Catenary - hanging rope between two points

Version 1.0.0.0 (2.45 KB) by Yuval
Computes the catenary shape (hanging rope) of a given length between two given points.
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Given two points in the vertical plane and a given length of rope, the supplied function computes the trajectory of the catenary between those points. Run plot_catenary.m for an interactive demo.

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary
for a full description of the catenary curve.

Cite As

Yuval (2024). Catenary - hanging rope between two points (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/38550-catenary-hanging-rope-between-two-points), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0.0