From: Matthias Steiner on
Hello,
I want to calculate a partial DGl for a function U(x,t):
a * U_tt = b * U_xxxx
I checked the Matlab Help and found the solver pdepe.
It says that pdepe can solve things of the form:
c(x,t,u,Du/Dx) * Du/Dt = x^(-m) * D(x^m * f(x,t,u,Du/Dx))/Dx + s(x,t,u,Du/Dx)

How can I implement a second derivative in time and a fourth in x?
Many Thanks
Matthias
From: Torsten Hennig on
> Hello,
> I want to calculate a partial DGl for a function
> U(x,t):
> a * U_tt = b * U_xxxx
> I checked the Matlab Help and found the solver pdepe.
>
> It says that pdepe can solve things of the form:
> c(x,t,u,Du/Dx) * Du/Dt = x^(-m) * D(x^m *
> f(x,t,u,Du/Dx))/Dx + s(x,t,u,Du/Dx)
>
> How can I implement a second derivative in time and a
> fourth in x?
> Many Thanks
> Matthias

The vibrating beam equation is a hyperbolic equation.
The 'pe' in the name of MATLAB's pdepe solver for
partial differential equations means
'parabolic-elliptic'. Thus pdepe is not suited
to solve your problem.

Best wishes
Torsten.