Trajectory plot wont graph...

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Isaac
Isaac am 3 Mär. 2023
Beantwortet: Walter Roberson am 3 Mär. 2023
I'm fairly new to MATLAB and am trying to write a program to test predicted trajectory paths. My goal is to determine the initial velocity needed for a projectile to reach targets spaced 1 foot apart (3-12ft). I wrote a script using kinematic equations rearranged for v0 and but this inside a for loop with the conditions x = 3:1:12. I can't seem to figure out why it isn't graphing. Any help would be appreciated! Code is listed below.
theta = (75); %degrees
a = -32.2; %ft/s^2
vyFinal = 0; %ft
yInitial = 1; %ft
% Set loop to graph in 1 foot increments from 3 to 12 ft
for x = 3:1:12
% Find required initial velocity based off distance (varies per loop)
v0 = sqrt((vyFinal^2)-(2*a*x));
% Determine time of flight
t = (2*v0.*sin(theta*(pi/180)))/a;
% Break v0 into components
vxInitial = v0.*cos(theta*(pi/180));
vyInitial = v0.*sin(theta*(pi/180));
% Create graph of trajectories
x = vxInitial.*t;
y = vyInitial.*t-0.5*a.*t.^2;
plot(x,y);
hold on;
end

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson am 3 Mär. 2023
theta = (75); %degrees
a = -32.2; %ft/s^2
vyFinal = 0; %ft
yInitial = 1; %ft
% Set loop to graph in 1 foot increments from 3 to 12 ft
for x = 3:1:12
% Find required initial velocity based off distance (varies per loop)
v0 = sqrt((vyFinal^2)-(2*a*x));
% Determine time of flight
t = (2*v0.*sin(theta*(pi/180)))/a;
% Break v0 into components
vxInitial = v0.*cos(theta*(pi/180));
vyInitial = v0.*sin(theta*(pi/180));
% Create graph of trajectories
x = vxInitial.*t;
y = vyInitial.*t-0.5*a.*t.^2;
plot(x, y, '-*');
hold on;
end
plot() only ever creates a line of there are at least two adjacent finite coordinates in one call . Every call to plot() creates one or more line objects that are disconnected from all other line objects. When you only ask to plot one coordinate at a time, you will not get any lines.
In order to get lines, you need to record the x and y values, and plot() the entire record of them afterwards. Or you can use animatedline

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