Analyzing dynamic response of non-homogeneous string fixed at both ends

To survey the local conservation properties of complex dynamic problems, a structure-preserving numerical method, named as generalized multi-symplectic method, is proposed to analyze the dynamic response of a non-homogeneous string fixed at both ends. Firstly, based on the multi-symplectic idea, a generalized multi-symplectic form derived from the vibration equation of a non-homogeneous string is presented. Secondly, several conservation laws are deduced from the generalized multi-symplectic form to illustrate the local properties of the system. Thirdly, a centered box difference scheme satisfying the discrete local momentum conservation law exactly, named as a generalized multi-symplectic scheme, is constructed to analyze the dynamic response of the non-homogeneous string fixed at both ends. Finally, numerical experiments on the generalized multi-symplectic scheme are reported. The results illustrate the high accuracy, the good local conservation properties as well as the excellent long-time numerical behavior of the generalized multi-symplectic scheme well.

► We propose a generalized multi-symplectic method to analyze the dynamic response of a non-homogeneous string.
► A generalized multi-symplectic form with several conservation laws derived from the vibration equation of the string is presented.
► And then, a box scheme is constructed to analyze the dynamic response of the string.
► The results illustrate some good numerical behaviors of the scheme.