The fourth-order Runge-Kutta method (RK4) is a widely used numerical approach to solve the system of differential equations. In this module, we will solve a system of three ordinary differential equations by implementing the RK4 algorithm in MATLAB.
x' = -5x + 5y
y' = 14x - 2y - zx
z' = -3z + xy
The initial conditions are, x(0) = y(0) = z(0) = 1
The following MATLAB program implements RK4 scheme to solve the above system of three differential equations.
close all;
clc;
format long;
% Defining the three differential equations of the problem
f=@(t,y) [-5*y(1)+5*y(2), 14*y(1)-2*y(2)-y(1)*y(3),
-3*y(3)+y(1)*y(2)];
[x,y]=runge_kutta_4(f,[0,5],[1,1,1],0.1); % Calling RK4 function defined below
plot(x,y);
title('When Time Step is 0.1');
legend('x(t)', 'y(t)', 'z(t)', 'Location', 'NorthEast')
xlabel('t')
ylabel('Solutions')
figure;
hold on;
for h=[0.1, 10^-3, 10^-6] % Implementing 3 different time steps
[x,y]=runge_kutta_4(f,[0,5],[1,1,1],h);
plot(x,y(:,1));
end
title('Plot of x(t) for 3 Different Time
Steps');
legend('h=0.1', 'h=10^{-3}', 'h=10^{-6}');
xlabel('t')
ylabel('x(t)')
% Fourth order Runge-Kutta method
function [x,y]=runge_kutta_4(f,tspan,y0,h)
x = tspan(1):h:tspan(2); %
Calculates upto y(3)
y = zeros(length(x),3);
y(1,:) = y0; % Initial Conditions
for i=1:(length(x)-1)
k_1 = f(x(i),y(i,:));
k_2 = f(x(i)+0.5*h,y(i,:)+0.5*h*k_1);
k_3 = f((x(i)+0.5*h),(y(i,:)+0.5*h*k_2));
k_4 = f((x(i)+h),(y(i,:)+k_3*h));
y(i+1,:) = y(i,:) + (1/6)*(k_1+2*k_2+2*k_3+k_4)*h;
end
end
Program Output:
Thank you, these codes are helpful.
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Deletey'(t)=3e^-t -0.4y 0<t<2,y(0)=5
ReplyDeleteplz solved it
Hi there, you may use the codes shown in the post. In your case, it is more straightforward since you have one equation. You just need to define your equation in the following form:
Delete% Defining the three differential equations of the problem
f=@(t,y) [-5*y(1)+5*y(2), 14*y(1)-2*y(2)-y(1)*y(3), -3*y(3)+y(1)*y(2)];
how can i use this code to solve ODEs of 5 variable
ReplyDeleteHi Alok, you may apply the same method for 5 variables as well, you just need to arrange the equations in the same format shown in the post, and you have available initial conditions.
DeleteThanks for sharing the code, but I got this result (Unrecognized function or variable 'runge_kutta_4'.
ReplyDelete). Could you please tell what is wrong?
i need to solve with y(4) what can i do ?
ReplyDeleteThanks, these codes were helpful
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