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CPS118 > Lab 05 [Fall 2023] > Basic Plotting in MATLAB

I. Overview and Objectives

Creating detailed plots are extremely useful in many areas of science. Matlab is
known for its ability to produce many types of plots. The main goal of this lab is
to allow you the opportunity to try some of these Matlab capabilities in producing
2D plots.

The learning objective of this lab can be summarised as follows:

1. Creating standard 2D plots.

2. Formatting desired appearance with different line and marker characteristics,

and textual information.

3. Using the same plots to represent several graphs.

Reading and related topics: Lecture slides (Lesson #6) and chapters 5 of Amos
Gilat’s book.

II. Lab Tasks

Use Matlab to solve the following four problems. Save the code you wrote to solve
them, together with the result of it in a report. Make sure you include enough
comments in your code. Save your report in MLX or PDF format.

Problem 1:
Plot the function shown below and its derivative for 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 in one figure. Plot
the function with a solid line, and the derivative with a dashed line. Add a legend
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and label the axes.

Problem 2:
The shape of the heart shown in the figure below is given by the equation:
where x takes values in the range of -1 to 1.

Create the same plot, noting that the range of x and y should be -1.5 to 1.5 for the
x-axis, and -1.5 to 2 for the y-axis.

Hint: Solve for y in terms of x in order to generate your plot. Note that to generate
this plot, you need to plot two sets of y, given that a square root has ± values.
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Problem 3:
The height and speed of a projectile shoot at a speed v0 at an angle θ as a function
of time are given by:

2
ℎ(𝑡) = 𝑣0𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ − 𝑔𝑡 / 2

2 2 2
𝑣(𝑡) = 𝑣0 − 2𝑣0 𝑔𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ + 𝑔 𝑡

where g = 9.81 m/s2. Determine the time that the projectile will hit the ground
and plot the height and the speed as a function of time (two plots on one page) for
the case that v0 = 200 m/s and θ = 70°. Add titles and label the axes.
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Problem 4:
According to Planck's law of black-body radiation, the spectral energy density R as
a function of wavelength λ (in metres) and temperature T (in degrees Kelvin) is
given by:

2
2π𝑐 ℎ 1
𝑅 = 5 × ℎ𝑐 / λ𝐾𝑇
λ 𝑒 −1

where c = 3 × 108 m/s is the speed of light, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J-s is the Planck
constant, and k = 1.38 × 10-23 J/K is Boltzmann constant. Make the figure (shown
below) that contains plots of R as a function of λ for values between 0.1 and 3
μm for three temperatures T = 3000 °K, T = 4000 °K, and T = 5000 °K. Show
everything on the same figure. Use colours, label the axes and add a legend.
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III. Submission Guidelines

This lab is to be done individually. You need to submit a lab report with the
solutions to the four problems, and the report submitted should represent your
work. Your lab report must be in PDF or MLX format (create one section for
each problem). Labs must be submitted as soon as possible after your lab session
using D2L only. Submissions will not be accepted after November 1, 2023 at
11:59 PM.

Mock Test:
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During the last half hour of this lab session, you will get acquainted with the test
environment with a mock test. The computer will be rebooted into the
proprietary online exam system. Follow your lab TA instructions. You will see the
test details from the link below in the exam environment.

Lab05_Practice_Test

Have fun!