% Plucked string animation via the D'Alembert solution to the wave % equation. Input is the pluck location a/L, a fraction between zero % and one. % This m-file was written at the University of Wyoming in the Electrical % and Computer Engineering Department and is to be distributed without % cost. clear all aoverL=-1; while ((aoverL<=0)|(aoverL>=1)) aoverL=input('Input the point where the string is plucked as fraction of the length (a/L) ='); end set(0,'DefaultAxesFontSize',12); set(0,'DefaultTextFontSize',12); m=fix(100*aoverL); k=[1:m]; f1=(0.5/m)*k; k=[m+1:99]; f2=(0.5/(100-m))*[-k+100*ones(1,99-m)]; f0=[f1 f2]; f3=-fliplr(f0); y0=[0 f0 0 f3 0 f0 0 f3 0 f0 0 f3 0 f0 0 f3 0 f0 0]; xoverL=linspace(0,1,101); %patch coordinates xp1=.5*[0 0 -.1 -.3 -.2 -.32 -.2 0 0]; yp1=[0 .4 .3 .2 .1 0 -.2 -.4 0]; xp2=-fliplr(xp1)+ones(1,9); yp2=-fliplr(yp1); time=linspace(0,2,201); xoverL1=linspace(-.3,1.3,161); ydata=2*y0(1,401:501); for k=1:200 ys=y0(1,401+2*k:501+2*k)+y0(1,401-2*k:501-2*k); ydata=[ydata ;ys]; end figure(1);clf; clf set(gca,'Box','on') patch(xp1,yp1,'r') hold on patch(xp2,yp2,'r') hold on plot([0 1],[0 0],'k') hold on k=0; L1=plot(xoverL1,y0(1,401-30+2*k:501+30+2*k),'r','EraseMode','xor'); hold on L2=plot(xoverL1,y0(1,401-30-2*k:501+30-2*k),'k','EraseMode','xor'); hold on L3=plot(xoverL,ydata(k+1,:),'b','EraseMode','xor'); hold on axis([-.3 1.3 -1.2 1.2]); texthandl2=text(.3,-1.01,'Press Enter to Continue'); xlabel('Distance , x/L') ylabel('Displacement, y(x,t)/y0') pause for k=2:2:100 set(L1,'Ydata',y0(1,401-30+2*k:501+30+2*k)); set(L2,'Ydata',y0(1,401-30-2*k:501+30-2*k)); set(L3,'Ydata',ydata(k+1,:)); hold on xlabel('Distance, x/L') ylabel('Displacement, y(x,t)/y_0') set(texthandl2,'String','Press Enter to Continue'); axis([-.3 1.3 -1.2 1.2]); pause end figure(2);clf; for i=11:10:91 plot(time,ydata(:,i)) hold on text(.3,ydata(1,i), ['x/L = ' num2str(xoverL(1,i))]); end axis([0 2,-1.1 1.1]) ylabel('Dimensionless Displacement, y(x,t)/y_0') xlabel('Dimensionless Time, t/T_1') text(1.2,1,'Press Enter to Continue') pause figure(3);clf; clf set(gca,'Box','on') patch(xp1,yp1,'r') axis([0 1 -1.2 1.2]); hold on xlabel('Distance, x/L') ylabel('Displacement, y(x,t)/y_0') axis([-.35 1.35 -2 2]) hold on plot([aoverL aoverL],[-.1 -1.5]) hold on text(aoverL-.05,-1.7,'a/L') hold on patch(xp2,yp2,'r') plot(xoverL,zeros(1,101)) hold on texthandl=text(0,1.5,'Press Enter to Set Initial Condition'); pause ys=2*y0(1,401:501); L=plot(xoverL,ys,'k','EraseMode','xor','LineWidth',[2.5]); ydata=[ys]; set(texthandl,'String','Press Enter to Animate'); xlabel('Distance , x/L') ylabel('Displacement, y(x,t)/y_0') pause set(texthandl,'String',' '); for k=1:200 ys=y0(1,401+2*k:501+2*k)+y0(1,401-2*k:501-2*k); set(L,'Ydata',ys) pause(.05) ydata=[ydata ;ys]; end set(texthandl,'String','Press Enter to Continue'); pause figure(4);clf; time1=linspace(0,2,201); [T,X]=meshgrid(time1,xoverL); mesh(T,X,ydata') %colormap([0 0 0]); view([30 15]) axis([0 2 0 1 -1.3 1.3]) text(.2, 0,-1.1 ,'Dimensionless Time, t/T_1','rotation',-7) text(2, .02 ,-1.1,'Dimensionless Distance, x/L','rotation',20) zlabel('Dimensionless Displacement, y(x,t)/y_0') text(.5,1,1,'Press Enter to Quit','Rotation',-7) pause