EGR 103/Fall 2019/Minilab 3

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Typographical Errors

  • 3.5.4 originally had part of the transfer function wrong; it should be:
$$H=\frac{(j\omega)(j\omega+2000)}{(j\omega+10)(j\omega+1000)}$$

References / Hints

  • Problem 3.5.1
    • To load data from an Excel file with headers:
import pandas
 
# %% Load data
edata = pandas.read_excel("file.xlsx")
col_1_stuff = edata.values[:, 0].copy()
col_2_stuff = edata.values[:, 1].copy()
  • Problem 3.5.2
    • scipy.integrate.simps at docs.scipy.org
    • Note that the denominator in the line of action calculation is $$f_t$$, which you already calculated.
    • The equation for the line of action, $$d$$, is on the second page of the problem.
    • $$D$$ is the total depth of the water (75)
    • If you want to see a graph of the cross section (i.e. Figure 19.9(b)), assuming you call the height above the bottom $$z$$ and the width at that height $$wz$$, you can add the following code:
fig = plt.figure(num=1, clear=True)
ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
zval = np.block([z[::-1], z[:]])
wval = np.block([-wz[::-1] / 2, wz[:] / 2])
ax.plot(wval, zval, "k-")
ax.axis("equal")
  • Problem 3.5.4
    • matplotlib.pyplot.semilogx at matplotlib.org
    • Python:Extrema
    • Python:Finding roots
    • Note that the arguments to the np.logspace() command are the *powers* of 10 and the number of points; that is, to go from 100 to 1000 with 40 points, you would use np.logspace(2, 4, 40)
    • When you are looking for the maximum value and the cutoff frequencies, note that you are always looking at the absolute value of the transfer function; you can use abs() or np.abs() for that.
    • There are four main ways to make plots in terms of the scaling of the axes:
      • ax.plot(x, y) uses linear scaling on both axes
      • ax.semilogx(x, y) uses logarithmic scaling on the $$x$$ axis only
      • ax.semilogy(x, y) uses logarithmic scaling on the $$y$$ axis only
      • ax.loglog(x, y) uses logarithmic scaling on both axes

Partial Solutions

  • Problem 3.5.1
    • Biggest difference happens at about $$x=30$$.
    • Estimates of $$f(50)$$ are 0.471 and 0.521 for natural and not-a-knot, respectively.
  • Problem 3.5.2
    • Total force is about 4e9; the line of action $$d$$ is in the high 20s.
  • Problem 3.5.3
    • Exact answer is 1104.
    • Simps is always better than trapz except for $$n=2$$, where they are the same.
    • After about $$n=1$$ the true percent error goes to almost 0 based on scale of the graph.
  • Problem 3.5.4
    • The plot looks like someone started drawing a duck from the back of the neck over the head and out to the end of the bill, then stopped.
    • The maximum value on the graph is about 6.
    • The maximum value of the absolute value of the transfer function is about 2. Note that $$20\log_{10}(2)=6.02$$, which explains why the max of the graph is where it is.
    • The cutoff frequencies are at approximately 10 and 1450.
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