From: Madhu Shurpali on
Hello Everybody,

I have test data of Force Vs Displacement. When I plot Disp Vs Force, I can see that its very close to ellipse.

How can I fit an ellipse to this data ? I mean the plot is very close to the equation:
(Disp^2/a^2) +(force^2/b^2)=1; How do I estimate a and b ..

Thanks
Madhu
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"Madhu Shurpali" <madhu.shurpall(a)cvgrp.com> wrote in message <hqmuqg$hie$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I have test data of Force Vs Displacement. When I plot Disp Vs Force, I can see that its very close to ellipse.
>
> How can I fit an ellipse to this data ? I mean the plot is very close to the equation:
> (Disp^2/a^2) +(force^2/b^2)=1; How do I estimate a and b ..
>
> Thanks
> Madhu

a hint:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/3215

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