Solving an equation with multiple variables in MATLAB
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Hello,
I'm trying to solve an equation using MATLAB that has multiple variables.
I have the variables
The equation I am trying to solve is
where is the variable I am trying to solve for.
in MATLAB I tried to use syms in order to solve this:
syms Ti Tsurr Ts k E x L
eqn = -k(Ts - Ti)/L -h(Ts - Tsurr) - E*x*(Ts^4 - Tsurr^4) == 0
ans = solve (eqn, Ts)
But I get an error message like this:
Error using sym/subsindex (line 864)
Invalid indexing or function definition. Indexing must follow MATLAB indexing. Function arguments must be
symbolic variables, and function body must be sym expression.
Error in sym/subsref (line 909)
R_tilde = builtin('subsref',L_tilde,Idx);
How do I go about solving this equation in MATLAB? Is it correct to use the syms function for this?
Is it better to simply define each variable's numerical value (except )and then use syms with only as the variable?
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Walter Roberson
on 15 Sep 2021
syms E h k L Ti Tsurr Ts x
eqn = -k*(Ts - Ti)/L - h*(Ts - Tsurr) - E*x*(Ts^4 - Tsurr^4) == 0
sol_implicit = solve (eqn, Ts)
sol_explicit = simplify(solve(eqn, Ts, 'MaxDegree', 4))
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