
t_span = linspace(0,10,500);

% solve ODE
[t, results] = ode45(@(t,theta) ode_func(t, theta, b,g,l,m),t_span, theta_0);

plot(t,result(:,1))
hold on
plot(t,result(:,2))
ylabel('plot')
xlabel('time')

additional program for ode

clear all
close all
clc

function [dtheta_dt] = ode_func(t,theta,b,g,l,m)
theta1 = theta(1)
theta2 = theta(2)
dtheta1_dt = theta2;
dtheta2_dt = -(b/m)*theta2 - (g/1)*sin(theta1);
dtheta_dt = [dtheta1_dt; dtheta2_dt];
end

explantion:-

  • all general commands are used in the program
  • theta is know as degree value
  • b = damping coefficent
  • g = gravity
  • l = length
  • m = mass
  • time is calculated as t_span
  • additional program is used to calculate ode function on this main program
  • additional program formula are derived from the given formula in the question
  • derived theta are mention as dtheta
  • second ode results showed
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