Hi!
I am plotting the angular difference between the input and output shaft (beta) of a universal joint at an angle (alpha).
How can I get the maximum value of the function beta? (where beta is a function of phi1 and phi2, and phi2 a function of phi1)
I am using Mathcad prime 3.0.
Best regards
Christer Vestermark
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The plot, where the relevant function beta is purple.
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Christer Vestermark wrote:
Thank you for the answer, but maybe I should have been more specific in my question.
I have just started using mathcad, and am aware of that this particular problem can be easily solved in different other ways.
What I really wonder is if it is possible directly obtain min/max values for an interval of a function that can be plotted.
Best regards
Christer
How to do it with function was shown by Dmitri. You need a guess and you get just one value.
Another option would be to turn beta into a vector and use the built-in max() function.
Maybe the attached picture helps. I am using a dirty undocumented trick to turn a range (phi) into a vector (phi.vec)
Hi, Christer,
in your case you can use beta as a function of single var phi1 instead of two vars.
Note that result depends on the guess value of phi1 (try 1 instead of 5).
Christer Vestermark wrote:
Thank you for the answer, but maybe I should have been more specific in my question.
I have just started using mathcad, and am aware of that this particular problem can be easily solved in different other ways.
What I really wonder is if it is possible directly obtain min/max values for an interval of a function that can be plotted.
Best regards
Christer
How to do it with function was shown by Dmitri. You need a guess and you get just one value.
Another option would be to turn beta into a vector and use the built-in max() function.
Maybe the attached picture helps. I am using a dirty undocumented trick to turn a range (phi) into a vector (phi.vec)
