how to get multiple lines on a plot with ode45 and for loop?

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I'm modeling a mass spring damper system and I'm trying to get multiple lines on the plot for each different damping coefficient value and I can only get one line for the first value. my code is a bit mess but here it is.
clear
clc
g=9.81; %m/s^2
m=1179/4; % mass of a honda civic kg
L=1; %Distance traveled meters
t=0:.001:3;
y_0=0;
dydt_0=0;
k=(m*g)/.1; %spring constant N/m
v_0=20; %velocity m/s
%x=v_0*t;
f=250; %load in kg
%z=.5;
z=[0 .1 .2 .25 .35 .5 .65 .75 .9 1]; %damping factor ranges
wn=(k/m)^.5; %natural frequency
c=2*m*wn.*z; %damping coeff
wd=wn*(1-z.^2).^.5; %damped natural freq
hold on
for i=1:10
[t,y]=ode45(@EOMM,t,[y_0 dydt_0]);
plot(t,y(:,1))
grid on
xlabel('Time(s)')
ylabel('Deflection(m)')
end
% function
function [ dydt ] = EOMM(t,y)
%UNTITLED8 Summary of this function goes here
% Detailed explanation goes h
g=9.81; %m/s^2
m=1179/4; % mass of a honda civic kg
L=1; %Distance traveled meters
t=0:.001:3;
y_0=0;
dydt_0=0;
k=(m*g)/.1; %spring constant N/m
v_0=20; %velocity m/s
f=250; %load in kg
%z=.5;
z=[0 .1 .2 .25 .35 .5 .65 .75 .9 1]; %damping factor ranges
wn=(k/m)^.5; %natural frequency
c=2*m*wn.*z; %damping coeff
for i=1:10
dydt_1=y(2);
dydt_2(i)=(1/m)*(f-c(i)*y(2)-k*y(1));
dydt=[dydt_1;dydt_2(i)];
end
end

Answers (1)

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 4 Aug 2016
Move the
hold on
to after the plot() statement. Then, after the ylabel() statement, add
drawnow()

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