Plots of question 3.2 and 3.

Implemented Matlab algorithm:

function q3
%% ================================ parameters ================================
clear all;close all;
%% ================================ constant variables ========================
eta_max = 10; % guessed good enough value for eta -> infinity
threshold = 1e-4; % abs(f'(eta_max) - 1) < threshold
nu = 1.568*10-5; %[m2/s] - assuming sea level conditions
n = 100; %number of lines of the arrays that will be ploted
global beta
%beta values that are used in this simulation
beta_range = [ -.19 -.08 .1 .53 .56];
%beta_range = [ -.18 -.08 .56];
%% ================================ plot variables ============================
% we defined the two below variables to storage that data that must be ploted
% each column represent a different beta value
f_line_plot = zeros (n,length(beta_range)); %storage the f' at each iteration of beta
f_line2_plot = zeros (n,length(beta_range)); %f'' = zeros (n,length(beta_range));
%% ================================ computing f ==============================
options = odeset('InitialStep', 0.0001, 'MaxStep', 0.001);
for i = 1 : length(beta_range)
%% ==================================== range of beta values ==================
% favorable dp/dx < 0 0 < beta < 2
% adverse
dp/dx > 0 beta < 0 or beta > 2
beta = beta_range(i);
%% ================================ setting the initial guess =================
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take two initial guesses to start the secant method

the initial guesses were choose based on the beta value, initially we
used just one value for alpha_0, but that value wasn't a good guess
for beta higher than .5, so used a if-else structure to correct that
problem

if beta > .5
alpha_0 = 1;
else
alpha_0 = .2;
end
alpha_1 = alpha_0 * 1.001;
%% ================================ call ode45 to start secant method =========
[eta,f_0] = ode45(@falkner_skan_ode,linspace(0,eta_max,n),[0 0 alpha_0],options);
error = f_0(end,2) - 1;
converged = 0;
if (abs(error) < threshold)
fprintf(1,'Converged. Value of f``(0) is %f\n',alpha_0);
converged = 1;
end
if converged == 0
% second guess
[eta,f_1] = ode45(@falkner_skan_ode,linspace(0,eta_max,n),[0 0 alpha_1],options);
error = f_1(end,2) - 1;
if (abs(error) < threshold)
fprintf(1,'Converged. Value of f``(0) is %f\n',alpha_1);
converged = 1;

end
end
if converged == 0
alpha_cur = alpha_1;
alpha_old = alpha_0;
% now we start the secant iteration
while (abs(error) > threshold)
slope = (f_1(end,2) - f_0(end,2)) / (alpha_cur - alpha_old);
correction = -error / slope;
alpha_old = alpha_cur; f_0 = f_1;
alpha_cur = alpha_cur + correction;
[eta,f_1] = ode45(@falkner_skan_ode,linspace(0,eta_max,n),[0 0 alpha_cur],options);
error = f_1(end,2) - 1;
end
fprintf(1,'Converged.

Value of f``(0) is %f\n',alpha_cur);

end
%% ================================ post-processing ================================
%x range
xf = 10;
%defining a linear U_inf(x) as function of the pressure gradient
x = linspace(0,xf,n);
%calculating the B.L thickness
a = -.5; %the result from blasius eq.
m = 2 * a + 1;
A = 2 * nu / ( m + 1 );
% copying f and f_line
f_line = f_1(:,2);
f_line2 = f_1(:,3);
%calculating the B.L thickness and its derivative at x_pos
f_line_plot(:,i) = f_line;
f_line2_plot(:,i) = f_line2;
end
%% ================================ plotting the data ================================
%------------------------- f' over eta------------------------figure();
plot(eta,f_line_plot(:,1),'*');
hold on;
plot(eta,f_line_plot(:,2),'o');
hold on;
plot(eta,f_line_plot(:,3),'s');
hold on;
leg1 = strcat('\beta = ',mat2str(beta_range(1)));
leg2 = strcat('\beta = ',mat2str(beta_range(2)));
leg3 = strcat('\beta = ',mat2str(beta_range(3)));
legend(leg1,leg2,leg3);
xlabel('\eta', 'FontSize', 20);ylabel(sprintf(['f\\prime']), 'FontSize', 20);
axis([0 5 min(f_line_plot(:,1)) max(f_line_plot(:,1))]);
%------------------------- f'' over eta------------------------figure();
plot(eta,f_line2_plot(:,1),'*');
hold on;

plot(eta,f_line2_plot(:,2),'o');
hold on;
plot(eta,f_line2_plot(:,3),'s');
hold on;
leg1 = strcat('\beta = ',mat2str(beta_range(1)));
leg2 = strcat('\beta = ',mat2str(beta_range(2)));
leg3 = strcat('\beta = ',mat2str(beta_range(3)));
legend(leg1,leg2,leg3);
xlabel('\eta', 'FontSize', 20);ylabel(sprintf(['f\\prime\\prime']), 'FontSize', 20);
axis([0 5 min(f_line2_plot(:,1)) 1]);
%------------------------- f' over beta------------------------figure();
plot(beta_range,f_line_plot(2,:),'LineWidth',3);
hold on;
xlabel('\beta', 'FontSize', 20);ylabel(sprintf(['f\\prime']), 'FontSize', 20);
axis([min(beta_range) max(beta_range) min(f_line_plot(:,1)) max(f_line_plot(:,1))]);
%------------------------- f'' over beta------------------------figure();
plot(beta_range,f_line2_plot(1,:),'LineWidth',3);
hold on;
xlabel('\beta', 'FontSize', 20);ylabel(sprintf(['f\\prime\\prime']), 'FontSize', 20);
axis([min(beta_range) max(beta_range) min(f_line_plot(:,1)) max(f_line_plot(:,1))]);
end

function [fdot] = falkner_skan_ode(eta, f)

global beta
fdot(1,1) = f(2);
fdot(2,1) = f(3);
fdot(3,1) = -(f(1)*f(3)+beta*(1-f(2)^2));
end