fx-260 Solar Algorithms Part I

fx-260 Solar Algorithms Part I

All results are shown to screen accuracy. 

Sphere:  Surface Area and Volume

With the radius r,
the surface area is S = 4 * π * r^2
the volume area is V = 4/3 * π * r^3

Algorithm:
r  [SHIFT] (Min) [ x² ] [ × ] [EXP](π) [ × ] 4 [ = ]    // surface area is displayed
[ × ] [ MR ] [ ÷ ] 3 [ = ]   // area is displayed

M = r

Example:
Input:
r = 3.86

Results:
3.86  [SHIFT] (Min) [ x² ] [ × ] [EXP](π) [ × ] 4 [ = ]   
Surface Area = 187.2338956

[ × ] [ MR ] [ ÷ ] 3 [ = ] 
Volume = 204.9076123

Monthly Payment of a Mortgage or Auto Loan

Input:
A = amount of the mortgage/loan
I = annual interest rate
N = number of months

The monthly payment can be found by:
PMT = ( 1 - (1 + I/1200)^-N) / (I/1200)

Algorithm:
I [ ÷ ] 1200 [ = ] [SHIFT] (Min)   // stores I/1200 into M
1 [ - ] [ ( ] 1 [ + ] [ MR ] [ ) ] [ x^y ] N [ +/- ] [ = ]
[SHIFT] (1/x) [ × ] [ MR ] [ × ] A [ = ]     // monthly payment

Example:
Input: 
I = 4  (4%)
N = 360
A = 85000

Result:
4 [ ÷ ] 1200 [ = ] [SHIFT] (Min)   // stores I/1200 into M
1 [ - ] [ ( ] 1 [ + ] [ MR ] [ ) ] [ x^y ] 360 [ +/- ] [ = ]
[SHIFT] (1/x) [ × ] [ MR ] [ × ] 85000 [ = ]     // monthly payment

PMT = 405.8030014   ($405.80)
(I/1200 = M = 3.333333333E-03)

Electromagnetic Field Strength 

Given the EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power) of a microwave (in Watts), we can calculate the following:

Power Flux Density: 
S = EIRP / (4 * π * d^2)   (W/m^2,  d = distance from the wave source in meters)

Electric Field:
E = √(30 * EIRP) /  d   (W/m)

Magnetic Field:
H = √(EIRP / (480 * π^2 * d^2) )  (A/m)

Algorithm:

Calculating Power Flux: 
EIRP [ ÷ ] [ ( ] 4 [ × ] [EXP](π) [ × ]  d [ x² ] [ ) ] [ = ]

Calculating Electric Field: 
[ ( ] EIRP [ × ] 30 [ ) ] [SHIFT] (√) [ ÷ ] 0.5 [ = ]

Calculating Magnetic Field:
[ ( ] EIRP [ ÷ ] [ ( ] 480 [ × ] [EXP](π) [ x² ] [ × ] d [ x² ] [ ) ] [ ) ] [ √ ] [ = ]

Example:
Input:
EIRP = 1800 W
d =  0.5 m   (distance)

Results:

Calculating Power Flux: 
1800 [ ÷ ] [ ( ] 4 [ × ] [EXP](π) [ × ]  0.5 [ x² ] [ ) ] [ = ]
Power Flux: 572.9577951 W/m^2

Calculating Electric Field: 
[ ( ] 1800 [ × ] 30 [ ) ] [SHIFT] (√) [ ÷ ] 0.5 [ = ]
Electric Field: 464.7580015 W/m

Calculating Magnetic Field:
[ ( ] 1800 [ ÷ ] [ ( ] 480 [ × ] [EXP](π) [ x² ] [ × ] 0.5  [ x² ] [ ) ] [ ) ] [ √ ] [ = ]
Magnetic Field: 1.232808888 A/m

Source:  Barue, Gerardo.  Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radiocommunications John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  Hoboken, NJ  ISBN 978-0-470-08966-5 2008

Slope and Intercept with Two Points

Given two points of a line (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) we can find the slope (a) and y-intercept (b) of the general linear equation y = a*x + b.

The trick is to use the rectangular to polar conversion to find the slope:
θ = atan((y2 - y1)/(x2 -x1))
tan θ = (y2 - y1)/(x2 -x1) = slope = a

Once the slope is found, we can solve for the y-intercept:
y = a*x + b
b = y - a*x

Algorithm:
[ ( ] x1 [ - ] x2 [ ) ] [SHIFT] (R→P) [ ( ] y1 [ - ] y2 [ ) ] [ = ] [SHIFT] (X<>Y) [ tan ]
// slope is displayed

[ × ] x1* [ +/- ] [ + ] y1* [ = ]
// intercept is displayed

*x2 and y2 can be used instead

Example:
(x1, y1) = (8, 5.5)
(x2, y2) = (4, 9.5)

Result:
[ ( ] 8 [ - ] 4 [ ) ] [SHIFT] (R→P) [ ( ] 5.5 [ - ] 9.5 [ ) ] [ = ] [SHIFT] (X<>Y) [ tan ]

Slope: -1

[ × ] 8 [ +/- ] [ + ] 5.5 [ = ]

Slope: 13.5


Tomorrow will be Part II. 

