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Edit:whoops wrong forum mods please move
2nd edit: I just had dinner then got back on the computer, input some points and saw a beautiful elipse.(complete with a fascinating flower petal design due to inaccuracies) Weird lol! No idea why it wasnt working before Now to implement RK4 bwahahaha
im writing a program in WPF(an amalgam of c# and xaml) that tracks the position of a particle after a certain amount of time.
the particle is placed in a force field, where force is a function of position and velocity.
I used a crude numerical method, which seemed pretty obvious to me but for some reason it won't work. the particle appears to travel in a straight line as if there was no force.
the number of increments and the final time to be calculated for is decided by the user, and the variable dt is calculated from that.
vx,vy,vz are the velocity vector
ax,ay,az are functions, and also the acceleration vector.
heres the relevant code. I am pretty sure the problem is in the first block.
for verifiability, I am using a gravitational field, also for simplicity i have eliminated force from the equation and I am working with acceleration alone(ill add that later)
here i have methods define the acceleration vectors:
2nd edit: I just had dinner then got back on the computer, input some points and saw a beautiful elipse.(complete with a fascinating flower petal design due to inaccuracies) Weird lol! No idea why it wasnt working before Now to implement RK4 bwahahaha
im writing a program in WPF(an amalgam of c# and xaml) that tracks the position of a particle after a certain amount of time.
the particle is placed in a force field, where force is a function of position and velocity.
I used a crude numerical method, which seemed pretty obvious to me but for some reason it won't work. the particle appears to travel in a straight line as if there was no force.
the number of increments and the final time to be calculated for is decided by the user, and the variable dt is calculated from that.
vx,vy,vz are the velocity vector
ax,ay,az are functions, and also the acceleration vector.
heres the relevant code. I am pretty sure the problem is in the first block.
Code:
while (i < n - 1)
{
vx[i+1] = vx[i] + dt * ax(x[i], y[i], z[i], vx[i], vy[i], vz[i]);
vy[i + 1] = vy[i] + dt * ay(x[i], y[i], z[i], vx[i], vy[i], vz[i]);
vz[i + 1] = vz[i] + dt * az(x[i], y[i], z[i], vx[i], vy[i], vz[i]);
x[i + 1] = x[i] + vx[i + 1] * dt;
y[i + 1] = y[i] + vy[i + 1] * dt;
z[i + 1] = z[i] + vz[i + 1] * dt;
i++;
}
for verifiability, I am using a gravitational field, also for simplicity i have eliminated force from the equation and I am working with acceleration alone(ill add that later)
here i have methods define the acceleration vectors:
Code:
//acceleration vectors x componentvvvvvvv
static double ax(double x, double y, double z, double vx, double vy, double vz)
{
double ax = 10000*(-x / Math.Pow(Math.Sqrt(x * x + y * y + z * z), 3));
return ax;
}
//acceleration vectors x component^^^^^^
//acceleration vectors y componentvvvvvvv
static double ay(double x, double y, double z, double vx, double vy, double vz)
{
double ay = 10000*(-y / Math.Pow(Math.Sqrt(x * x + y * y + z * z), 3));
return ay;
}
//acceleration vectors y component^^^^^^
//acceleration vectors z componentvvvvvvv
static double az(double x, double y, double z, double vx, double vy, double vz)
{
double az = 10000*(-z / Math.Pow(Math.Sqrt(x * x + y * y + z * z), 3));
return az;
}
//acceleration vectors z component^^^^^^
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