Question 23.7: Determine the position and velocity of a bungee jumper with ...

Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists

Determine the position and velocity of a bungee jumper with the following parameters: L = 30 m, g = 9.81 m/s², m = 68.1 kg, $c_d$ = 0.25 kg/m, k = 40 N/m, and γ = 8 N · s/m. Perform the computation from t = 0 to 50 s and assume that the initial conditions are x(0) = υ(0) = 0.

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