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English: Damping. Refer Ingard, 1988 for more information on the equations.
Date 20 September 2007 (original upload date)
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Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by Kropotkine 113 using CommonsHelper.

(Original text : Self-made using Matlab. Source code provided below.)
Author

Nuno Nogueira. Original uploader was Nmnogueira at en.wikipedia.

Later version(s) were uploaded by Dicklyon at en.wikipedia.
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%Uses the files from Matlab Central File Exchange "plot2svg"
clear all
t = 0:0.01:11;
damping = [0.5, 1, 1.5, 0];  % damping values
colors = {'b', [0, 0.7, 0], 'r', 'm'};
h_fig = figure;
set(h_fig, 'Position',[360 673 354 249])
h_axes = axes;
axis([0, t(end), -1.05, 1.05]);
xlabel('time(s)')
ylabel('x/x0')
hold on
omega_0 = 1;  % natural frequency
for k = 1:length(damping)
  gamma = damping(k) * omega_0;
  if damping(k) > 1  % over-damped
    gamma1 = gamma - sqrt(gamma^2 - omega_0^2);
    gamma2 = gamma + sqrt(gamma^2 - omega_0^2);
    x = (gamma2 * exp(-gamma1 * t) - gamma1 * exp(-gamma2 * t)) / (gamma2 - gamma1);
  else
    if damping(k) == 1  % critically damped
      x = (1 + gamma * t) .* exp(-gamma * t);
    else  % under-damped
      omega_prime = sqrt(omega_0^2 - gamma^2);
      alpha = atan(gamma / omega_prime);
      x = exp(-gamma*t) .* cos(omega_prime * t - alpha) / cos(alpha);
    end
  end
  plot(t, x, 'Color', colors{k}, 'LineWidth', 1)
end
plot([0; t(end)], [0; 0], 'k')
legend('\zeta < 1', '\zeta = 1', '\zeta > 1', '\zeta = 0')
hold off
plot2svg('damping.svg',h_fig)

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The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
  • 2009-08-05 00:30 [[[:en:User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] 512×360× (87765 bytes) Hacked the axis labels to be better
  • 2009-08-02 08:52 Dicklyon 512×360× (86099 bytes) Updated equations, using a book source, to match accelerations at t = 0. New code.
  • 2007-09-20 16:08 Nmnogueira 200×200 (58385 bytes)
  • 2007-09-20 15:59 Nmnogueira 200×200 (63244 bytes)
  • 2007-09-20 15:49 Nmnogueira 200×200 (63017 bytes)
  • 2007-09-20 15:43 Nmnogueira 200×200 (63865 bytes)
  • 2007-09-20 15:41 Nmnogueira 200×200 (63986 bytes)
  • 2007-09-20 15:40 Nmnogueira 200×200 (58391 bytes)
  • 2007-09-20 15:37 Nmnogueira 200×200 (58391 bytes) {{Information| |Description = [[Damping]] |Source = Self-made using Matlab. Source code provided below. |Date = 2007-09-20 |Author = Nuno Nogueira (~~~) |Permission = {{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}} }} ==Source Code== Uses the files from Matlab Central File Exchan

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current06:37, 6 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 06:37, 6 June 2011650 × 356 (69 KB)Krishnavedalaaxis labels
06:31, 6 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 06:31, 6 June 2011656 × 354 (68 KB)Krishnavedalakept the original 'y' axis label
06:29, 6 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 06:29, 6 June 2011644 × 354 (70 KB)Krishnavedalaupdated the fonts, picture quality ,etc..
20:32, 5 May 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:32, 5 May 2010512 × 360 (86 KB)Kropotkine 113{{Information |Description={{en|en:Damping<br/> ==Source Code== Uses the files from Matlab Central File Exchange "plot2svg" <source lang="matlab"> clear all t = 0:0.01:11; damping = [0.5, 1, 1.5, 0]; % damping values colors = {'b', [0, 0.7, 0], 'r'

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