Numerical Methods for Engineers
Numerical Methods for Engineers
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780073397924
Author: Steven C. Chapra Dr., Raymond P. Canale
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 18P

Piecewise functions are sometimes useful when the relation-ship between a dependent and an independent variable cannot be adequately represented by a single equation. For example, the velocity of a rocket might be described by

v ( t ) = { 1 ,   1 t 2 − 5 t 1100 − 5 t 50 t + 2 ( t − 20 ) 2 1520 e − 0.2 ( t − 30 )                           0             0 ≤ t ≤ 10 10 ≤ t ≤ 20 20 ≤ t ≤ 30 t > 30 otherwise          

Develop a well-structured function to compute v as a function of t. Then use this function to generate a table of v versus t for t = − 5 to 50 at increments of 0.5

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To determine

To calculate: Create a function for the velocity of rocket v that takes t as parameters and test the function on the below piecewise function of velocity from t=−5 and t=50 with increment of 0.5:

v(t)={11t2−5t0≤t≤101100−5t10≤t≤2050t+2(t−20)220≤t≤301520e−0.2(t−30)t>300otherwise

Answer to Problem 18P

Solution:

The value of v for t is:

Explanation of Solution

time velocity

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48.500000 37.579760

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49.500000 30.767705

50.000000 27.839771

Given Information:

The piecewise function of velocity is given below on which the function will be executed from t=−5 and t=50 with increment of 0.5:

v(t)={11t2−5t0≤t≤101100−5t10≤t≤2050t+2(t−20)220≤t≤301520e−0.2(t−30)t>300otherwise

Calculation:

Code:

% create a function vel_piecewise and pass a parameter t_val

function velocity=vel_piecewise(t_val)

% calculate the velocity on the basis of t_val.

ift_val<0

velocity =0;

elseift_val<10

velocity =11*t_val^2-5*t_val;

elseift_val<20

velocity =1100-5*t_val;

elseift_val<30

velocity =50*t_val+2*(t_val-20)^2;

else

velocity =1520*exp(-0.2*(t_val-30));

end

TestFile.m:

disp(' time velocity');

for x =-5:.5:50

y=vel_piecewise(x);

fprintf('%f %f\n',x,y)

end

Output:

Press F5 to run the program.

>>TestFile

time velocity

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46.500000 56.062414

47.000000 50.727370

47.500000 45.900023

48.000000 41.532058

48.500000 37.579760

49.000000 34.003573

49.500000 30.767705

50.000000 27.839771

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