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A certain biomechanical model involves ordinary differential equations. This research focuses on solving a biomechanical model of a cyclist coasting downhill. The objective of this study is to establish the velocity of the model, using two numerical methods, i.e., the third-order Runge-Kutta methods. The two methods are the existing classical Runge-Kutta and a modified Runge-Kutta method formed by Wazwaz. The numerical results obtained from these two methods are compared with the exact solution and the relative errors are produced.
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Ahmad, R.R., Rambely, A.S., Lim, L.H. (2008). Solving Biomechanical Model Using Third-Order Runge-Kutta Methods. In: Kapur, D. (eds) Computer Mathematics. ASCM 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5081. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87827-8_13
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