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How to introduce fluctuation with respect to time in my code?

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Hi,
I want to introduce in my code a small fluctuation with respect to time for density and temperature.
Can anyone tell me how to introduce it in my code?
rgds

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Zinea
Zinea on 4 Sep 2024
Hi Rahul,
To introduce small fluctuations in density and temperature over time in MATLAB code, sinusoidal functions or random noise can be used to simulate these variations. Below is a simple example of how this might be implemented:
% Define time vector
t = 0:0.01:10; % Time from 0 to 10 seconds with a step of 0.01
% Base density and temperature values
baseDensity = 1000; % Example base density
baseTemperature = 300; % Example base temperature
% Define fluctuation parameters
densityFluctuationAmplitude = 5; % Amplitude of density fluctuation
temperatureFluctuationAmplitude = 2; % Amplitude of temperature fluctuation
densityFluctuationFrequency = 0.5; % Frequency of density fluctuation
temperatureFluctuationFrequency = 0.7; % Frequency of temperature fluctuation
% Create fluctuations using a sinusoidal function
densityFluctuation = densityFluctuationAmplitude * sin(2 * pi * densityFluctuationFrequency * t);
temperatureFluctuation = temperatureFluctuationAmplitude * sin(2 * pi * temperatureFluctuationFrequency * t);
% Calculate fluctuating density and temperature
density = baseDensity + densityFluctuation;
temperature = baseTemperature + temperatureFluctuation;
% Plot the results
figure;
subplot(2,1,1);
plot(t, density);
title('Density Fluctuations Over Time');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Density');
subplot(2,1,2);
plot(t, temperature);
title('Temperature Fluctuations Over Time');
xlabel('Time (s)');
ylabel('Temperature');
Output of the code:
Here are a few points to be noted:
  1. The time vector ‘t’ defines the range and resolution of the time over which you want to simulate the fluctuations.
  2. BaseDensity’ and ‘baseTemperature’ represent the average or baseline values around which fluctuations should occur.
  3. Amplitude and frequency for both density and temperature fluctuations determine the magnitude and speed of the fluctuations.

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