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How to use 'trapz' command to calculate the area under the curve for each time gap of a graph?

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T Y
1.00 2988.00
1.00 2966.00
1.00 2915.00
1.00 2891.00
1.00 2833.00
1.02 2846.00
1.19 2829.00
1.39 2799.00
1.66 2806.00
1.80 2804.00
2.00 2834.00
2.19 2827.00
2.39 2897.00
2.66 2889.00
2.80 2864.00
3.02 2874.00
3.19 2890.00
3.39 2874.00
3.64 2964.00
3.80 3059.00
4.02 3109.00
4.19 3214.00
4.39 3292.00
4.66 3334.00
4.80 3443.00
5.00 3515.00
5.19 3614.00
5.39 3736.00
5.66 3789.00
5.80 3811.00
6.00 3892.00
6.20 3954.00
6.41 3985.00
6.66 4039.00
6.80 4039.00
7.00 4045.00
7.19 4040.00
7.39 3977.00
7.66 3918.00
7.80 3961.00
8.02 3955.00
8.19 3923.00
8.39 3988.00
8.66 4064.00
8.80 4001.00
9.00 3991.00
9.19 4043.00
9.39 4021.00
9.66 3970.00
9.80 3967.00
10.00 3932.00
10.19 3856.00
10.39 3794.00
10.66 3782.00
10.80 3726.00
11.00 3688.00
11.19 3642.00
11.39 3584.00
11.66 3512.00
11.80 3398.00
12.02 3322.00
12.19 3222.00
12.39 3145.00
12.66 3098.00
12.80 3144.00
13.02 3134.00
13.19 3137.00
13.41 3175.00
13.64 3152.00
13.80 3095.00
14.02 3062.00
14.19 3046.00
14.39 3010.00
I have a data set like above, I used 'trapz' command to calculate the area under the curve. Using that, we can calculate the total area. my question is can anybody help me to do the area under the curve calculation related to each time gap? if we can't use trapz command can we use the 'int' command?
Thanks in advance

Answers (1)

Torsten
Torsten on 22 Jun 2016
Edited: Torsten on 22 Jun 2016
for k=1:length(T)-1
area(k)=0.5*(Y(k)+Y(k+1))*(T(k+1)-T(k));
end
area(k) gives you the area under the graph between T(k) and T(k+1).
Best wishes
Torsten.

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