double pendulum animation in matlab

To create a double pendulum animation in matlab, you will need to simulate the motion of the pendulums using the equations of motion and then use the animation functions of matlab to display the motion.

Here's a MATLAB code that creates an animation of a double pendulum based on the equations of motions:

main.m
%% Define parameters
m1 = 1;   % mass of pendulum 1
m2 = 1;   % mass of pendulum 2
L1 = 1;   % length of pendulum 1
L2 = 1;   % length of pendulum 2
g = 9.81; % gravitational constant

%% Define initial conditions
q0 = [pi/2; pi/2]; % initial angles
p0 = [0; 0];       % initial angular velocities

%% Define simulation parameters
t_span = [0 20];   % time span of simulation
dt = 0.05;         % time step

%% Define simulation function
odefun = @(t, y) double_pendulum_odefun(t, y, m1, m2, L1, L2, g);

%% Run simulation
[t, q] = ode45(odefun, t_span, [q0; p0], odeset('RelTol', 1e-10, 'AbsTol', 1e-10));

%% Create animation
figure;
p1 = [L1*sin(q(:,1)), -L1*cos(q(:,1))];
p2 = [L2*sin(q(:,1)+q(:,2)), -L2*cos(q(:,1)+q(:,2))];

for i = 1:length(t)
    plot([0 p1(i,1) p2(i,1)], [0 p1(i,2) p2(i,2)], '-o', 'LineWidth', 2, 'MarkerSize', 10, 'MarkerFaceColor', 'r');
    xlim([-2 2]);
    ylim([-2 2]);
    title(sprintf('Double Pendulum Animation (t = %0.2f s)', t(i)));
    drawnow;
end
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The double_pendulum_odefun is a separate function that defines the system of differential equations. You can define it as follows:

main.m
function [dydt] = double_pendulum_odefun(t, y, m1, m2, L1, L2, g)
theta1 = y(1);
theta2 = y(2);
p1 = y(3);
p2 = y(4);
dtheta1 = p1 / (m1 * L1^2) - (m1 + m2) * g / (m1 * L1) * sin(theta1) - m2 / (m1 * L1^2) * ...
    (p2 / p1 * cos(theta1 - theta2) * sin(theta1 - theta2) + (L2 / L1) * dtheta2^2 * sin(theta1 - theta2));
dtheta2 = p2 / (m2 * L2^2) - g / L2 * sin(theta2) / L1 * sin(theta1 - theta2) ...
    - p1 / (m2 * L2^2) * cos(theta1 - theta2) * sin(theta1 - theta2);
dp1 = -(m1 + m2) * g * L1 * sin(theta1) - m2 * L1 * L2 * (dtheta1^2 * sin(theta1 - theta2) + dtheta2^2 * sin(theta2)) * cos(theta1 - theta2);
dp2 = -m2 * g * L2 * sin(theta2) + m2 * L1 * L2 * (dtheta1^2 * sin(theta1 - theta2) + dtheta2^2 * sin(theta2)) * cos(theta1 - theta2);
dydt = [dtheta1; dtheta2; dp1; dp2];
end
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This code produces an animation of a double pendulum that simulates the motion of the pendulums over time. The resulting animation should display the motion of the double pendulum, showing how the two pendulums interact and affect each other's motion.

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