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Computer Applications in Mechanics of Materials Using MATLAB


Computer Applications in Mechanics of Materials Using MATLAB 1851
   
Louis H. Turcotte, US Army Corps of Engineers
Howard B. Wilson, University of Alabama
 

Prentice Hall,  1998
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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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