Computational Lab 1

Assignment 4
09-10-2015

AM5810: Computational Techniques Lab

Assignment 4 Group A

Submitted by,

Jithin Devan P
AM15M009
1st Semester Applied Mechanics

Computational Lab 2
Assignment 4
1. The differential equation
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describes ice build up on a frozen lake in terms of thermal resistance x(t) at time t. Develop a
program to solve this DE using R-K routine from time 0 to 1.5 with steps of 0.05.
Matlab code developed is shown below;
clear all;
clc
syms x t v;
disp('Computational Lab Assignment-4');
disp('By Jithin Devan AM15M009');
disp('-----------------------------------------');
disp('Question-1 Develop a program to solve 2nd Order DE using RK
method');
disp('-----------------------------------------')
disp('Let v = dx/dt, Re-write d2x/dt2 in terms of t, x & v')
f=input('Enter d2x/dt2 = ');
tn=input('Initial value of t = ');
xn=input('Corresponding value of x = ');
vn=input('Corresponding value of v = ');
D=input('Enter the interval in matrix form = ');
h=input('Enter step size, h = ');
i=(D(1,2)-D(1,1))/h; i=round(i);
fn=subs(f,v,vn);fn=subs(fn,x,xn);fn=subs(fn,t,tn);
A(1,1)=tn; A(1,2)=xn; A(1,3)=vn; A(1,4)=fn; j=2;
for n=1:i
dx1=h*vn;
dv1=subs(f,v,vn);dv1=subs(dv1,x,xn);dv1=subs(dv1,t,tn);dv1=h*dv1;
dx2=h*(vn+(dv1/2));
p=vn+(dv1/2); q=xn+(dx1/2); r=tn+(h/2);
dv2=subs(f,v,p);dv2=subs(dv2,x,q);dv2=subs(dv2,t,r);dv2=h*dv2;
dx3=h*(vn+(dv2/2));
p=vn+(dv2/2); q=xn+(dx2/2); r=tn+(h/2);
dv3=subs(f,v,p);dv3=subs(dv3,x,q);dv3=subs(dv3,t,r);dv3=h*dv3;
dx4=h*(vn+dv3);
p=vn+dv3; q=xn+dx3; r=tn+h;
dv4=subs(f,v,p);dv4=subs(dv4,x,q);dv4=subs(dv4,t,r);dv4=h*dv4;
dx=(dx1+(2*dx2)+(2*dx3)+dx4)/6;
dv=(dv1+(2*dv2)+(2*dv3)+dv4)/6;
tn=tn+h; xn=xn+dx; vn=vn+dv;
fn=subs(f,v,vn);fn=subs(fn,x,xn);fn=subs(fn,t,tn);
A(j,1)=tn; A(j,2)=xn; A(j,3)=vn; A(j,4)=fn; j=j+1;
end
disp('
t
x(t)
v(t)
d2x/dt2');
disp(A);

Computational Lab 3
Assignment 4
Output obtained is shown below;

Computational Lab 4
Assignment 4
2. Write a program for solving the system of differential equations.
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Over the interval [2, 5] with h = 0.25

Matlab code developed is shown below;
clear all;
clc
syms x y t;
disp('Computational Lab Assignment-4');
disp('By Jithin Devan AM15M009');
disp('-----------------------------------------');
disp('Question-2 Write a program for solving the system of differential
equations');
disp('-----------------------------------------')
dy=input('Enter dy/dt = ');
dx=input('Enter dx/dt = ');
tn=input('Initial value of t = ');
yn=input('Corresponding value of y = ');
xn=input('Corresponding value of x = ');
D=input('Enter the interval in matrix form = ');
h=input('Enter step size, h = ');
n=(D(1,2)-D(1,1))/h; n=round(n);
for i=1:n
A(i,1)=tn; A(i,2)=yn; A(i,3)=xn;
dy=subs(dy,t,tn);
dy=subs(dy,x,xn);
dy=subs(dy,y,yn);
dx=subs(dx,t,tn);
dx=subs(dx,x,xn);
dx=subs(dx,y,yn);
yn=yn+dy*h;
xn=xn+dx*h;
tn=tn+h;
end
A(i,1)=tn; A(i,2)=yn; A(i,3)=xn;
disp('
t
y
x');
disp(A);

Computational Lab 5
Assignment 4
Output obtained is shown below;