function vtb5_4(b) %VTB5_4 Mass ratio versus normalized frequency for absorber design. % VTB5_4(beta) plots the mass ratio as a function of the normalized % frequency (w/wa) for the given value of beta. mu=0:.01:1; mu=mu'; one=ones(length(mu),1); wl=(one+b^2*(one+mu))/(2*b^2); wr=(sqrt(b^4*(one+mu).^2-2*b^2*(one-mu)+one))/(2*b^2); w1=sqrt(wl+wr); w2=sqrt(wl-wr); axis([0 w1(101)+.2 0 1]); plot(w1,mu,w2,mu,'-') tmp1='Mass ratio versus system natural frequency for beta = '; title([tmp1,num2str(b)]) ylabel('mass ratio - mu') xlabel('normalized frequency w/wa') axis;