Store tensor history into multidimensional array

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Dear all,
I read the documentatuin on Multidimensional Arrays and I haven't been able to find a solution to my problem.
I have a tensor history like this:
s11 = [xx1, xx2, xx3];
s22 = [yy1, yy2, yy3];
s33 = [zz1, zz2, zz3];
s12 = [xy1, xy2, xy3];
s13 = [xz1, xz2, xz3];
s23 = [yz1, yz2, yz3];
I want to store these tensor component histories in a single multidimensional array TENSOR, such that each slice of the array is a complete stress tensor at a certain point in time, e.g.;
>>TENSOR(:, :, 1.0)
xx1 xy1 xz1
xy1 yy1 yz1
xz1 yz1 zz1
>>TENSOR(:, :, 2.0)
xx2 xy2 xz2
xy2 yy2 yz2
xz2 yz2 zz2
(and so on)
I know how to create a multidimensional array in individual slices. For example, I could simply define the first slice then use
TENSOR(:, :, n) = [s11(n), s12(n), s13(n); s12(n), s22(n), s23(n); s13(n), s23(n), s33(n)];
To add the next slide. However, I would like to define the array in a single assignment, since the whole point of the exercise is to avoid inefficient loops.
I would greatly appreciate any advice!
Best regards,
Louis
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fsgeek
fsgeek on 4 Dec 2016
Edited: fsgeek on 4 Dec 2016
Andrei's solution below works, although I had to make a couple of tweaks to get the behaviour just right so that it works in general for any 3x3xL multidimensional array:
%{
Construct a 3x3xL multidimensional array of the
stress tensor history, where L is the history
length
%}
% Direct stress components
normals = [Sxx; Syy; Szz]';
% Shear stress components
shears = [Txy; Txz; Tyz]';
% Assign normal stress component histories to diagonal terms
diagonals = repmat(eye([3.0, 3.0]), 1.0, 1.0, L);
diagonals(diagonals > 0.0) = normals';
% Assign shear stress component histories to non-diagonal terms
nonDiagonals = repmat(tril(ones(3.0), -1.0), 1.0, 1.0, L);
nonDiagonals(nonDiagonals > 0.0) = shears';
% Combine diagonal and non-diagonal terms
multidimensionalStressTensor = diagonals + nonDiagonals +
permute(nonDiagonals, [2.0, 1.0, 3.0]);
%{
Get the Eigenvalues for each frame of the tensor data. This code
was written by Bruno Luong and can be found on the exchange (File
ID: #27680)
%}
eigenvalues = eig3(multidimensionalStressTensor);
%{
The principal stresses are the maximum, median and
minimum values of the Eigenvector at each tensor
frame
%}
s1 = max(eigenvalues);
s2 = median(eigenvalues);
s3 = min(eigenvalues);
Initial tests indicate that this method is approximately 4 times faster than a FOR loop with 2D matrices.

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Andrei Bobrov
Andrei Bobrov on 4 Dec 2016
sxx = reshape(1:9,3,[]); % sxx = [s11;s22;s33];
sxyz = reshape(11:19,3,[]); % sxyz = [s12;s13;s23]
s = size(sxx);
D = repmat(eye(s),1,1,s(2));
D(D>0) = sxx;
ND = repmat(tril(ones(s),-1),1,1,s(2));
ND(ND>0) = sxyz;
tenzor1 = D + ND + permute(ND,[2,1,3]);
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fsgeek
fsgeek on 4 Dec 2016
Thanks Andrei. This works as long as I make the following change to your code:
D(D>0) = sxx';
ND(ND>0) = sxyz';
Otherwise you get tensor histories being assigned to incorrect tensor locations. With the transpose modification it achieves exactly what I wanted. Thanks!
L

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Daniel kiracofe
Daniel kiracofe on 4 Dec 2016
As far as I am aware, it is not possible to do what you want in matlab. There is no such thing as a 3-dimensional array literal, which is what you want. It is possible in some programming languages, such as C++, but not matlab. The only way I can think of do it without loops is to create a 1D array and then reshape it. e.g:
X = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27];
y = reshape(X, [3 3 3])
which would give you this output:
y =
ans(:,:,1) =
1 4 7
2 5 8
3 6 9
ans(:,:,2) =
10 13 16
11 14 17
12 15 18
ans(:,:,3) =
19 22 25
20 23 26
21 24 27
Depending on what you are trying to do, you may find this to be useful. I've not used it, and the documentation on their website is sparse, but it is a toolbox for tensor manipulation in matlab which may helpful
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fsgeek
fsgeek on 4 Dec 2016
I Daniel,
I think it's possible with the solution from Andrei. I'll check out the TensorToolbox though, because it sounds like something which would be very useful to me.
Thanks for the help!
L

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