I am trying use shooter's method to solve a second order differential equation
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I am trying to loop and find the best value for curvature (im trying to find this) and will later put this in, but essentially I am trying to use shooters method to solve this: D^2y/dx^2 = F*sin(t)/(E*I)
i am using two first order diff eqs and solving via the boundary conditions.
this is as far as i got, my four equations are in the fun line:
d(theta)/dt = u
du/dt = Fsin(t)/EI
dx/dt = sin(t)
dy/dt = cos(t)
i am new to matlab, but i am interested in plotting the results of sin and cos. when i plot sin and cos so (shooterY and shooterX) is it not factoring in my equation at all? instead just plotting sin as a function of cos?
I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly with the ODE34 function
%variables
F = .024; %kg
E = 10^6; %mPa
I = 6.1*10^-9; %kg m^2
L = .01; %m
%for loop to cycle through and find best one
for curvature = 10^-7:10^-6:1*10^-6
fun = @(t, s) [s(2); F*sin(t)/(E*I); sin(t); cos(t)];%The actual function
tspan = [0 L]; %time to make sure goes to the lenght of the rod
Y0 = [0 curvature 0 0];%guesses that are beign cycled
[x,y] = ode45(fun, tspan, Y0);%fucntion to do the integrals
dt = y(1:end,1); du = y(1:end,2); shooterY = y(1:end,3); shooterX = y(1:end,4); %extracting the data
% if sin(t)/(EI) == 0
% break
% end
%break when moment at end is 0
end
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James Tursa
on 14 Jul 2022
Can you post an image of the actual differential equation and conditions you are solving so we can check that against your formulation?
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