MATLAB & Simulink Based Books

Computer Applications in Mechanics of Materials Using MATLAB

		Louis H. Turcotte, US Army Corps of Engineers Howard B. Wilson, University of Alabama Prentice Hall, 1998 Tel:  800-282-0693 Fax:  800-835-5327 Outside North America Tel:  201-767-4900 Fax:  201-767-5625 ISBN: 0-13-749060-7 Language: English

This junior/senior level text presents basic and intermediate programming techniques that are commonly employed when solving engineering problems. Concepts covered include the process of decomposing and structuring a problem so that its solution can be efficiently implemented using a computer, the usefulness of graphics in the interpretation of results generated by computer analysis, the benefits of learning how to structure a problem to automatically generate the coefficients of a set of simultaneous equations, the use of simple iterative methods to solve problems, and the need to be aware of the potential for numerical errors that are a result of the numerical solution strategy. A thorough grounding in ideas of Euclidean geometry, mechanics of materials, and differential and integral calculus is essential to understand many of the topics. Throughout this book, MATLAB is used to solve various problems encountered in mechanics of materials.

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