8-24  Truss2D-m.txt ; Truss2D-out.txt   
8-28: Truss3D-m.txt ; Truss3D-out.txt

Download files presented in class on date shown next to hypertext above. All files are text files, hence the "*.txt" extension.
You may execute them on a PC containing the Matlab software (see below), but you must first rename the files so that they have the form "filename.m" without the quotation marks.
Double clicking the mouse on the Matlab icon initiates the Matlab session.
At the prompt, type "filename" without any extension and the "m-file" will be executed.
f you do this successfully, you will obtain the results given in the output file, "filename.out", which was created by first typing the command, "diary filename.out", at the Matlab prompt before executing the m-file.
To close the output file, type "diary off".
These steps are spelled out in the Matlab User's Guide (see below).

You may access Matlab v. 5.3 from the desktop on PC's in the School of Engineering CAD Room on the first floor of Carrier Hall. User's guides for the software are available in the CAD Room, and on-line manual is available by typing "help" at the Matlab prompt.

Running on the PC's requires a student account application located at the Electical Engineering department's site:

http://www.ee.olemiss.edu/cadlab/cadlabapplication.html

The PC's have a Windows operating system environment. Contact the Information Technology help desk, 915-5222, for information and consider taking 1 hour short courses on operating systems and use of Microsoft and other PC software.