How to store a matrix from a loop?

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I want to be able to store the matrices that are produced from the for loop.
% Clearing EVERYTHING
clear all
close all
clc
% Declaring variables
E1 = 170;
E2 = 12;
G12 = 4.5;
v12 = 0.3;
vf = 0.6;
%Calculation
Z = (E1-((v12^2)*E2))/E1;
Q11= E1/Z;
Q22 = E2/Z;
Q12 = (v12*E2)/Z;
Q66 = G12;
Q_matrix = [Q11 Q12 0;
Q12 Q22 0;
0 0 Q66];
for angle = (-45:45:90)*pi/180;
m = cos(angle);
n = sin(angle);
Stress_matrix_1 =[m^2 n^2 -2*m*n;
n^2 m^2 2*m*n;
m*n -m*n m^2-n^2];
Strain_matrix_1 = [m^2 n^2 -m*n;
n^2 m^2 m*n;
2*m*n -2*m*n m^2-n^2];
Q_bar = (Stress_matrix_1)*(Q_matrix)*inv(Strain_matrix_1)
end

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Star Strider
Star Strider on 11 Feb 2016
I would save them as cell arrays:
anglev = (-45:45:90)*pi/180; % Angle Vector
for k1 = 1:length(anglev)
angle = anglev(k1); % Angle
m = cos(angle);
n = sin(angle);
Stress_matrix_1{k1} =[m^2 n^2 -2*m*n;
n^2 m^2 2*m*n;
m*n -m*n m^2-n^2];
Strain_matrix_1{k1} = [m^2 n^2 -m*n;
n^2 m^2 m*n;
2*m*n -2*m*n m^2-n^2];
Q_bar{k1} = (Stress_matrix_1)*(Q_matrix)*inv(Strain_matrix_1)
end
Also, if you want to use degrees, you can avoid the conversion to radians in your code, and use the cosd and sind functions. In my experience, they’re more accurate for degree arguments than doing the conversion in your code.
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James Taylor
James Taylor on 11 Feb 2016
Thank you very much for your help!!!
Star Strider
Star Strider on 11 Feb 2016
My pleasure!
If my Answer solved your problem, please Accept it.

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