Dynamics and Control I
MATLAB Sessions
MATLAB® sessions are taught by Professor Peter T. C. So. They meet once per week; some sessions are lecture and others are devoted to in-class exercise.
MATLAB homework sets are also assigned in addition to the problem sets listed on the assignments page.
MATLAB® Calendar
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SES # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
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M1 |
Introduction (PDF) Lecture 1 (PDF) Overview, MATLAB syntax |
Homework 1 out |
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M2 |
Lecture 2 (PDF) Programming I: conditional and loops |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 out |
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M3 |
In class exercise: bouncing ball I |
Homework 2 due Homework 3 out |
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M4 |
In class exercise: bouncing ball II |
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M5 |
Lecture 3 (PDF) Programming II: functions |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 out |
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M6 |
In class exercise: recursion and Tower of Hanoi |
Homework 4 due Homework 5 out |
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M7 |
Lecture 4 (PDF) Algorithm and ODE |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 out |
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M8 |
In class exercise: mass-spring-damper dynamics |
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M9 |
In class exercise: roller disk |
Homework 6 due Homework 7 out |
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M10 |
In class exercise: nonlinear dynamics project I |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 out |
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M11 |
In class exercise: nonlinear dynamics project II |
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M12 |
Lecture 5 (PDF) Vibration and eigenvalue problems |
Homework 8 due Homework 9 out |
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M13 |
Finite element and building vibration |
Homework 9 due |
MATLAB® Homework
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MATLAB HOMEWORK |
SOLUTIONS |
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Homework 1 (PDF) Problem 1.4 supporting file (MAT) |
(PDF) |
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Homework 2 (PDF) Problem 2.3 supporting files (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: HW023.m and ball.mat.) |
(PDF) |
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Homework 3 (PDF) |
(PDF) MATLAB solution files (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: ball3.m, ball3quadratic.m, ball3spatial.m, and ball3stokes.m.) |
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Homework 4 (PDF) |
(PDF) MATLAB solution files (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: bop.m, fctrl.m, and integral.m.) |
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Homework 5 (PDF) |
(PDF) MATLAB solution files for 5.1 and 5.3 (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: fctrlrc.m and hanoi.m.) |
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Homework 6 (PDF) |
6.1 solution (PDF) MATLAB solution files for 6.2 and 6.3 (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: MSDSE.m and MSDSRK.m.) |
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Homework 7 (PDF) |
7.1 solution (PDF) MATLAB solution files for 7.2 (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: RockerAN.m and RockerRK.m.) |
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Homework 8 (PDF) |
MATLAB solution files (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 17 .m files.) |
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Homework 9 (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Assignments
Problem Set 1 (PDF)
Problem Set 2 (PDF)
Problem Set 3 (PDF)
Problem Set 3 (PDF); supplemental instructions (TXT)
Problem Set 4 (PDF)
Problem Set 5 (PDF)
Problem Set 6 (PDF)
Problem Set 7 (PDF)
Problem Set 8 (PDF)
Problem Set 9 (PDF)
Problem Set 10 (PDF)
Exams
Study Problems
A "benevolent quiz" with prerequisites check and sample future problems (PDF)
Exam 1 from Fall 2006 (PDF)
Exam 2 from Fall 2006 (PDF)
Final Exam from Fall 2006 (PDF)
Exams
Exam 1 (PDF)
Exams 2 (PDF)
Final Exam (PDF)