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Re: bvdae error when using NDSolve for initial value

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  • Subject: [mg102072] Re: [mg102063] bvdae error when using NDSolve for initial value
  • From: Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:06:01 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200907280605.CAA14835@smc.vnet.net>

Hi,

your first version works if you replace the line which is no
differential equation.


{w1'[u] == w1[u] 1/w[u] (w1[u]/w[u])^(1 - \[Epsilon]), 
  w2'[u] == w2[u] 1/w[u] (w2[u]/w[u])^(1 - \[Epsilon]), 
  timer'[u] == (p1 w1[u] + p2 w2[u]), timer[0] == 0, w1[0] == 1.5, 
  w2[0] == 1} /. {p1 -> .01, p2 -> .01, \[Epsilon] -> .5, 
  w[u] -> w1[u] + w2[u]}
NDSolve[%, {w1, w2, timer}, {u, 0, 11}]

Cheers
Patrick


On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 02:05 -0400, Damon wrote:
> I am trying to solve an initial value problem. I am getting the error
> message "bvdae: Differential-algebraic equations must be given as
> initial value problems". I don't know what the error means or how to
> fix my equations. I would be grateful for any help.
> 
> I started with the following differential equations. I want to find
> the time T when timer[T]==8.3 (or some other arbitrary value), and I
> want to evaluate w1[T] and w2[T] at that time.
> 
> res = NDSolve[{
> w1'[u]==w1[u] 1/w[u] (w1[u]/w[u])^(1-\[Epsilon]),
> w2'[u]==w2[u] 1/w[u] (w2[u]/w[u])^(1-\[Epsilon]),
> w[u]==w1[u]+w2[u],
> timer'[u]==(p1 w1[u]+p2 w2[u]),
> timer[0]==0,
> w1[0]==1.5,
> w2[0]==1
> } /. {p1->.01,p2->.01,\[Epsilon]->.5},
> {w1,w2,w,timer},{u,0,11}
> ]
> 
> I transformed this into an initial value problem in standard form as
> follows.
> 
> Clear[w1,w2,timer];
> res = NDSolve[{
> w1'[u]==T[u] w1[u] 1/w[u] (w1[u]/w[u])^(1-\[Epsilon]),
> w2'[u]==T[u] w2[u] 1/w[u] (w2[u]/w[u])^(1-\[Epsilon]),
> w[u]==w1[u]+w2[u],
> T'[u]==0,
> timer'[u]==T[u] (p1 w1[u]+p2 w2[u]),
> timer[0]==0,
> w1[0]==1.5,
> w2[0]==1,
> timer[1]==8.3
> } /. {p1->.01,p2->.01,\[Epsilon]->.5},
> {w1,w2,w,T,timer},{u,0,1}
> ]
> 
> This gives me the error I quoted at the top of this post. I would be
> grateful for hints about what I should do to solve my problem.
> 
> Damon.
> 



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