my plot is not sinusoidal wave
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hello can you please help me?? when i type this code i only get an horizontal line
i don`t know where is my mistake
the code
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sigma0=0;
sigma1=100;
sigma2=500;
el=0.5*0.0001;
L=1*0.0001 ;
h=0.5*0.0001;
a=1;
rho=1000;
g=10;
t=300;
m=4;
n=4;
x=0:100:5000;
A=(pi*((m/el)^(2)+(n/L)^(2))^(0.5));
B0=(g*A+(sigma0/rho).*A^3).*atan(A*h);
C0=B0^(0.5);
Z0=a*cos(C0.*t).*cos((m*pi.*x)/el);
B1=(g*A+(sigma1/rho)*A^3)*atan(A*h*1/180);
C1=B1^(0.5);
Z1=a*cos(C1.*t).*cos((m*pi.*x)/el);
B2=(g*A+(sigma2/rho)*A^3)*atan(A*h);
C2=B2^(0.5);
Z2=(a*cos(C2.*t).*cos((m*pi.*x)/el));
subplot(2,2,1)
plot(x,Z0,'r',x,Z1,'g',x,Z2,'b');
xlabel(' paroi x');
ylabel(' elevation z');
legend('sigma=0',' sigma=100',' sigma=500')

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Giuseppe Inghilterra
on 15 Feb 2020
1 vote
Hi,
the argument of cosine "(m*pi.*x)/el" returns you always one.
This happens because your cosine argument is expressed in the form 'k*pi' with k = even integer number. In this case cos(k*pi) (with k = even integer number) returns you always one.
If you try to change parameter m or el or step of x such that m*x/el is not an even interger number you obtain a wave plot.
For example with: x = 0:pi:5000, you obtain the following result:

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MOUNIBA REDAH
on 16 Feb 2020
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