Sliding bead

Code for simulating the dynamic behavior of a sliding bead along an arbitrary curve in space.

This Matlab program is intended for simulating the dynamic behavior of a sliding bead along an arbitrary 2D or 3D curve. The problem to solve is characterized by a highly non-linear second-order differential equation. The resulting initial-vaue probelm is integrated in the time domain by using several numerical schemes available in the literaure.

The complete code consists of three scripts:

1) The main script, called Sliding_bead.m, which contains all the input data (problem data, solver parameters, etc) and plot options.

2) User-defined function called ODEIntegration.m, which contains the implementation of all the numerical integrators specified in the main file.

3) User-defined function called Mysliding.m, which contains the equations of motion for the bead.

Collaborators:

Prof. Cristian G. Gebhardt (UiB, Norway)

Prof. Guillermo R. Bossio (Engineering School, National University of Rìo Cuarto, Argentina)

Prof. Fernando D. Mazzone (Department of Mathematics, National University of Rìo Cuarto, Argentina)