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Appendix B: MATLAB
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Code
Chapter 1
Code Name Details
graph_examp12.m Solves Example 1.2 using the graphical method
graph_examp14.m Solves Example 1.4 using the graphical method
convexity.m Plots some convex functions
derivative.m Computes and plots rst and second derivatives of a function
grad.m Plots the gradient vector
positive_denite.m Checks whether the square matrix is positive denite
quadr.m Linear and quadratic approximations of a function
quadr_examp12.m Linear and quadratic approximations of a function given in Example 1.2
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% MATLAB code graph_examp12.m
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%
% x1 -> radius of can
% x2 -> height of can
% area -> area of can
% pi -> MATLAB variable
% x,y,z -> array of design points
% vv -> user identified contour values
% cons_x2-> value of x2 when constraint is active
% contour -> MATLAB function to generate contours
% xlabel, ylabel, legend, hold on -> MATLAB functions
%
for x1 = 1:100
for x2 = 1:200
area = 2*pi*x1*x2 + 2*pi*x1*x1;
x(x1,x2) = x1;
y(x1,x2) = x2;
z(x1,x2) = area;
end
end
vv = [15000;26436;50000;70000;200000];
[c, h] = contour(x,y,z,vv); clabel(c, h);
hold on
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for x1 = 10:100
cons_x2 = 330000/(pi*x1*x1);
plot(x1,cons_x2,'*')
hold on
end
xlabel('x_1, mm')
ylabel('x_2, mm')
legend('Objective Function','Constraint')
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% MATLAB code graph_examp14.m
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%
% L -> length of rod
% rho -> density of rod material
% d -> diameter of rod
% m -> mass of rod
% I -> moment of inertia
% k -> mass per unit length
% f1 -> frequency
% plot, xlabel, ylabel, legend -> MATLAB function
%
L = 1;
rho = 7800;
E = 2e11;
for d = 0.0:0.001:0.05
mass = (pi/4)*d*d*L*rho;
k = mass/L;
I = (pi/64)*d^4;
f1 = (1/(2*pi))*(3.5156/(L*L))*sqrt((E*I)/k);
plot(d,mass,'+')
hold on
plot(d,f1,'*')
hold on
end
xlabel('d, m')
ylabel('objective function (kg), constraint(Hz)')
legend('Objective Function','Constraint')
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% MATLAB code convexity.m
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%
% x -> independent variable
% y -> dependent variable
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% plot, xlabel, ylabel, meshgrid -> MATLAB functions
%
x = meshgrid(-2:0.01:2);
y = x.^2;
subplot(2,2,1), plot(x,y)
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y')
hold on
y = exp(x);
subplot(2,2,2), plot(x,y)
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y')
hold on
y = exp(y);
subplot(2,2,3), plot(x,y)
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y')
hold on
y = exp(x.^2);
subplot(2,2,4), plot(x,y)
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y')
hold on
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% MATLAB code derivative.m
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%
% delx -> delta-x
% fx -> f(x)
% deriv -> derivative of the function at xd
% sderiv -> second derivative of the function at xdd
% signchange -> change of derivative sign
% locatepoints -> point at which derivative changes sign
% plot, subplot, xlabel, ylabel, hold -> MATLAB functions
%
delx = 0.01;
x=0.1:delx:1.0;
fx = @(x)2*sin(5*x)+3*x.^3-2*x.^2+3*x-5;
subplot(311), plot(x,fx(x),'LineWidth',2)
hold on
ylabel('f(x)')
grid on
for i = 2:length(x)-1
xd(i-1) = x(i);
deriv(i-1) = (fx(x(i+1))-fx(x(i-1)))/(2*delx);
end
subplot(312), plot(xd,deriv,'LineWidth',2)
grid on
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hold on
ylabel('f''(x)')
signchange = deriv(1:length(deriv)-1).* deriv(2:length(deriv));
locatepoints = xd(find(signchange<0))
subplot(311), plot(locatepoints,fx(locatepoints),'r*')
subplot(312), plot(xd(find(signchange<0)),deriv(find(signchange<0)),'r*')
for ii = 2:length(xd)-1
xdd(ii-1) = xd(ii);
sderiv(ii-1) = (fx(xd(ii+1))+fx(xd(ii-1))-2*fx(xd(ii)))/
(delx*delx);
end
subplot(313), plot(xdd,sderiv,'LineWidth',2)
grid on
hold on
subplot(313), plot(xdd(find(signchange<0)),sderiv(find(signchange<0)),'r*')
xlabel('x')
ylabel('f''''(x)')
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% MATLAB code grad.m
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%
% x1 -> radius of can
% x2 -> height of can
% area -> area of can
% pi -> MATLAB variable
% x,y,z -> array of design points
% vv -> user identified contour values
% xit, x2t -> identified point at which gradient required
% contour -> MATLAB function to generate contours
% xlabel, ylabel, legend, plot, hold on -> MATLAB functions
%
clear all
clc
for x1 = 1:100
for x2 = 1:100
area = 2*pi*x1*x2 + 2*pi*x1*x1;
x(x1,x2) = x1;
y(x1,x2) = x2;
z(x1,x2) = area;
end
end
vv = [5000,15000,30000,50000,70000,90000];
[c, h] = contour(x,y,z,vv); clabel(c, h);
hold on
x1t = 25;
x2t = 70.493;
slope = (x2t+2*x1t)/x1t;
i = 1;
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for delx1 = -10:10
delx2 = -slope*delx1;
x11(i) = x1t+delx1;
x22(i) = x2t+delx2;
i = i+1;
end
plot(x11,x22,'r--')
hold on
i = 1;
for delx1 = -10:10
delx2 = (1/slope)*delx1;
x11(i) = x1t+delx1;
x22(i) = x2t+delx2;
i = i+1;
end
plot(x11,x22,'b+')
xlabel('x_1, mm')
ylabel('x_2, mm')
legend('Objective Function','Tangent','Gradient')
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% MATLAB code positive_definite.m
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% H -> hessian matrix
% eig, fprintf -> MATLAB function
% eigenvalues -> of the hessian matrix
%
H = [2 1 1;
1 2 1;
0 2 3];
eigenvalues = eig(H);
eigenvalues
if eigenvalues >= 0
fprintf('The matrix is positive definite\n')
else
fprintf('The matrix is not positive definite\n')
end
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