Simulink transfer fcn with matrix as parameters - matlab

Let's say I want to model this equation (electrical motor, 6 phases):
Vs = Rs*Is + d/dt*(Ls*Is)
where all variables are matrix, so:
Vs = [va1 vb1 vc1 va2 vb2 vc2]' (column vector)
Is = [ia1 ib1 ic1 ia2 ib2 ic2]' (column vector)
Ls and Rs are 6x6 matrix (constants)
From my point of view the Vs is the input vector and Is is the output vector so I need to rearrange the equation.
I have seen that is not possible in Simulink to feed the Transfer Fcn block with matrix, at least not for a multiple input multiple output system.
Is there a way to realize this on Simulink still using the matrix Ls and Rs without "unpacking" the equation?
Thank you

I would re-arrange your equations in state-space form and use the State-Space block, which is better suited for matrix equations.
Another option is to use basic Simulink blocks, such as Integrator and Gain blocks, with vectorized inputs. I am not 100% sure this will work, but reasonably confident.

You can use the product block with matrices inside Matlab so there should be no problem. It's also possible to use integrator/derivative block (though it's better to avoid using derivative if possible) with a vector input so if you can put your equation with Is as an output there should be no problem.
You can put 2 multiply blocks with your matrices as inputs and the vector you need and you will get a vector for the output like you want.

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Simulink 3D lookup table

I have a system of three nonlinear equations with eight unknowns. I'm currently setting each equation equal to a desired value and then using Matlab's fsolve (a numerical solver) to find a solution. Instead of running fsolve in real-time, I'd like to pre-compute solutions for a specific set of values to which I set the equations equal.
Pursuant that goal, I've run the solver over a set of values and created a 3D matrix (N x N x N) which I've attempted to load into eight Simulink 3-D lookup tables, Direct Lookup Table n-D block, so I can fetch each of the eight solved unknowns. It's my understanding the inputs to this block should work the same way I would reference an element in my 3-D array: table(x,y,z) but I'm constantly getting Simulink table input out-of-range errors. I've confirmed the inputs are within the table size, so I'm not sure what's wrong.
This isn't the most elegant implementation, so I'm open to better solutions. Ideally, I'd like to have a Simulink lookup that takes three inputs and returns a vector of the eight solved unknowns, or even better, can do some type of linear interpolation between the three lookup values to return an approximate solution.
Thanks!

For loop equation into Octave / Matlab code

I'm using octave 3.8.1 which works like matlab.
I have an array of thousands of values I've only included three groupings as an example below:
(amp1=0.2; freq1=3; phase1=1; is an example of one grouping)
t=0;
amp1=0.2; freq1=3; phase1=1; %1st grouping
amp2=1.4; freq2=2; phase2=1.7; %2nd grouping
amp3=0.8; freq3=5; phase3=1.5; %3rd grouping
The Octave / Matlab code below solves for Y so I can plug it back into the equation to check values along with calculating values not located in the array.
clear all
t=0;
Y=0;
a1=[.2,3,1;1.4,2,1.7;.8,5,1.5]
for kk=1:1:length(a1)
Y=Y+a1(kk,1)*cos ((a1(kk,2))*t+a1(kk,3))
kk
end
Y
PS: I'm not trying to solve for Y since it's already solved for I'm trying to solve for Phase
The formulas located below are used to calculate Phase but I'm not sure how to put it into a for loop that will work in an array of n groupings:
How would I write the equation / for loop for finding the phase if I want to find freq=2.5 and amp=.23 and the phase is unknown I've looked online and it may require writing non linear equations which I'm not sure how to convert what I'm trying to do into such an equation.
phase1_test=acos(Y/amp1-amp3*cos(2*freq3*pi*t+phase3)/amp1-amp2*cos(2*freq2*pi*t+phase2)/amp1)-2*freq1*pi*t
phase2_test=acos(Y/amp2-amp3*cos(2*freq3*pi*t+phase3)/amp2-amp1*cos(2*freq1*pi*t+phase1)/amp2)-2*freq2*pi*t
phase3_test=acos(Y/amp3-amp2*cos(2*freq2*pi*t+phase2)/amp3-amp1*cos(2*freq1*pi*t+phase1)/amp3)-2*freq2*pi*t
Image of formula below:
I would like to do a check / calculate phases if given a freq and amp values.
I know I have to do a for loop but how do I convert the phase equation into a for loop so it will work on n groupings in an array and calculate different values not found in the array?
Basically I would be given an array of n groupings and freq=2.5 and amp=.23 and use the formula to calculate phase. Note: freq will not always be in the array hence why I'm trying to calculate the phase using a formula.
Ok, I think I finally understand your question:
you are trying to find a set of phase1, phase2,..., phaseN, such that equations like the ones you describe are satisfied
You know how to find y, and you supply values for freq and amp.
In Matlab, such a problem would be solved using, for example fsolve, but let's look at your problem step by step.
For simplicity, let me re-write your equations for phase1, phase2, and phase3. For example, your first equation, the one for phase1, would read
amp1*cos(phase1 + 2 freq1 pi t) + amp2*cos(2 freq2 pi t + phase2) + amp3*cos(2 freq3 pi t + phase3) - y = 0
Note that ampX (X is a placeholder for 1, 2, 3) are given, pi is a constant, t is given via Y (I think), freqX are given.
Hence, you are, in fact, dealing with a non-linear vector equation of the form
F(phase) = 0
where F is a multi-dimensional (vector) function taking a multi-dimensional (vector) input variable phase (comprised of phase1, phase2,..., phaseN). And you are looking for the set of phaseX, where all of the components of your vector function F are zero. N.B. F is a shorthand for your functions. Therefore, the first component of F, called f1, for example, is
f1 = amp1*cos(phase1+...) + amp2*cos(phase2+...) + amp3*cos(phase3+...) - y = 0.
Hence, f1 is a one-dimensional function of phase1, phase2, and phase3.
The technical term for what you are trying to do is find a zero of a non-linear vector function, or find a solution of a non-linear vector function. In Matlab, there are different approaches.
For a one-dimensional function, you can use fzero, which is explained at http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fzero.html?refresh=true
For a multi-dimensional (vector) function as yours, I would look into using fsolve, which is part of Matlab's optimization toolbox (which means I don't know how to do this in Octave). The function fsolve is explained at http://www.mathworks.com/help/optim/ug/fsolve.html
If you know an approximate solution for your phases, you may also look into iterative, local methods.
In particular, I would recommend you look into the Newton's Method, which allows you to find a solution to your system of equations F. Wikipedia has a good explanation of Newton's Method at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method . Newton iterations are very simple to implement and you should find a lot of resources online. You will have to compute the derivative of your function F with respect to each of your variables phaseX, which is very simple to compute since you're only dealing with cos() functions. For starters, have a look at the one-dimensional Newton iteration method in Matlab at http://www.math.colostate.edu/~gerhard/classes/331/lab/newton.html .
Finally, if you want to dig deeper, I found a textbook on this topic from the society for industrial and applied math: https://www.siam.org/books/textbooks/fr16_book.pdf .
As you can see, this is a very large field; Newton's method should be able to help you out, though.
Good luck!

