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I can't seem to work out why nothing is showing when I try to plot h[t] in the example below:

pL = 1;
fL = 0.1;
eV = 200;
bR = 0.1;
g = 9.81;

m[t_] := pL + (fL - t*bR)
v1[t_] := eV*Log[m[t]/(m[t] - bR*t)] - g*t
h[t_] := Integrate[v1[t], t]
Plot[h[t], {t, 0, 10}]

Am I missing something completely obvious?

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  • $\begingroup$ Try replacing v1 in h[t_] with v1[t]. $\endgroup$
    – Karsten7
    Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 4:42
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry - updated $\endgroup$
    – Phil O'kelly
    Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 4:45
  • $\begingroup$ Try h[t_] = Integrate[v1[t], t] instead. $\endgroup$
    – J. M.'s missing motivation ♦
    Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 4:48
  • $\begingroup$ Oh it worked when I use = rather than := why is this? $\endgroup$
    – Phil O'kelly
    Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 4:52
  • $\begingroup$ h[t_] := Evaluate[Integrate[v1[t], t]]. $\endgroup$
    – Karsten7
    Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 4:52

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I think this is probably a duplicate but Plot has attributes HoldAll. As @J.M. suggested you could use Set rather than SetDelayed (i.e. = rather than :=) but for some cases that may not be desirable. If you need to use SetDelayed you could do the following as a work around:

Plot[h[t], {t, 0, 10}, Evaluated -> True]
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