To animate a ball bouncing in Matlab, we can use the following steps:
Define the parameters of the ball, such as its radius, initial position, and initial velocity.
Set up the plot by specifying the axes, setting the limits of the x and y axes, and plotting the initial position of the ball.
Define the physics of the ball, such as how it bounces off the ground and slows down due to air resistance.
Use a loop to update the position and velocity of the ball at each time step and plot the new position of the ball.
Add a pause command to slow down the animation so that it is visible.
Here's an example of how to implement this in Matlab:
main.m
% Define ball parametersr = 0.1; % radiusx0 = 0; % initial x positiony0 = 0; % initial y positionvx0 = 1; % initial x velocityvy0 = 5; % initial y velocityg = 9.81; % acceleration due to gravitye = 0.8; % coefficient of restitutiondt = 0.01; % time step% Set up plotfigure;
axis([-11-11]);
hold on;
ball = viscircles([x0 y0], r);
drawnow;
% Simulate ball bouncingx = x0;
y = y0;
vx = vx0;
vy = vy0;
while y >= -r % while ball is above ground% Update position and velocity x = x + vx*dt;
y = y + vy*dt;
vy = vy - g*dt;
% Check for ground collisionif y < -r
y = -r;
vy = -e*vy;
end% Update plot ball.setCenter([x y]);
drawnow;
pause(0.01);
end