how to solve first order of system of PDEs in Matlab

I have a set of 4 PDEs:
du/dt + A(u) * du/dx = Q(u)
where,u is a matrix and contains:
u=[u1;u2;u3;u4]
and A is a 4*4 matrix. Q is 4*1. A and Q are function of u=[u1;u2;u3;u4].
But my questions are:
How can I solve above equation in MATLAB?
If I solved it by PDE functions of Matlab,can I convert it to a
simple function that is not used from ready functions of Matlab?
Is there any way that I calculate A and Q explicitly. I mean that in
every time step, I calculate A and Q from data of previous time step
and put new value in the equation that causes faster run of program?
PDEs require finite differences, finite elements, boundary elements, etc. You can also turn them into ODEs using transforms like Laplace, Fourier, etc. Solve those using ODE functions and then transform back. Neither one is trivial.
Your equation is a non-linear transient diffusion equation. It's a parabolic PDE.
The equation you posted has the additional difficulty of being non-linear, because both the A matrix and Q vector are functions of the independent variable q. You'll have to start by linearizing your equations. Solve for increments in u rather than u itself.
Once you've done that, discretize the du/dx term using finite differences, finite elements, or boundary elements. You should start with a weighted residual integral formulation.
You're almost done: Next to integrate w.r.t. time using the method of your choice.
It's not trivial.
Google found this: maybe it will help you.
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/3710-nonlinear-diffusion-toolbox

State-space in simulink with one scalar input

I am using state-space block along with a mux in simulink. I am having two inputs so after passing through mux block I get a row vector. As state-space block accepts one scalar input so when a row vector is given as an input it doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
First you should check the dimensions of your state space matrices A,B,C & D. If matrix B is of nx2 then one can use a mux; where n is the order of the system.

Matlab dwt across specified dimension

I have a dataset Sig of size 65536 x 192 in Matlab. If I want to take the one-dimensional fft along the second dimension, I could either do a for loop:
%pre-allocate ect..
for i=1:65536
F(i,:) = fft(Sig(i,:));
end
or I could specify the dimension and do it without the for loop:
F = fft(Sig,[],2);
which is about 20 times faster for my dataset.
I have looked for something similar for the discrete wavelet transform (dwt), but been unable to find it. So I was wondering if anyone knows a way to do dwt across a specified dimension in Matlab? Or do I have to use for loops?
In your loop FFT example, it seems you operate on lines. Matlab use a Column-major order. It may explain the difference of performance. Is the performance the same if you operate on columns ?
If this is the right explanation, you could use dwt in a loop.
A solution if you really need performance is to do your own MEX calling a C discrete wavelet transform library the way you want.
I presume you're using the function from the Wavelet Toolbox: http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/toolbox/wavelet/ref/dwt.html
The documentation doesn't seem to describe acting on an array, so it's probably not supported. If it does allow you to input an array, then it will operate on the first non-singleton dimension or it will ignore the shape and treat it as a vector.