Question: The following ordinary differential equation describes the motion of a damped spring-mess system (Figure): where x = displacement from the equilibrium position, t = time,

The following ordinary differential equation describes the motion of a damped spring-mess system (Figure):


dx dx + br' = 0 +a di? di


where x = displacement from the equilibrium position, t = time, m = 1 kg mass, and α = 5 N/(m/s)2. The damping term is nonlinear and represents air damping.

The spring is a cubic spring and is also nonlinear with b = 5 N/m3. The Initial conditions are

Initial velocity             dx/dt = 0.5 m/s

Initial displacement     x = 1 m

Solve this equation using a numerical method over the time period 0 ≤ t ≤ 8 s. Plot the displacement and velocity versus time and plot the phase-plane portrait (velocity versus displacement) for all the following cases:

(a) A similar linear equation

The following ordinary differential equation describes the motio


(b) The nonlinear equation with only a nonlinear spring term

The following ordinary differential equation describes the motio


(c) The nonlinear equation with only a nonlinear damping term

The following ordinary differential equation describes the motio


(d) The full nonlinear equation where both the damping and spring terms are nonlinear

The following ordinary differential equation describes the motio

dx dx + br' = 0 +a di? di

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