David Clark

MAE 488 Homework #1

1.50)

Input program:
disp('The value of b is:'),b=log(0.5)/(-5500)
disp('The organism died (in years):'),t=log(90/100)/(-b)
disp('The +1% estimate is:'),t1=log(90/100)/(-1.01*b)
disp('The -1% estimate is:'),t2=log(90/100)/(-0.99*b)

Output:
The value of b is:
b=
1.2603e-004
The organism died (in years):
t=
836.0170
The +1% estimate is:
t1 =
827.7396
The -1% estimate is:
t2 =
844.4616

1.59)

Input program:
x=[0:0.4:1.2]
y=[6.3 22 60 215]
p=polyfit(x,log(y),1);
m=p(1,1);
b=exp(p(1,2));
f=b*exp(m*x);
mu=mean(y);
J = sum((f-y).^2);
S= sum((y- mu).^2);
r2 = 1-J/S;
disp('The m value is:'),m
disp('The b value is:'),b
disp('The J values are:'),J
disp('The S values are:'),S
disp('The r^2 values are:'),r2
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Output:
x=
0 0.4000 0.8000 1.2000
y=
6.3000 22.0000 60.0000 215.0000
The m value is:
m=
2.8984
The b value is:
b=
6.4244
The J values are:
J=
77.4488
The S values are:
S=
2.7351e+004
The r^2 values are:
r2 =
0.9972

2.3)

Input Program:
m=10;
phi=25*((2*pi)/360);
vo=2;
u=0.3;
f1=100;
g=9.81;
a1=(f1-m*g*sin(phi)-u*m*g*cos(phi))/m
disp('A1 is positive, so it will not come to a stop')
f2=50;
a2=(f2-m*g*sin(phi)-u*m*g*cos(phi))/m
disp('A2 is negative, so it will come to rest')
t = roots([a2 vo]);
disp('The amount of time until the block comes to rest is:'),t

Output:
a1 =
3.1869
A1 is positive, so it will not come to a stop
a2 =
-1.8131
A2 is negative, so it will come to rest
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The amount of time until the block comes to rest is:

t=
1.1031
a1 =
3.1869
A1 is positive, so it will not come to a stop
a2 =
-1.8131
A2 is negative, so it will come to rest
The amount of time until the block comes to rest is:
t=
1.1031

2.24

Input
%fbd of m2 gives: m2a2=-m2*g*sin(phi)+T-F
%fbd of m2 also gives: F=Ia2*r^2
%fbd of m1 gives: m1a1=m1*g*sin(beta)-T
%combine 3 equations to yield:
%[m1+m2+I/r^2]a=m1*g*sin(beta)-m2*g*sin(phi)
%m1+m2+I/r^2 is the equivalent mass

Output
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2.33

Input
%fbd for sum of the forces x: m*ax=u*Nb-m*g*sin(theta)
%fbd for sum of the forces y: Na + Nb - m*g*cos(theta) = 0
%fbd for the moments around G: -Na*La+Nb*Lb-u*Nb=0
%solve 2 for Na: Na=m*g*cos(theta)-Nb
%-(m*g*cos(theta))*La+Nb*Lb-u*Nb=0
%-(m*g*cos(theta))*La+Nb(Lb-u)=0
%Nb=((mc*g*cos(theta))*La)/(Lb-u)
%a=u*((g*cos(theta)*La)/(Lb-u))-g*sin(theta)
%a=(23.544*u*cos(theta))/(4.6-u)-9.81*sin(theta)

Output
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2.34)

Input:
v=inline('t*(3.5*t*exp(1*t)-1*9.81)-300');
disp('The function for velocity is a combination of the equation in the')
disp('book and and v=v(0)+a*t')
disp(v)
disp('The time until 300 m/s is reached is:'),fzero(v, 2)
for k = 1:5
v=inline(strcat('t*(3.5*t*exp(', int2str(k), '*t)-1*9.81)-300'));
R(k)=fzero(v, 10);
end

plot(1:5, R(1,:),'o')

Output:
The function for velocity is a combination of the equation in the
book and and v=v(0)+a*t

Inline function:
v(t) = t*(3.5*t*exp(1*t)-1*9.81)-300

The time until 300 m/s is reached is:

ans =
2.6124
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