% Matlab script curvature.m % Calculates curvature for GG303 fold lab % Problem 1: Parabola x = -1:0.01:1; y = x.^2; yp = 2*x; ypp = 2; k1 = abs(ypp)./ ((1+ yp.*yp).^(3/2)); figure(1) subplot(2,1,1) plot(x,y,x,y+0.1,x,y-0.1) %axis([min(x) max(x) min(y) max(y)]) %axis equal xlabel('x') ylabel('y') title('Parabolic Curve and Its Curvature') subplot(2,1,2) plot(x,k1) xlabel('x') ylabel('k') title('Curvature of Parabolic Curve') % Problem 2: Inverse cubic function x = 0:0.01:1; y = x.^(1/3); yp = *********; ypp = *********; k2 = abs(ypp)./ ((1+ yp.*yp).^(3/2)); figure(2) subplot(2,1,1) k2(1) = 0; x = [-fliplr(x) x]; y = [-fliplr(y) y]; k2 = [fliplr(k2) k2]; plot(x,y,x,y+0.1,x,y-0.1) xlabel('x') ylabel('y') title('Inverse Cubic Function') subplot(2,1,2) plot(x,k2) xlabel('x') ylabel('k') title('Curvature of Inverse Cubic Function') % Problem 3: Sine wave x = -pi:0.01:pi; y = sin(x); yp = *********; ypp = *********; k3 = abs(ypp)./ ((1+ yp.*yp).^(3/2)); figure(3) subplot(2,1,1) plot(x,y,x,y+0.1,x,y-0.1) xlabel('x') ylabel('y') title('Sinusoidal Function') subplot(2,1,2) plot(x,k3) xlabel('x') ylabel('k') title('Curvature of Sinusoidal Function') % Problem 4: Arc tangent function x = -2:0.01:2; y = atan(x); yp = *********; ypp = *********; k4 = abs(ypp)./ ((1+ yp.*yp).^(3/2)); figure(4) subplot(2,1,1) plot(x,y,x,y+0.1,x,y-0.1) xlabel('x') ylabel('y') title('Arc tangent Function') subplot(2,1,2) plot(x,k4) xlabel('x') ylabel('k') title('Curvature of Arc tangent Function') % Problem 5: Beam Function x = -1:0.01:1; y = x.^4 - 2*x.^2 + 1; yp = *********; ypp = *********; k5 = abs(ypp)./ ((1+ yp.*yp).^(3/2)); figure(5) subplot(2,1,1) plot(x,y,x,y+0.1,x,y-0.1) xlabel('x') ylabel('y') title('Beam Function') subplot(2,1,2) plot(x,k5) xlabel('x') ylabel('k') title('Curvature of Beam Function')