how to use a excel colum as an input to a function

Hi everyone!

I'm doing a DoE for my laboratory experiment and I need to calculate my variables considering multiple input. I have 5 factors and 3 levels which will generate 3^5 = 729 variables which I need to insert in my function.

So my function worked in matlab, but I don't know how to use a colum from excel with multiple factors into my function. When I inputed the data from excel and associated to the variables, the function didn't returned the result because I didn't perfomed a point to point multiplication, but I don't know hot to change my function to do it.

Here's my function:

function [d50, rg, Jg, rm, A1, Jm, nm, vm, sigm, a, b, c, d]=diameter(hm, Pg, Pf, dtip, Ts)

%calculate d50

%Jg: gas flow, rg = gas density Pg: gas pressure

rg = ((4.5)*((1.6317*10^-6*(Pg))+1.0585));

Jg = ((2.704*10^-6)*(((rg)*(Pg))^0.5))

%Jm: metal flow, rm = metal density

%A1: tranversal area of the tip

%Ts: temperature

rm = (8346.309 -(0.86*(Ts)));

A1 = (pi*(((dtip)/2)^2));

a = (2*(Pf))+((19.6*(rm))*((hm)+0.08912))

b = (rm)*((1-3.11909e-5)/((A1)^2))

Jm = ((a)/(b))^0.5

%vm: kinematic viscosity, nm: dinamic viscosity

%sigm: surface tension

nm = (exp(-2.396+(7950/(Ts)))/1000);

vm = ((nm)/(rm));

sigm = ((2569.2-(0.4*(Ts)))*10^-3);

c =((vm)*(dtip)*(sigm))/((1.34e-5)*(530^2)*(rm))

d =(1+((Jm)/(Jg)))

d50 = (100e+6)*(((c)*(d))^0.5)

end

Thanks a lot for any help!

Giovanna

Answer 1

[Mohit Kumar]

Hi Giovanna,

To change your function so that it works with matrices, all you have to do is replace your multiplication and division operators into dot multiplication and dot division so that point to point multiplication and division is performed instead of matrix multiplication and equation solving. (Using the division operator between matrices (eg. A/B) causes MATLAB to look for a solution x of the equation xB=A)

That is change * into .*

and

Change / into ./