How to fix: "Index exceeds matrix dimension"

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Please help, trying to run while loop but it says that "Index exceeds matrix dimension" in "while(H(i)>Ha)". Guess I have a problem with increment and the size of Hs. Thank you in advance.
% Input Data
As = 5; % cross-sectional area of the spacecraft (m^2)
Ap = 150; % parachute area (m^2)
Hs = 150; % initial height (km)
U = 0; % initial velocity (m/s)
Hp = 3; % parachute deployment height (km)
Ha = 100; % height of the atmosphere above the earth (km)
M = 850; % mass of the spacecraft (kg)
C = 0.7; % drag coefficient
Tstep = 0.1; % time step (s)
% Increment initialisation
i=1; H(i)=Hs; v(i)=0; s(i)=0; t(i)=0;
%freefall without atmosphere
while(H(i)>Ha)
FD=0;
g(i) = (40*10^7)/(6371+H(i))^2;
a(i) = g(i); % As FD = 0
s(i+1)= U*Tstep + 0.5*a(i)*(Tstep^(2));
v(i+1)= U + a(i)*Tstep;
i=i+1; continue
end

Accepted Answer

Shounak Shastri
Shounak Shastri on 16 Feb 2018
Edited: Shounak Shastri on 16 Feb 2018
You are not updating H(i+1) in your while loop.
"i=1; H(i)=Hs;"
This line creates an array named "H" of size [1, 1] which has one value "Hs". In your loop, you are not doing anything to the array which would increase the size of "H".
I don't know what you are trying to do with the code but I am guessing you might want to do
H(i+1) = H(i) - s(i)
This will increase the size of your array and the loop would run till H(i) > Hs.

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