MATLAB: How to avoid dividing by zeros.

avoide dividing by zeros

i run a code but it gave me warnings that Warning that dividing by zero and index exceeding matrix dimensions. I looked into it and found probaby it is caused by this sentence in function sumin
if Y2(i)<=Thickness
MeanBedVelocity(i)=quad(ff1,Y1,Y2(i))./(quad(ff2,Y1,Y2(i)));
how to avoid dividing by zeros, how can i fix this problem, thank you very much for your help.
here is the code. it includes one main code and 3 function codes.
Di=4e-3;
PR=double_int(0,Di,0,Di)
function SS=double_int(innlow,innhi,outlow,outhi)
Protrusion1=outlow;Protrusion2=outhi;Friction1=innlow;Friction2=innhi;
SS=quad(@G_yi,Protrusion1,Protrusion2,[],[],Friction1,Friction2);
function f=G_yi(Protrusion,Friction1,Friction2)
Protrusion=Protrusion(:);n=length(Protrusion);
% if isnumeric(Friction1)==1;FrictionF1=Friction1*ones(size(Protrusion));
% else FrictionF1=feval(Friction1,Protrusion);
% end

% if isnumeric(Friction2)==1;FrictionF2=Friction2*ones(size(Protrusion));
% else FrictionF2=feval(Friction2,Protrusion);
% end
save G_yi.mat;
for i=1:n
f(i)=quad(@sumin,Friction1,Friction2,[],[],i);
end
f=f(:);
function fun=sumin(Friction,i)
% global Protrusion;
% Protrusion(i)=evalin(Protrusion(i));
load G_yi.mat;
MeanShearStress=5 ; %unit Pa
Density=1e3;
Ustar=sqrt(MeanShearStress/Density);
N=15;
D=zeros(N,1);
p=zeros(N,1);
for k=1:N-1;
D(1)=0.5e-3;
p(1)=1/N;
D(k+1)=D(k)+0.5e-3;
p(k+1)=p(k);
end;
%p1=1/3, p2=1/3,p3=1/3
%D1=40e-6,D2=60e-6, D3=80e-6
KinematicViscosity=1.004e-6;
D50=4e-3;
Roughness=2*D50;
RoughnessRenolds=Ustar*Roughness/KinematicViscosity;
if RoughnessRenolds>100
Intensity=Ustar*2.14;
Skewness=0.43;
Flatness=2.88;
else
Intensity=Ustar*(-0.187*log(RoughnessRenolds)+2.93);
Skewness=0.102*log(RoughnessRenolds);
Flatness=0.136*log(RoughnessRenolds)+2.30;
end
CoefficientC=-0.993*log(RoughnessRenolds)+12.36;
SpecificWeightofSand=1.8836e4;
SpecificWeightofWater=9.789e3 ;
Di=4e-3;
% Protrusion=1e-3;
Thickness=1.5*D50;
Y1=0.25*Thickness;
Y2(i)=0.25*Thickness+Protrusion(i);
Sum=zeros(N,1);
for m=1:N-1
% syms y;
Kapa=0.4;
ff1=@(y) (Ustar*CoefficientC.*y/Thickness).*sqrt((0.5*Di)^2-(y-Protrusion(i)-Y1+0.5*Di).^2);
ff2=@(y) sqrt((0.5*Di)^2-(y-Protrusion(i)-Y1+0.5*Di).^2);
if Y2(i)<=Thickness
MeanBedVelocity(i)=quad(ff1,Y1,Y2(i))./(quad(ff2,Y1,Y2(i)));
else
MeanBedVelocity(i)=(quad(ff1,Y1,Thickness)+quad(ff1,Thickness,Y2(i)))./(quad(ff2,Y1,Y2(i)));
end if MeanBedVelocity(i)<=Ustar*CoefficientC
Yb(i)=(MeanBedVelocity(i)*Thickness)/(Ustar*CoefficientC);
else
Yb(i)=Thickness*exp(Kapa*(MeanBedVelocity(i)/Ustar-CoefficientC));
end; ParticleRenolds(i)=MeanBedVelocity(i).*Protrusion(i)/KinematicViscosity;
if ParticleRenolds(i)<=1754
Cd(i)=(24./ParticleRenolds(i)).*(1+0.15*ParticleRenolds(i).^0.687);
else
Cd(i)=0.36;
end;
(Protrusion,Friction,Dk,MeanBedVelocity,Yb,Cd, Cl,SpecificWeightofSand,SpecificWeightofWater,MeanShearStress,Ustar,RoughnessRenolds,N,Y1,Di)
h1(i)=Yb(i)-Y1-Protrusion(i)+0.5*Di;
h2=Di*(Friction+0.5*D(m)-0.5*Di)/(Di+D(m));
Ld=h1(i)+h2;
Ll=sqrt((0.5*Di)^2-h2.^2);
Lw=Ll;
Pei=zeros(N,1);
Phi=zeros(N,1);
for j=2:N;
Pei(1)=p(1)*Di/(Di+D(1));
Pei(j)=p(j)*Di/(Di+D(j))+ Pei(j-1);
Phi(j)=1-Pei(j);
end;
HidingFactor=(Pei(N)/Phi(N))^0.6;
