Parsing NASA Thermodynamic Data

Introduction The air-standard-Otto cycle is the idealized cycle for the spark-ignition internal combustion engines. The Otto cycle 1-2-3-4 consists of the following four processes: Process 1-2: Reversible adiabatic compression of air. Process 2-3: Heat addition at constant volume. Process 3-4: Reversible adiabatic expansion…

Introduction A robotic arm movement is shown by two arms of length `l1` and `l2`. The position of the arms can be given with the help of 4 variables i.e. lengths and angle with horizontal of both arms. The animation of moving arms is done using a code on the Python language. Movement of Arms There are two arms represented…

IntroductionA robotic arm movement is shown by two arms of length l1 and l2. The position of the arms can be given with the help of 4 variables i.e. lengths and angle with horizontal of both arms. The animation of moving arms is done using a code on octave.Movement of ArmsThere are two arms represented as lines connecting…

Introduction Rankine cycle is a thermodynamic cycle derived from Carnot vapour power cycle for overcoming its limitations. A Matlab program is to be made to simulate the Rankine Cycle and plot state variables at the start of all of the four processes. T – S, h – S and P – V representations are as…

Introduction NASA  came up with polynomials that can be used to evaluate thermodynamic properties such as Cp, H, and S. They have also documented the coefficients that are required to evaluate these polynomials for 1000+ species. In the given file THERMO.dat we calculate these properties for 53 species and plot the…

To create a row and column vector enter numbers inside of square brackets with space and semi-colon between them respectively.Screenshot: Code OutputA row vector of odd numbers(0-10) is created and column vector of even numbers(0-10) is created.x=[1 3 5 7 9]y=[0;2;4;6;8]

Introduction Optimization of a function using the ga algorithm and finding the global minima. Genetic algorithm reflects the process of natural selection inspired by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural evolution. This algorithm finds global minima but as it works on random sampling the algorithm can give local minima.…

Introduction Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, possibly subject to constraints. Best Fit is the best possible way to represent a set of values by curve fitting. It is not necessary the polynomial…

Introduction In Engineering, ODE is used to describe the transient behavior of a system. A simple example is a pendulum. The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newtons second law. When this law is written down, we get a second order Ordinary Differential Equation that describes the position of the "ball" w.r.t time. Similarly,…

IntroductionDrag is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid in this case air. To calculate drag force velocity, drag coefficient, frontal area, density of air are required to be known.The formula used to calculate Drag Force `D = 0.5*Cd * A *ρ * v^2`where,`Cd=`Coefficient…