MATLAB GUI based code for acceleration analysis in learning of kinematics

Abstract

In this study, a code or computer program has been developed as an educational material for courses on kinematics. This code is expected to help the learning of kinematic which mostly uses analysis of velocity and acceleration graphically. By using this code, explanation of velocity and acceleration analysis can be performed by the code/computer program, instead of using the ruler and protractor manually. This eases the teacher and student in learning of kinematic. The code is written based on MATLAB. GUI (Graphical User Interface) is used to make this code as a user friendly kinematic learning media. The calculation of velocity and acceleration is performed based on the method of relative velocity and relative acceleration. This code provides tutorial of velocity and acceleration analysis which is displayed in the GUI screen. The animation of movement and its trajectory is also displayed. In this present research work, acceleration analysis on slider crank mechanism created by the code is presented. The results is compared with the theoritical calculation and the differences are less than 1%. Therefore, the code is considered acceptable and feasible to enrich the learning experience in kinematics.