EffectiveShearStress=HidingFactor*MeanShearStress;
% SpecificWeightofSand=1.8836e4;
% SpecificWeightofWater=9.789e3 ; %at 20 degree centigrade
DimensionlessEffectiveShearStress= EffectiveShearStress/((SpecificWeightofSand-SpecificWeightofWater)*Di);
ff3=@(y) sqrt((0.5*Di)^2-(y-Protrusion(i)-Y1+0.5*Di).^2);
A(i)=quad(ff3,Y1,Y2(i));
Br=Ustar*sqrt((2*Lw*pi*Di^2)./((Cd(i).*Ld+Cl(i).*Ll)*6.*A(i)*DimensionlessEffectiveShearStress)); % Rolling Threshold
Bl=Ustar*sqrt((2*pi*Di^2)/(Cl(i)*6.*A(i)*DimensionlessEffectiveShearStress)); %Lifting Threshold %syms Ub ; % Instantaneous velocity
% U=((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity);% PDF=@(Ub) (exp(-((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^2/2)/(Intensity*sqrt(2*pi))).*(1+(Skewness/factorial(3))*(((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^3-3*((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity))+(Flatness-3)*(((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^4-6*((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^2+3)/factorial(4))/Intensity; %PDF of Velocity Fluctuation
% Pr(i)=quad(PDF,-Bl,-Br)+quad(PDF,Br,Bl);
% Pr(i)=sum(arrayfun(@(BL,BR) quad(PDF, -BL, -BR) + quad(PDF, BR, BL), Bl, Br));
syms Ub ; % Instantaneous velocity
PD(i)=int((exp(-((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^2/2)/(Intensity*sqrt(2*pi))).*(1+(Skewness/factorial(3))*(((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^3-3*((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity))+(Flatness-3)*(((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^4-6*((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^2+3)/factorial(4))/Intensity,-Bl,-Br)...
+int((exp(-((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^2/2)/(Intensity*sqrt(2*pi))).*(1+(Skewness/factorial(3))*(((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^3-3*((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity))+(Flatness-3)*(((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^4-6*((Ub-MeanBedVelocity)/Intensity).^2+3)/factorial(4))/Intensity,Br,Bl);
Pr(i)= double(PD(i));
% Pl=1-quad(PDF,-Bl,Bl); %end Sum(1)=p(1)*Pr(i);
Sum(m+1)=p(m)*Pr(i)+Sum(m);
end;
fun=Sum(m+1);

Best Answer

Looking at your ff2, I do not see any obvious reason why the integral cannot ever come out as zero. If Protrusion(i) can ever be 0, then the bounds of the integral will be identical, leading to an integral of 0.
If you want to avoid division by 0, you need to make sure the denominator cannot possibly be 0 for any useful data range (and you have to test the data to be sure it does not violate the constraint); OR, you need to calculate the denominator first and test whether it is non-zero enough before you go ahead with the division.
If you are looking for a bad-programming-but-it-works short-cut, you could use a try/catch block to substitute some other value if division by 0 is detected.
You really should put in a breakpoint and examine the variables when it happens. If you break the numerator and denominator in to two statements then you can put in a conditional breakpoint that looks something like
dbstop at 123 if abs(ff2_quad) < 1e-5
where ff2_quad had been assigned the denominator.