Bouncing Polygon Simulator - Revision history

Ian Gemp: /* Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie */

2009-06-17T02:13:05Z

Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie

2009-06-17T02:12:21Z

2009-06-17T01:42:01Z

Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie

2009-06-17T01:41:25Z

Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie

2009-06-17T01:40:26Z

Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie

2009-06-17T01:40:08Z

Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie

2009-06-17T01:28:50Z

Run A Simulation And Watch A Movie

2009-06-17T01:28:29Z

2009-06-17T01:25:01Z

2009-06-12T20:19:10Z

Overview

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 *The user may then convert the set of frames, F, into an avi file.  Matlab can output in the following formats:
+(Indeo3, Indeo5, Cinepak, MSVC, RLE)
-Indeo3
-Indeo5
-Cinepak
-MSVC
-RLE
 As far as I've looked, there are no codecs available for Mac OSX to convert from these formats.  The movies play fine on the Windows Media Player though.

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 ) F is an array of frames that may be used to construct a movie.
-*The user may then convert the set of frames, F, into an avi file.  The drawback is that this avi format plays almost only on windows media player.
+*The user may then convert the set of frames, F, into an avi file.  Matlab can output in the following formats:
+Indeo3
+Indeo5
+Cinepak
+MSVC
+RLE
+As far as I've looked, there are no codecs available for Mac OSX to convert from these formats.  The movies play fine on the Windows Media Player though.
  movie2avi(‘filename.avi’,F);

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 **object.theta - defines the original angle of each vertex in relation to the center of mass.  The user does not have to enter this variable.
 [[image:SimulatorViewer.jpg|thumb|400px|Simulation Viewer|right]]
-Red Line: Table|right
 **object.inertia - defines the inertia of the object.  The user must enter this.
 **object.u - defines the friction coefficient between the ball and the table.

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 **object.r - defines the radius of a ball.  The user may enter any value for this if the object is a polygon.
 **object.theta - defines the original angle of each vertex in relation to the center of mass.  The user does not have to enter this variable.
-[[image:SimulatorViewer.jpg|thumb|400px|Simulation Viewer
+[[image:SimulatorViewer.jpg|thumb|400px|Simulation Viewer|right]]
+Red Line: Table|right
-Red Line: Table
-Green Outline: Object
-|right]]
 **object.inertia - defines the inertia of the object.  The user must enter this.
 **object.u - defines the friction coefficient between the ball and the table.

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 **object.theta - defines the original angle of each vertex in relation to the center of mass.  The user does not have to enter this variable.
 [[image:SimulatorViewer.jpg|thumb|400px|Simulation Viewer
 Red Line: Table
 Green Outline: Object
 |right]]

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 inputs:
 ) contstates, table, and object are all outputs from the polysim function
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 outputs:
 ) F is an array of frames that may be used to construct a movie.

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  F = movconstr(contstates,table,params,object,t0,t1);
- *t0 & t1 specify the time range for the movie if you want to watch what happens during the simulation from t0 to t1
+inputs:
+) contstates, table, and object are all outputs from the polysim function
+) params is the input used in the polysim function
+) t0 & t1 specify the time range for the movie if you want to watch what happens during the simulation from t0 to t1
+outputs:
 ) F is an array of frames that may be used to construct a movie.

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 '''''You can download the polygon simulator codes''''' [[media:SimulationCodes.zip|'''''here''''']].
-'''''You can download a pdf on the nonlinear dynamics of a bouncing ball''''' [[media:finalreport.pdf|'''''here''''']].
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