MATLAB and computer simulations course for students FH Regensburg

 29.7. – 2.8.2013

Guaranty:  Prof. Ing. Zdeňka Benešová, CSc, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Prof. Dr.Ing. Roland Schiek, FH Regensburg,  Prof. Dr. Ing. Rainer Haller

Monday         

1. Opening of course  8:30 – 8:45
2. MATLAB basics   (Polcar, Koudela)  8:45 – 10:15

download materials for the 1st part here

• Environment basics – introduction, window environment, interpret style, menu system

• Basic declarations – case sensitivity and basic working rules

• Command Window, Workspace, History – properties, working with windows

• Help Style, using help declarations with concrete commands

•  MATLAB programming language and basic commands (use in linear algebra, square matrixes, elementary functions and basic operations with vectors)

• Brackets (square, angle), parentheses. Semicolons and commas – meaning and usage.

•  Matrix principles in MATLAB language (declarations and using with examples)

• Matrix algebra (some functions), using “dot-operators” (like A.*B or A.’)

• Selected helpful functions from help chapters elmat and elfun (like atan, angle, pascal, magic, det, inv, diag, sort, sum, min, max, size, etc.)

• Matrixes with complex numbers (examples and functions)

•  System of linear equations – solving (using matrix operations – examples)

• Further functions – goniometrical functions, integral (quad), sorting.

 

3. Basic graphical functions – graphs and figures (Polcar, Koudela)  10:30 – 12:00

• M-files editor – basic functions (menu system, open, close, trace, name …)

• Creating of basic MATLAB scripts (basic graphical output of a simple function, grid, plot(x, y), points, colours, axes, labels, title, scalling, etc.)

• Functions with polynomial arguments (polyfun, polyval, etc.)

• Curve fitting – linear, polynomial and spline regression, graphical output (functions polyfit and interp)

 

4. MATLAB programming   (Polcar, Koudela)  13:00 – 14:30

• Flow control statements – loops (for, while), conditions (if, switch-case), etc. Editing m-files – creating functions (examples – cumulative integral and equation solving, user data input)

• Possible training, questions, discussion

 

5. Advanced  functions  and practicing   (Polcar, Koudela)  14:45 – 16:15

• ODE-functions – solving of first order ordinary differential equations, system of differential equations, higher orders differential equations.

• Interactive input / output commands, user defined error messages, commentary (functions input, error, msgbox)

 

Tuesday

1. ODE functions application   (Polcar, Koudela)  8:30 – 10:00

• Examples of simple transient phenomena – RC, RLC circuit etc.

 

2. ODE functions application – continue   (Polcar, Koudela) 10:15 – 12:15

• Solving problems using ODE solver, creating own application.

 

3. Introduction to 3D graphs   (Polcar, Koudela)  13:15 – 14:45

• meshgrid, mesh, surf, surfl, colormap, shading, interp.

• Examples of 3D functions (functions depended on two variables).

• 3D curve – Line Plots of 3-D Data (plot3), examples – integral of 3D curve. Using 3D style on the complex grid and complex graphs.

 

4. MATLAB – graphics, GUI and multimedia   (Polcar, Koudela)  15:00 – 16:30

• Advanced settings of graphical outputs and graphical user interface (automated adjustment of figure size in depend on screen size etc.)

•  Graphical user interface – drawing layout, development, predefined dialog boxes, advanced settings.

•  Practicing, standalone working on examples with help of lecturers

• Creating animated sequences (movies and animated graphics), audio-video functions.

 

Wednesday

1. Fourier transformations – FFT (example, harmonic signal analysis – noised input signal)     (Polcar, Koudela)   8:30 – 09:00
2. Autonomous working on more extensive example, working with complex numbers, applying ODE functions, dialog boxes, graphical interface, animations (with help of lecturers) (Polcar, Koudela)  9:00 – 10:00
3. MATLAB test  (Polcar, Koudela) 10:30 – 11:30
4. Results of MATLAB test  13:30 –13:45