We know the form of the solution of 1-d wave equation is: $ \ begin {aligned} u (x, t) & = \ sum_ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} \ sin (\ frac {n \ pi x} {L}) (A_n \ cos (\ frac {n \ pi ct} {L}) + B_n \ sin (\ frac {n \ pi ct} {L})) \\ & = \ sum_ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} C_n \ sin (\ frac {n \ pi x} {L}) \ sin (\ frac {n \ pi ct} {L} + \ theta) \\ & = \ sum_ {n = 1} ^ {\ infty} \ frac {C_n} {2} \ left [\ cos \ left [\ frac {n \ pi} {L} (x - ct) - \ theta \ right] - \ cos \ left [\ frac {n \ pi} {L} (x + ct) + \ theta \ right] \ right] \ end {aligned} $
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This is just $ n = 3 $ animation fluctuates over time, i.e.,
clear;clc; pi = 3.1415926; L = 5.; n = 3; T0 = 0.5; pho = 1.; c = sqrt(T0/pho); % u = zeros(100, length(x)); % for i=1:100 % u(i,:) = sqrt(2)*sin(n*pi*x/L)*sin((n*pi*c*(i-1))/L + pi/4.); % end % % t = ones(100, length(x)); % for i=1:100 % t(i,:) = t(i,:)*(i/10.); % end % % f1 = figure; % plot3(t,x,u); f = figure; loops = 100; set(gcf, 'Position', get(0,'Screensize')); for i = 0:loops hold off [x,t] = meshgrid(0:.1:5,i:.03:10+i); z = sqrt(2)*sin(n*pi*x/L).*sin((n*pi*c*t)/L + pi/4.); surf(t,x,z) view(150,70) title('PDE: $$\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2} = c^2\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2}, n = 3$$','Interpreter','latex') axis tight manual ax = gca; ax.NextPlot = 'replaceChildren'; axis off drawnow end