string_pde

string_pde, a FORTRAN90 code which sets up and solves the partial differential equations (PDE) describing a vibrating string, creating files that can be displayed by gnuplot().

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

string_pde is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

FD1D_WAVE, a FORTRAN90 code which applies the finite difference method to solve a version of the wave equation in one spatial dimension.

gnuplot_test, FORTRAN90 codes which write data and command files so that gnuplot() can create plots.

string_pde_test

Reference:

1. George Lindfield, John Penny,
   Numerical Methods Using MATLAB,
   Second Edition,
   Prentice Hall, 1999,
   ISBN: 0-13-012641-1,
   LC: QA297.P45.

Source Code:

• string_pde.f90, the source code.
• string_pde.f90, compiles the source code.