Error in multolying a number and function handle

I appreciate if you suggest sth to solve this problem

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ro=7800; %%%% density of workpiece in kg/m3
k=14;   %%% thermal conductivity of workpiece W/mK 
Cp=460; %%%% specific heat capacity of workpiece in J/Kg.k
K=9.2e-6; %%% thermal expansion coefficient in (1/k)
E=114e3;  %%%% Young Modulus 
nu=0.33; %%% Poisson ratio 
eta=0.9; %%%% percentage of total shear energy converted to enthalpy
a=k/(ro*Cp);  %% thermal diffusivity (m2/s)
kt=110;      %%%%%%% thermal conductivity of workpiece W/mK  
rot=15600; %%%% density of tool in kg/m3
Cpt=280; %%% specific heat capacity of tool in J/Kg.k
%%%%%%%%%%%%%
t1=1e-3; % cutting thickness in m 
alfa=0; %% rake angle in deg
l=@(x) t1./sind(x(1)); %% leght of shear plane in m 
V=1; %% cutting velocity in m/s 
Vsh=@(x) V*cosd(alfa)./cosd(x(1)-alfa);
EpilonAB=@(x) (1/(2*sqrt(3)))*cosd(alfa)./(cosd(x(1)-alfa).*sind(x(1)));
EpilondotAB=@(x) (1/sqrt(3))*x(2)*Vsh(x)./l(x);
Rt= ro*Cp*V*t1/k;
tanfi=@(x) tand(x(1));
if Rt*tanfi(x) <10 
    bettaa=@(x) 0.5-(0.35*log10(Rt*tanfi(x)));
else 
    bettaa=@(x) 0.3-(0.15*log10(Rt*tanfi(x)));
end 

I recive following error for the line including if

Unrecognized function or variable 'x'.

Error in tamrinfunction (line 40)

if Rt*tanfi(x) <10

[John D'Errico]

What is your problem? What is the rest of your question?

However, when I am mutilpying a number to...

[Stephen23]

"I recive following error for the line including if "

What do you expect the value of x to be on that line?

[Reza]

It should be x(1) belonging to the matrix x=[x(1) x(2) x(3)] that will be defined later while optimizing by particleswarm

[Torsten]

Then define

bettaa=@(x) (0.5-(0.35*log10(Rt*tanfi(x)))).*(Rt*tanfi(x) <10) + (0.3-(0.15*log10(Rt*tanfi(x)))).*(Rt*tanfi(x) >=10);

If it's getting even more complicated, don't use function handles. Write a function with input x where you compute the results needed.

[Reza]

Thank you. I’ll go forward to check if it works with function instead of function handle

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

tanfi=@(x) tand(x(1));

Up to this point, you are creating function handles -- pieces of code that do not take action directly, but can be passed parameters in order to execute.

if Rt*tanfi(x) <10 

Here you are trying to invoke tanfi() on a parameter, x. That is a problem because x is not defined.

There are two possibilities here:

1. That you actually have some specific parameter, x, that you are trying to evaluate those statements over; OR
2. That you are trying to define conditional logic, creating a bettaa function handle that uses 0.5 or 0.3 depending on the results of Rt*tanfi(x) <10

If you are trying to create a conditional function handle, you need to do something like

    bettaa = @(x) (Rt.*tanfi(x) < 10).*(0.5-(0.35*log10(Rt*tanfi(x)))) + (Rt.*tanfi(x) >= 10).*(0.3-(0.15*log10(Rt*tanfi(x))))