PHYS-1500 PHYSICAL MODELING
FALL 2006
9/12/2006, Class 5: Runge-Kutta Method
NAME ____________________________________
1. Construct the Runge-Kutta spreadsheet 3.2 as described in the lessons beginning on page 78
of the textbook.
2. Construct spreadsheet 3.3 by adding one column to spreadsheet 3.2.
3. Construct spreadsheet 3.4 by adding two columns to spreadsheet 3.3.
4. Quantify the error associated with the Runge-Kutta method as indicated in section 3. c. of
exercise 3.2, on page 83 of the textbook.
5. Now change k from 1 to 16 N/m, as you did for the Euler model. Sketch the resulting graph.
6. Do problem 4 (a) on page 85. Use the Runge-Kutta method.