chladni_figures

chladni_figures, an Octave code which creates Chladni figures of the eigenmodes of a thin vibrating plate, by Martin Gander and Felix Kwok.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

chladni_figures is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version.

Related Data and Programs:

chladni_figures_test

octave_plots, an Octave code which uses plotting to illustrate a mathematical structure, such as an iterative map, a fractal, a curve or surface.

Reference:

1. Martin Gander, Felix Kwok,
   Chladni figures and the Tacoma bridge,
   SIAM Review,
   Volume 54, Number 3, pages 573-596, September 2012.

Source Code:

• chladni_figures.m, uses an NxN grid, computes eigenmodes of a vibrating plate, and displays corresponding Chladni figures.
• delsq.m, sets up a sparse Laplacian matrix.
• numgrid.m, numbers the nodes of a grid.