Matlab for ME175, Spring 2006.

ZieglerND.m integrates the Ziegler pendulum equations of motion and animates the results. The
Ziegler pendulum exhibits Dissipation Induced Destabilization.

RGBcube.m displays a colored slice of the RGB cube, which can be rotated in three dimensions.
For some reason, this GUI is extremely platform dependant; if anyone can fix this I'd be very happy to hear about it.

In lecture on March 1, we derived Lagrange's Equations for a constrained system of two particles.
The m-file pendA.m integrates these equations with ode45, solves for the constraint forces, and produces
an animation of the motion. We also touched on the dynamics of an n-chain, using planarchain.m to
integrate the equations of motion and produce an animation.

parabola.m is a Matlab function that generates two images of a paraboloid, one of which is
translucent and folliated by families of red and green lines (these could be coordinate curves in a
curvilinear coordinate system).

My Math128a site. Math128a is about numerical analysis; you may find some of the codes and
postings helpful.

Mastering Matlab is a comprehensive, well written, and well illustrated Matlab bible. I highly
recommend this book!

Matlab Online Help. This is the official Matlab website. It appears to contain a "getting started"
tutorial for using Matlab. Also, it provides the help documentation for any Matlab function.