Eddie

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Spirals

All About Spirals

This blog will about spirals. Why? I thought it would be fun. And I like spirals.

Regular Spirals

Source: http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/spiral.htm

Equations:
Rectangular
x^2 + y^2 = a^2 (arctan y/x)^2

Polar
r = a θ

Parametric
x = a t cos t
y = a t sin t

Finding the y-intercept and x-intercept, as shown above, of a spiral, assuming 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π

We can use the rectangular equation to find these points.

x^2 + y^2 = a^2 (arctan y/x)^2

Y-Intercept - Point (0, y)

y^2 = a^2 (arctan y/0)^2

Note:
1. y/0 is undefined
2. tan (π /2) is undefined. So is tan (n π / 2) where n is an integer.

Use π / 2 as a solution.

Then:

y^2 = a^2 * (π / 2)^2

Take the square root of both sides, since y>0, use the positive root.

y = a * π / 2

The y-intercept is (0, a * π / 2)

X-Intercept - Point (x, 0)

x^2 = a^2 (arctan 0)^2

Note tan(n π.)=0 where n is an integer. Let's use π. (n = 1)

x^2 = a^2 π^2

Since the x-intercept lies left of 0, select the negative square roof. Therefore:

x = -a π.

The x-intercept is (-a π, 0).

Area of a Spiral (0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π)

Use the polar equation: r = a θ

Using the general polar integral:

A = ∫ (1/2 * r^2 d θ , lower limit, upper limit)

A = ∫ (1/2 * a^2 * θ^2 d θ , 0, 2 π)
= a^2 / 2 * (8 π^3 / 3 - 0)
= 4 a^2 π^3 / 3

Slope of a Spiral

Polar Form:

∂r/∂θ = a

Parametric Form:

∂x/∂t = ∂/∂t (a * t * cos t)
= ∂/∂t (a * t) * cos t + a * t * ∂/∂t (cos t)
= a * cos t - a * t * sin t
= a * (cos t - t * sin t)

∂y/∂t = ∂/∂t (a * t * sin t)
= ∂/∂t (a * t) * sin t + a * t * ∂/∂t (sin t)
= a * sin t + a * t * cos t
= a * (sin t + t * cos t)

Stretch Spirals

What if we can "stretch" spirals? We can if alter the parameters of the parametric form:

x(t) = a * t * cos t
y(t) = b * t * sin t

Where a ≠ b.

Two graphical examples are shown below.

Finding the Intercepts of a Stretched Spiral

I will assume that both a ≠ 0 and b ≠ 0.

Y-Intercept: Point (0, y)

0 = a * t * cos t
y = b * t * sin t

Working with the first equation:

0 = a * t * cos t
0 = t * cos t,

which implies that either t = 0 or cos t = 0

We know that cos (n π / 2) = 0 where n is an integer. Choose t = π / 2.

Then y = b * π / 2 * sin(π / 2) = b * π / 2

Then the y-intercept is (0, π / 2).

X-Intercept: Point (x, 0)

x = a * t * cos t
0 = b * t * sin t

Working with the second equation:
0 = b * t * sin t
0 = t * sin t

which implies that t = 0 or sin t = 0. We know that sin(n π) = 0 where n is an integer, let's choose n = 1 and then t = π.

Hence x = a * π * cos π = -a * π.

The x-intercept is (-a * π, 0)

Area of a Stretched Spiral

We can find the area using the following:

∫ y dx = ∫ y(t) d[x(t)]

Note that:
1. y(t) = b * t * sin t
2. d[x(t)] = a * (cos t - t * sin t) dt
3. y(t) d[x(t)] = a * b * (t * sin t * cos t - t^2 * sin^2 t)

Let Φ = (t * sin t * cos t - t^2 * sin^2 t)

The integration is split into two intervals: [0, π] and [π, 2 π]. Due to the direction of the spiral, the limits are switched.

Then the area is:
A = a * b * ( ∫ (Φ dt, π , 0 ) + ∫ ( Φ dt, 2 π , π ) )
(via Hewlett Packard HP 50g and TI nSpire CX CAS)
= a * b * (π^3 / 6 + 7 * π^3 / 6)
= a * b * (4 π / 3)

Slope of a Stretched Spiral

The derivation is similar to the slope of a regular spiral.

∂x / ∂t = a * ( cos t - t * sin t )
∂y / ∂t = b * ( sin t + t * cos t )


Until next time, Eddie.



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