1. MATLAB Tutorials
Session V
Mathematical Applications using MATLAB
(Cont….)
Rajeev Madazhy
Email: rmadaz1@lsu.edu
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
LSU
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2. Last Session….
 Using fplot function
 Minimization
 Zero finding
 Curve fitting
 Interpolation
 Integration
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3. Session V Outline….
 Solving Double Integrals
 Ordinary Differential Equations
 Examples of ODE using MATLAB….
 Mention of DDE’s
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4. Solving Double Integrals….
Consider the numerical solution of
y max xmax
∫ ∫ f ( x, y )dxdy
y min x min
Let f ( x, y ) = y sin( x ) + x cos( y )
We write a function to calculate the double integral using the MATLAB
Inline function dblquad.
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5. MATLAB M-File….
Function out=integrnd(x,y)
out= y*sin(x) + x*cos(y);
To evaluate the double integral, use
result = dblquad(‘integrnd’,xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax);
at the command prompt.
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6. In MATLAB….
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7. Books on solving ODE’s using
MATLAB..
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations Using
MATLAB
Martin Golubitsky, Michael Dellnitz
Ordinary Differential Equations Using MATLAB
John C. Polking & David Arnold
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8. Solving ODE’s….
 MATLAB has the capability to solve the first order differential
equations using numerical methods.
 The functions used are ode23 and ode25
 Both ode23 and ode25 work the same way except for the internal
algorithm that is being used.
 Let us use ode45 in solving the Differential equations.
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9. Format….
The format is as follows:
 [t,y] = ode45(‘function_name’,tspan,y0)
 function_name is the name of a function type file where the
differential equation is stored.
 tspan is a vector specifying the initial and final values of
independent variable
 y0 is a column vector containing the initial conditions
 Results for the command are stored in vector y.
 t is the vector of independent variable
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10. Example….
Solve a first order homogeneous differential equation with initial
condition:
.
y+ = y 0
y (t = ) =
0 1
We rewrite it as :
.
y = y
−
y (0) =1
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11. Function in MATLAB…
Write the function in MATLAB and save it as ode1.m
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12. Cont….
Write the following in another m-file:
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13. Result….
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14. Non-homogenous ODE’s….
If the differential equation is not homogenous then we do the following:
.
y + = −t
y e 2
y (t = ) =
0 1
It is rewritten again as follows:
.
y = y + −t
− e 2
y (0) =1
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15. Solution….
All we need to do is change the function in the m-file ode1.m
Rest remains the same as coded earlier.
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16. Higher order differential Equations….
 The higher order differential equations can be converted to a
system of first order differential equations.
 Next example shows how to solve second order differential
equation using ode45 in Matlab
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17. Problem….
The following figure shows a spring-mass-damper system. Plot the response of
the system when the initial displacement of mass m is 0.1 meters.
c = 1 kg/s
k = 100N/m
m = 5 kg
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18. Equation of motion….
The equation of motion is as follows:
.. .
m x +c x +kx =0
x (t =0) =0.1
Now we need to change it to first order equation to solve it.
Rewriting the equation we get,
c k
 = − x − x
x 
m m
x(t = 0) = 0.1
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19. Cont….
.
Consider the fact that x =vis just velocity. So we can rewrite the
equation as two first order differential equations
c k
v =− v− x

m m
x=v

v(t = 0) = 0
x(t = 0) = 0.1
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20. Cont….
Or in general form we get:
c k
x1 = − x1 − x2

m m
x2 = x1

x1 (t = 0) = 0
x2 (t = 0) = 0.1
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21. Cont….
Write the function as follows in Matlab editor and save it as ode2.m
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22. Cont….
Write the main program naming it as sorDiff.m
Note that we have two initial conditions here.
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23. Velocity Response….
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24. Displacement
Response….
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25. Exercise….
Write a Matlab program to determine the time-temperature history of a
sphere of radius r=5mm, initially at a uniform temperature of 400 0C.
The sphere is exposed to 2000C air with a convection coefficient of
h=10 W/m^2-K. The thermophysical properties of the sphere material
are:
ρ=Density=3000kg/m^3
k=Thermal conductivity=20 W/m-K
c=specific heat=1000J/kg-K
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26. Exercise cont….
The relation between the sphere temperature and time is given by an
energy balance on the sphere, which results in the following
differential equation
dT
− hA(T − T∞ ) = ρcV
dt
where
H = convective heat transfer coefficient
T = temperature of the sphere at any time
A = surface area of the sphere = 4r2
V = volume of the sphere = 4/3 r3
T = time
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27. Exercise cont….
This differential equation has the following exact solution which can be
used to check the accuracy of the numerical solution provided by
Matlab
T − T∞ − hA
= exp( t)
Ti − T∞ ρcV
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28. Exact Temperature code….
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29. Using as function….
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30. MATLAB main code….
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31. Result and plot….
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32. Delay Differential Equations…
Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and delay differential equations
(DDEs) are used to describe many phenomena of physical interest.
While ODEs contain derivatives which depend on the solution at the
present value of the independent variable (“time”), DDEs contain in
addition, derivatives which depend on the solution at previous times.
DDEs are a better approximation than ODEs to many physical systems.
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33. Cont….
Consider a system of delay differential equations of the form:
y(t) = f(t, y(t), y(t - τ1), y(t - τ2), . . . , y(t - τk))
that are solved on a ≤ t ≤ b with given history y(t) = S(t) for t ≤ a.
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34. Function code….
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35. Main
program….
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36. Output….
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37. Website where you could obtain
The dde23.m file…..
http://www.radford.edu/~thompson/webddes/
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38. Recap….
 Solving Double Integrals
 Ordinary Differential Equations
 Examples of ODE using MATLAB….
 Mention of DDE’s
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39. Next Session….
Engineering Applications using MATLAB….
 Solving non linear differential equations
 Algorithm analysis
 Common mechanical problems
a) four bar linkage
b) vibrations
c) thermal and fluids
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40. Thank You
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