Author: neha.bhagirath
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The Pi Theorem
In today’s lesson, we will be discussing the following topics: 1. Buckingham Pi Theorem 2. Example 1 – Using Buckingham Pi Theorem 3. Alternate Method by Ipsen 4. Example 2 – Ipsen’s Method Video coming soon Buckingham Pi Theorem There are many different ways to reduce the number of dimensional variables in an equation (nondimensionalize…
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Dimensional Analysis, Similarity and Scaling Parameters
In today’s lesson, we will be discussing the following topics: 1. Dimensional Homogeneity 2. Definitions (Similarity, Dimensional Variables, Dimensional Constants, Pure Constants) 3. Scaling Parameters 4. Example 1: Using similarity 5. Example 2: Selecting and using scaling parameters Video coming soon Dimensional Homogeneity First, what is Dimensional Analysis? Dimensional analysis is a way that we…
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Differential Equation of Mass, Energy and Momentum Conservation
In today’s lesson, we will be covering the following topics: 1. Differential Equation of Mass Conservation 2. Differential Equation of Energy Conservation 3. Differential Equation of Linear Momentum Conservation (Navier-Stokes) 4. Differential Equation of Angular Momentum Conservation Video will be here soon! Differential Equation of Mass Conservation Let’s look at a fluid going in and…
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Velocity and Acceleration Fields; Coordinate Systems; Stagnation Points
In this lesson, we will be discussing the following topics: 1. Coordinate Systems 2. Velocity Field and Types of Flow 3. Kinematic Properties of Fluids 4. Acceleration Field of a Fluid 5. Example – Finding acceleration of a particle using the above equations 6. Stagnation Points 7. Example – Stagnation Points Video coming soon Coordinate…
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Bar Graph, Scatter Plot, Pie Chart, Histogram, Log Plot, Polar Plot
In this lesson, we will be discussing different types of graphs that MATLAB can make. I may not have covered every single type, but these are some popular ones: 1. Bar Graph 2. Scatter Plot 3. Pie Chart 4. Histogram 5. Log Plot 6. Polar Plot video coming soon! Bar Graph I will use the…
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Solving Ordinary Differential Equations (0DEs)
In this lesson, we will cover the following topics: 1. Solving First Order Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) 2. Solving Higher Order ODEs (Second Order, etc) 3. Solving Systems of ODEs video coming soon Solving First Order Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) ODE’s are not typically introduced in an Introduction to MATLAB course, but knowing how to…
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Using Loops and Indexing
In this lesson, we will be covering the following topics: 1. Loops with Indexing 2. Loops within Functions 3. Varargin and Nargin 4. Functions within Loops video coming soon! Loops with Indexing We discussed both indexing and loops in previous lessons, but what if we have loops where we need to use indexing within them?…
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Printing Values
In this lesson, we will cover how to display values or print them into sentences. This covers: 1. Disp 2. Fprintf video coming soon! This is useful when you want the output of a code to look neater in a table, or in specific sentences. By default, if you don’t use semicolons at the end…
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While Loops, Infinite Loops, Nested Loops; Using Break, Return
In today’s lesson, we’re going to cover the following topics: 1. While Loops 2. Infinite Loops 3. Nested While Loops 4. Break Statements 5. Return Statements VIDEO COMING SOON While Loops This is one of the 4 types of control flow logic (recall the 4 types – if-else, switchcase, while loops and for loops). A…
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Introduction to Control Flow Structures; For Loops, Nested For Loops
In today’s lesson, we’re going to cover the following topics: 1. Control Flow Structures 2. For Loops 3. Nested For Loops VIDEO COMING SOON Control Flow Structures Within MATLAB, we are able to create codes that will execute a decision for us – “if this happens, then do this” kind of thing. This is called…
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