rubber_band_ode

rubber_band_ode, a MATLAB code which sets up and solves a set of ordinary differential equations (ODE) describing a mass suspended by a spring and rubber band, which can exhibit chaotic behavior.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

rubber_band_ode is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

rubber_band_ode_test

matlab_ode, MATLAB codes which set up various ordinary differential equations (ODE).

Reference:

• John D Cook,
  A spring, a rubber band, and chaos,
  https://www.johndcook.com/blog/
  26 April 2020.
• Lisa Humphreys, Ray Shammas,
  Finding Unpredictable Behavior in a Simple Ordinary Differential Equation,
  The College Mathematics Journal,
  Volume 31, Number 5, November 2000, pages 338-346.

Source Code:

• rubber_band_deriv.m, returns the right hand side of the ODE.
• rubber_band_parameters.m, returns parameters of the ODE.