% Script to plot the undamped response of a single degree of freedom system % and to calculate its properties % Written by Dr Colin Caprani - www.colincaprani.com k = 100; % N/m - stiffness m = 10; % kg - mass delta_t = 0.1; % s - time step u0 = 0.025; % m - initial displacement v0 = 0; % m/s - initial velocity w = sqrt(k/m); % rad/s - circular natural frequency f = w/(2*pi); % Hz - natural frequency T = 1/f; % s - natural period ro = sqrt(u0^2+(v0/w)^2); % m - amplitude of vibration theta = atan(v0/(u0*w)); % rad - phase angle t = 0:delta_t:4; u = ro*cos(w*t-theta); plot(t,u); xlabel('Time (s)'); ylabel('Displacement (m)');