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Torsten
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Re: solving coupled harmonic oscillators using ode45
Posted:
Jan 30, 2013 8:51 AM
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"Markus" wrote in message <keb2j0$1a3$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to solve the problem of three coupled oscillators using the ode45 solver:
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> The problem that I have is that the system is diverging, after some time, which I do not understand. I think the reason for it is a numerical issue. Maybe someone have an idea. Here is what I tried so far:
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> function main
> options = odeset('RelTol',1e-8,'AbsTol',1e-8,'MaxStep',0.01);
> [T2,Y2]=ode45(@osz3,0:.05:500,[0.1 0 0 0 0 0],options);
> plot(T2,Y2(:,1:end/2))
> end
>
> function dy = osz3(t,y)
> m = 1;
> D1 = 8;
> D2=1;
> D3=1;
> D4=8;
>
> dy = zeros(6,1); %
> dy(1) = y(4);
> dy(2) = y(5);
> dy(3) = y(6);
> dy(4) =( -D1*y(1)+D2*(y(2)-y(1)))/m;
> dy(5) =(-D2*(y(2)-y(1)+D3*(y(3)-y(2))))/m;
> dy(6) =( -D4*y(3)-D3*(y(3)-y(2)))/m;
>
> end
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> Thank you in advance for any answer.
Write your system of ODEs as
y'=A*y
and determine the eigenvalues of the matrix A.
help eig
Best wishes
Torsten.
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