How to simulate a spherical pendulum in matlab?

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Bas Siebers
Bas Siebers 2015-2-10
评论： Bas Siebers 2015-4-22
Hi,
I want to simulate a spherical pendulum in matlab. So far, I have found the equation of motion of the spherical pendulum:
But I haven't a clue how to simulate this. Any help whil be useful.
Kind regards, Bas

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Roger Stafford
Roger Stafford 2015-2-11
编辑：Roger Stafford 2015-2-11
Bas, you have a sign error in the gravity term. It should be:
-g*sin(phi)/L
Use one of matlab's 'ode' solvers to numerically solve these equations. Read about how to use them at:
http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/math/ordinary-differential-equations.html
Note that you would have numerical accuracy difficulty if the angle phi approaches near zero because of the division by sin(phi) in the first equation. At that point theta would change very rapidly. That is inherent in the physical situation as measured by the two angles.
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Roger Stafford
Roger Stafford 2015-2-26
Yes, there is a way. If you (carefully!) transform your coordinate system to cartesian coordinates, this problem should not occur. That will require three dependent variables, x, y, and z. A third equation will express the constraint that the distance from the support point is the value 'L'.
As I mentioned, the problem is caused by the nature of the definition of the two angles - when phi is near zero, a small motion can change theta by large amounts. That is an artificial difficulty.
Bas Siebers
Bas Siebers 2015-4-22
Hi Roger,
I started again with solving this problem. Do you known how to transform my coordinates to cartesian coordinates?

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Youssef Khmou 2015-2-11
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