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Question: Solving a differential equation of 2. order.

Question:Solving a differential equation of 2. order.

MMblaster 0 Maple
differential-equation
May 02 2011
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Hi

 

I have a problem with an assigment for a Marine Construction claass:

Solving the non-dimensional vibration equation numerically (Eq. 2.1). To this end, implement the following transformation:

Z = dX/dT

Eq 2.1: diff(X(T), T, T)+a*(diff(X(T), T))+b*X(T) = C*(1-(diff(X(T), T)))*abs(1-(diff(X(T), T)))*sin(W*T)

 

I've tried to do the following:

 

> dsolve(diff(X(T), T, T)+a*(diff(X(T), T))+b*X(T) = C*(1-(diff(X(T), T)))*abs(1-(diff(X(T), T)))*sin(W*T))


but I either get no answer at all or an error message (Error, (indsolve) expecting an ODE or a set or list of ODEs. Received XXXXX).

 

Im not sure what wrong and was hoping someone could help me out :) ?

 

Thanks in advance! :)
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