Engineering

For introductory courses in Engineering and Computing, C++ Programming, MATLAB, and Computer Methods for Engineers.

 

This easy-to-use new volume offers a pragmatic approach to computational tools and techniques in electronic format. The authors offer broad coverage in an informal style — ideal coverage for a first-year course in Engineering. Experience a unique integrated electronic learning system that allows for quick and efficient navigation to a multitude of examples, exercises, projects, and over ten hours of audio lectures.

• Self-contained lecture material
• Three levels of student work (Exercises, Problems and Projects) – Encourages students to work up gradually to tougher material
• Compiler included slides
• Hyperlinked examples
• Over 10 hours of audio lectures

Chapter 1. Introduction

 

1.1  Getting Started

1.2  Learning the material

1.3  Files and Folders

1.4  Moving Files around

1.5  The Choice of C++, Excel, and MATLAB

 

 

Chapter 2. Programming in C++

 

2.1 Installing the Dev-C++ Compiler

2.2 Organizing and running a simple C++ Program

2.3 Basic C++ Concepts and operations

2.4 Input and output in C++

2.5 Control Statements: if, else if, and else blocks

2.6 Control Statements: While loops

2.7 Control Statements: do-While, and for loops

2.8 Formatted output

2.9 User defined functions — single result functions

2.10 User defined functions-void functions

2.11 Arrays: single indexed (1-D)

2.12 Using arrays

2.13 Arrays: Double indexed (2-D)

2.14 Closing comments

2.15 Websites for more C++ training

 

 

Chapter 3. Excel

 

3.1 Getting Started

3.2 Navigating Excel

3.3 Basic Calculations

3.4 Formatting a table

3.5 Plotting data part I

3.6 Plotting data part II

3.7 Importing text files

3.8 Excel functions

3.9 Using if Statements

 

 

 

Chapter 4 Numerical Methods and Engineering Calculations

 

4.1 Linear Interpolation

4.2 Elementary Statistics

4.3 Linear regression

4.4 Root Finding: substitution, bisection

4.5 Root Finding: Newton’s method, secant method

4.6 Root Finding: using Excel

4.7 Numerical differentiation

4.8 Numerical integration

4.9 Euler’s method for differential equations

 

 

Chapter 5. Programming in MatLab

 

5.1 Getting Started

5.2 Understanding Matrices

2.3 Using MatLab help

5.4 Command line mode

5.5 Some matrix math

5.6 M files

5.7 Inputting data

5.8 Plotting

5.9 Input from Files

5.10 Formatted output

5.11 if blocks

5.12 Loops: for and while

5.13 Writing to files

5.14 User defined functions

5.15 MatLab Functions

5.16 MatLab fun funs

Introduction to Engineering [ESOURCE SERIES] (General Engineering)
MATLAB [ESOURCE SERIES] (General Engineering)
C++ - Programming [ESOURCE SERIES] (General Engineering)
Computer Methods for Engineers [ESOURCE SERIES] (General Engineering)

 

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