For whatever reason double wasn't doing what I need but I did find the command sym which doing what I want. Where x=sym('x') creates a variable x
http://www.mathworks.com/help/symbolic/sym.html
At some points Matlab will sub in variable values for the variable like I want, but in the end...
Oh I see what you mean about mixing notations. I don't know why I had trouble before. Seems pretty clear now. Just one more thing. How do I get a numerical answer for T2 in the code below? Right now it gives it to me as an equation with T1 still in as a variable.
>>a=[0 4 -8],b=[3.5 4 0]...
So like the title says, I'm new to Matlab. I took a programming class on Fortran last year before my college changed the requirement so programming is not new to me all together. For a few of my classes we are allowed to use programs such as Matlab and Maple to help us solve problems. Most of...
Actually Ranger Mike I do have one more question that's been really bugging me. When talking about calculating required spring rate in your suspension class, I think on page one or two you gave a formula to find the G-force in a corner:
I'm an engineering student hoping to get into the...
Just had that lightbulb moment. What Ranger Mike was saying very good and insightful and got me thinking in new ways. But it was just missing the bits I needed for the answer I was looking for but I didn't know how to explain it what I was looking for. What ever it was though Jack Action had it...
By responsiveness I mean how quickly the car changes direction. Say going through the eases at COTA. I'm reading through the other forum on suspensions also so maybe I'll find the answer I'm looking for there. But I'm specifically looking for WHY in scientific terms a stiffer spring rate is...
I know that stiff springs are more responsive than softer but why? It seems natural that this would be the case but what is happening during turn in? I read on another forum that the softer springs would store more energy than the stiff because they compress further. However two springs of...