% Coursework 17 Q4 % Using dx and dt as h and k are confusing % h = dx % k = dt dx = input('Input position step (for example 0.01): '); % play about with this to get resolution % Calulate maximum dt to maintain stability, based on the tailor expansion. dt = dx^2/2; tfin = input('Input the time you wawnt to end the simulation (for example 0.1): '); lines = input('How many lines across the time range would you like to plot (for example 10): '); % v = dx/(dt^2); %redundant % Create x and t for plotting in the array x = 0:dx:1; t = 1:dt:tfin+1; % Initialization of temperature matrix advancing in time (rows) and space (columns) u = zeros(length(t),length(x)); u(1,:) = 0; u(1,length(x)) = 0; % Initial condition for i = 1:length(x) if x(i) <= 0.5 u(1,i) = 2*x(i);; else u(1,i) = 2*(1-x(i)); end end for m = 1:length(t) % Set boundaries u(m+1,1) = 0.5 * m /length(t); u(m+1,length(x)) = 0.5 * m /length(t); for j = 2:(length(x)-1) % multiply out (1-2v) and factorise out v u(m+1,j) = u(m,j) + ((dt/(dx^2))*(u(m,j+1) - 2*u(m,j) + u(m,j-1))); end end figure; hold on; for i = 1:round(length(t)/lines):length(t) plot(x,u(i,:),'.'); end