STRING_SIMULATION
Vibrating String Simulation

STRING_SIMULATION is a MATLAB program which simulates the behavior of a vibrating string by solving the corresponding initial boundary value problem (IBVP).

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

STRING_SIMULATION is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

BVP4C, MATLAB programs which illustrate how to use the MATLAB command bvp4c(), which can solve boundary value problems (BVP's) in one spatial dimension.

FD1D_WAVE, a MATLAB program which applies the finite difference method to solve a version of the wave equation in one spatial dimension.

Reference:

1. George Lindfield, John Penny,
   Numerical Methods Using MATLAB,
   Second Edition,
   Prentice Hall, 1999,
   ISBN: 0-13-012641-1,
   LC: QA297.P45.

Source Code:

• string_simulation.m, the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• string_simulation.txt, the output file.
• string_data.txt, a data file containing the solution values.
• string_commands.txt, GNUPLOT commands that can create an image from the solution data file.
• string.png, an image of the solution as it changes over time.

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