Challenge

Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data

clear all
close all
clc

%Please go throuh the attached doc report file where the entire code has been explained in detail.

%getting the data file
f1=fopen('THERMO.dat','r');
fgetl(f1)
%reading the header information
A=fgetl(f1);
A=strsplit(A,' ');
global_low_temp=str2num(A{2});
global_mid_temp=str2num(A{3});
global_high_temp=str2num(A{4});

%skipping next three lines
for i=1:3
fgetl(f1);
end

%reading the species
for i=1:53

header=fgetl(f1);
x=strsplit(header,' ');

species_name=(x{1});
z=length(x);

local_low_temp=str2double(x{z-3});
local_high_temp=str2double(x{z-2});
local_mid_temp=str2double(x{z-1});

t1=local_low_temp;
t2=local_mid_temp;
t3=local_high_temp;

%getting first line coeffecients (a1-a5)
line_1=fgetl(f1);

a=strfind(line_1,'E');
a1=str2double(line_1(1:a(1)+3));
a2=str2double(line_1(a(1)+4:a(2)+3));
a3=str2double(line_1(a(2)+4:a(3)+3));
a4=str2double(line_1(a(3)+4:a(4)+3));
a5=str2double(line_1(a(4)+4:a(5)+3));

%getting second line coeffeceints (a6-a10)
line_2=fgetl(f1);

a_1=strfind(line_2,'E');
a6=str2num(line_2(1:a_1(1)+3));
a7=str2double(line_2(a_1(1)+4:a_1(2)+3));
a8=str2double(line_2(a_1(2)+4:a_1(3)+3));
a9=str2double(line_2(a_1(3)+4:a_1(4)+3));
a10=str2double(line_2(a_1(4)+4:a_1(5)+3));

%getting third line coeffeceints (a10-a14)
line_3=fgetl(f1);

a_2=strfind(line_1,'E');
a11=str2double(line_3(1:a_2(1)+3));
a12=str2double(line_3(a_2(1)+4:a_1(2)+3));
a13=str2double(line_3(a_2(2)+4:a_1(3)+3));
a14=str2double(line_3(a_2(3)+4:a_1(4)+3));


%creating folder
mkdir(['D:\skill lync exercises\species names ',species_name]);

T=linspace(t1,t3,1000);
R=8.314;
% to get array of specific heat, enthalpy and entropy
for k=1:length(T)
% to compare the species temperature to assign the coeffeceints
%a1-a7 (high temperature coeffeceints), a8-a14(low temperature coeffecients)
if T(k)>t2

%high temperature coeffeceints.

cp=(a1+a2.*T+a3.*T.^2+a4.*T.^3+a5.*T.^4)*R;

H=(a1+(a2.*T)/2+(a3.*T.^2)/3+(a4.*T.^3)/4+(a5.*T.^4)/5+(a6./T))*R.*T;

S=a1.*log(T)+a2.*T+(a3.*T.^2)/2+(a4.*T.^3)/3+(a5.*T.^4)/4+a7;

else
%low temperature coeffecients

cp=(a8+a9.*T+a10.*T.^2+a11.*T.^3+a12.*T.^4)*R;

H=(a8+(a9.*T)/2+(a10.*T.^2)/3+(a11.*T.^3)/4+(a12.*T.^4)/5+(a13./T))*R.*T;

S=a8.*log(T)+a9.*T+(a10.*T.^2)/2+(a11.*T.^3)/3+(a12.*T.^4)/4+a14;
end
end


%plotting the graphs

figure(1);
plot(T,cp);
grid on ;
title(species_name);
xlabel('Temperature');
ylabel('Specific Heat');


figure(2);
plot(T,H);
grid on ;
title(species_name);
xlabel('Temperature');
ylabel('Enthalpy');


figure(3);
plot(T,S);
grid on ;
title(species_name);
xlabel('Temperature');
ylabel('Entropy');



%changing the directory and saving the file
cd=(['D:\skill lync exercises\practice',species_name]);

saveas(1,'specific heat','jpg');
saveas(2,'enthalpy','jpg');
saveas(3,'entropy','jpg');


%molecular_masscalculation

elements=['H','C','O','N','A'];
atomic_weight=[1.0079 12.0107 15.999 14.0067 39.948];
mol_mass=0;
for l=1:length(species_name)
for m=1:length(atomic_weight)
if strcmp(species_name(l),elements(m))
mol_mass=mol_mass+atomic_weight(m);
position=m;
end
end

n=str2double(species_name(l));
if n>1
mol_mass=mol_mass+atomic_weight(position)*(n-1);

end
end
sprintf('Molecular Weight of %s:%f u',species_name,mol_mass)

end

fclose(f1)

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