RE: Re: Ball Rolling down on Cosh[t] Path
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- Subject: [mg36747] RE: [mg36738] Re: Ball Rolling down on Cosh[t] Path
- From: "DrBob" <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 04:32:28 -0400 (EDT)
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Here's a smoother animation, taking into account the period and cutting
the step size in half (without using more frames):
Do[Show[curve, Graphics[Disk[{
xx[t], Cosh[xx[t]]}, 0.035]], PlotRange -> {{-1.2, 1.2}, {0.9,
1.65}},
AspectRatio -> Automatic, Axes -> None], {t, 0, 2.3, 0.05}]
SelectionMove[EvaluationNotebook[], All, GeneratedCell]
FrontEndTokenExecute["OpenCloseGroup"]
FrontEndTokenExecute["SelectionAnimate"]
Bobby Treat
-----Original Message-----
From: Selwyn Hollis [mailto:slhollis at earthlink.net]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg36747] [mg36738] Re: Ball Rolling down on Cosh[t] Path
Matthias,
The simplest way to get the equation of motion is to set up the
Lagrangian. Let's assume a 1 kg mass. Then the kinetic energy is
KE = Simplify[(1/2)*(x'[t]^2 + D[Cosh[x[t]],t]^2)]
and the potential energy is
PE = 9.8*Cosh[x[t]]
The Lagrangian is
L = KE - PE
and the equation of motion is
diffeq =
Simplify[ D[D[L, x'[t]], t] ] == Simplify[ D[L, x[t]] ]
Now solve and animate ...
xx[t_] = x[t]/. First[
NDSolve[{diffeq, x[0] == -1, x'[0] == 0}, x[t], {t, 0, 5}]]
curve = Plot[Cosh[x], {x, -1, 1}]
Do[
Show[curve,
Graphics[Disk[{xx[t], Cosh[xx[t]]}, 0.025]],
PlotRange -> {{-1.2, 1.2}, {0.9, 1.65}},
AspectRatio -> Automatic, Axes->None],
{t, 0, 5, 0.1}]
----
Selwyn Hollis
Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I intend to make an animation in which
>
> ball A rolls down on an inclined plane from the left whilst
>
> ball B - starting from the same height - rolls down Cosh[t]'s path
from the
> right.
>
> x-axis is time t, y-axis is height h.
>
> Ball A is fine; ball B - which should arrive at h=0 before A - is
beyond my
> means.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Matthias Bode
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