%s=importdata('disp_data.dat'); %save the contents in displacement_data.dat as s clear all;close all;clc load disp_data time=trace_x(1,:)'; %first column in data is saved as time d_data=trace_y(2,:)';%second column in data is saved as experimental displacements %maxval=max(d_data'); % vval = max(d_data) % index=find(d_data==vval) % time=time(index:end,1)-time(index,1); %first column in data is saved as time % d_data=d_data(index:end); vel=diff(d_data)./diff(time(1:2)); accel=diff(diff(d_data))./diff(time(1:2)).^2; X=[vel(2:end) accel]; subplot(3,1,1) plot(d_data(3:100)); subplot(3,1,2) plot(vel(2:99)); subplot(3,1,3); plot(accel(1:98));