I have several equations and each have their own individual frequencies and amplitudes. I would like to sum the equations together and adjust the individual phases, phase1
, phase2
, and phase3
to keep the total amplitude value of eq_total
under a specific value like $0.8$. I know I can normalize the signal, but for my purposes I need to have this controlled by changing/finding the values for just the phases in phase1
, phase2
, and phase3
that will do this.
Example: eq1=0.2*cos(2pi*t*3+phase1)+vertical_offset1 eq2=0.7*cos(2pi*t*9+phase2)+vertical_offset2 eq3=0.8*cos(2pi*t*5+phase3)+vertical_offset3 eq_total=eq1+eq2+eq3
Is there a way to solve for the three phases so that the amplitude of the summed signals in eq_total
never goes over $0.8$ by just adjusting/finding the values of the phases? Here's a picture of a geogebra applet I tested this idea with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/c60uqc9dqe4e00l/amp_phase_pic.png?dl=0
Here's the geogebra ggb file I used to edit/test idea with. (I used this to see if my idea would work) Java is required if you want to dynamically interact with the applet https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4mvi6r7yuehp4m/sin_find_phases_example.ggb?dl=0
I'm using matlab/octave Thanks