Double Mass Damper Mechanical System
Simulate a mechanical system with two masses, connected with springs and a damper
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The following code simulates a double mass damping system, under a step input. Such a model can be used to represent a car damper for disturbance rejection. The lower mass represents the wheel, the upper mass represents the body of the car.
The system is solved in two ways, either in classic state space form, or using ODEs.
You can find such examples in the classic textbook:
Nise, N. S. (2020). Control systems engineering. John Wiley & Sons.
Educational video on State Space Systems:
Simulate nonlinear systems in Matlab:
Course on Automatic Control:
Lazaros Moysis
Cite As
Lazaros Moysis (2026). Double Mass Damper Mechanical System (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/159391-double-mass-damper-mechanical-system), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
General Information
- Version 1.0.5 (2.11 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
