## A 'realistic', 'non-elastic' string, which responses to any ## bending and has stifness. This script takes in the previous ## and the present profiles and iterates to find ## the profile in the next time step. The ratio 'r' is not 1 ## like in the 'non-realistic' string since the speed of the wave ## always less than the speed of the string it should be less than 1 ## for best and most stable solution ##constants dx=1e-2 ## Spatial increment (m) L=2 ## Length of the string (m) M=L/dx ## Dimensionless partition r=0.25 ## Famous dimensionless ratio E=1e-4 ## Dimensionless stiffnes x=-1:dx:1; l=length(x); x0=0.5; k=1e2; ## Set up the initial profile y=initial_profile(x,x0,k); plot(x,y) pause ## Impose the time boundary condition ynow=y; yprev=y; ynow(1)=ynow(2)=0 Nsteps=2000; for n=3:Nsteps ynow(Nsteps-1)=ynow(Nsteps-2)=0; ynext=propagate_stiff(ynow,yprev,r); plot(x,ynext,';;') axis([-1.05,1.05,-1.1,1.1]) pause(0);...