% % Ch 5: Numerical Techniques - 1 D optimization % Optimzation with MATLAB, Section 5.4.2 % TPBVP - Blassius Problem - Flow over a flat plate % Example of a real 1 variable optimization problem % copyright (code) Dr. P.Venkataraman % % %************************************ % requires: UpperBound_1Var.m % GoldSection_1Var.m % state.m %*************************************** % % uses Matlab ODE45 - Runge-Kutta method % function ReturnVal = Example5_3(x) ti = 0.0; % start of integration tf = 5.0; % final value of integration - ideally infinity % previous solution suggest this is a good choice % can also be a design variable - in that case it % will be a two-variable problem tintval = [ti tf]; % array of start and finish points bcinit = [0 0 x]; % initial values for the integration % note x is the design variable [t y ] = ode45('Ex5_3_state',tintval,bcinit); % in the above, the ode45 will look for a file called % state.m where the system equations are to be found % the system equations must be formulated in state space form n = length(t); % to establish the final values % ode45 in this usage is a variable step integrator % return the error in the final value of the first derivative % this was the boundary condition at the final point ReturnVal =(y(n,2)-1).^2; % The following can be printed if you are curious %[t y]; %plot(t,y(:,2),'k-') % only interested in velocity profile %grid %title('Laminar flow over a flat plate') %xlabel('u/U_(inf)') %ylabel('non-dimensional y')