Engineering Computation with Matlab

by Smith, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780321481085
• ISBN10: 0321481089
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

KEY MESSAGE:Engineering Computation with MATLAB reg; introduces the power of computing to engineering readers with no previous programming experience. By spending time on meaningful engineering examples, professor and trained engineer David Smith places the fundamental tenets of computer programming into the context of MATLAB, a user-friendly language for engineers. Introduction to Computers and Programming; Getting Started with MATLAB; Vectors and Arrays; Conditional Statements and Iteration; Functions; Character Strings; Cell Arrays and Structures; File Input and Output; Recursion; Problem Solving; Plotting; Matrices; Images; Sound; Numerical Methods; Sorting; Linked Lists (bonus online chapter); Binary Trees (bonus online chapter);Nary Trees (bonus online chapter); Graphs (bonus online chapter). For all readers interested in MATLAB for engineering computer programming.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Computers and Programming	p. 1
Background	p. 2
History of Computer Architectures	p. 3
Computing Systems Today	p. 5
Executing a MATLAB Program	p. 15
Problem Solving	p. 15
Getting Started with MATLAB	p. 19
Programming Language Background	p. 21
Basic Data Manipulation	p. 23
The MATLAB User Interface	p. 27
Scripts	p. 37
Engineering Example-Spacecraft Launch	p. 41
Arrays	p. 49
Concept: Using Built-in Functions	p. 50
Concept: Data Collections	p. 50
MATLAB Vectors	p. 50
Engineering Example-Forces and Moments	p. 63
MATLAB Arrays	p. 64
Engineering Example-Computing Soil Volume	p. 76
Execution Control	p. 89
Concept: Code Blocks	p. 90
Conditional Execution in General	p. 90
if Statements	p. 91
switch Statements	p. 96
Iteration in General	p. 98
for Loops	p. 99
while Loops	p. 102
Engineering Example-Computing Liquid Levels	p. 105
Functions	p. 117
Concepts: Abstraction and Encapsulation	p. 118
Black Box View of a Function	p. 118
MATLAB Implementation	p. 119
Engineering Example-Measuring a Solid Object	p. 125
Character Strings	p. 135
Character String Concepts: Mapping and Casting	p. 136
MATLAB Implementation	p. 137
Format Conversion Functions	p. 139
Character String Operations	p. 142
Arrays of Strings	p. 145
Engineering Example-Encryption	p. 146
Cell Arrays and Structures	p. 157
Concept: Collecting Dissimilar Objects	p. 158
Cell Arrays	p. 158
MATLAB Structures	p. 163
Structure Arrays	p. 166
Engineering Example-Assembling a Structure	p. 172
File Input and Output	p. 185
Concept: Serial Input and Output (I/O)	p. 186
MATLAB Workspace I/O	p. 186
High-Level I/O Functions	p. 187
Lower-Level File I/O	p. 192
Engineering Example-Spreadsheet Data	p. 196
Recursion	p. 203
Concept: The Activation Stack	p. 204
Recursion Defined	p. 205
Implementing a Recursive Function in MATLAB	p. 206
Exceptions	p. 208
Wrapper Functions	p. 212
Tail Recursion	p. 215
Mutual Recursion	p. 217
Generative Recursion	p. 217
Examples of Recursion	p. 217
Engineering Example-Robot Arm Motion	p. 223
Principles of Problem Solving	p. 231
Solving Simple Problems	p. 232
Assembling Solution Steps	p. 232
Summary of Operations	p. 232
Solving Larger Problems	p. 248
Engineering Example-Processing Geopolitical Data	p. 250
Plotting	p. 259
Plotting in General	p. 260
2-D Plotting	p. 264
3-D Plotting	p. 270
Surface Plots	p. 273
Engineering Example-Visualizing Geographic Data	p. 291
Matrices	p. 303
Concept: Behavioral Abstraction	p. 304
Matrix Operations	p. 304
MATLAB Implementation	p. 307
Rotating Coordinates	p. 310
Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations	p. 317
Engineering Examples	p. 321
Images	p. 329
Nature of an Image	p. 330
Image Types	p. 331
Reading, Displaying, and Writing Images	p. 333
Operating on Images	p. 333
Engineering Example-Detecting Edges	p. 349
Processing Sound	p. 357
The Physics of Sound	p. 358
Recording and Playback	p. 358
MATLAB Implementation	p. 359
Time Domain Operations	p. 360
The Fast Fourier Transform	p. 369
Frequency Domain Operations	p. 374
Engineering Example-Oil Rig Structural Integrity	p. 381
Numerical Methods	p. 389
Interpolation	p. 390
Curve Fitting	p. 394
Numerical Integration	p. 400
Numerical Differentiation	p. 404
Engineering Example-Analyzing Rocket Data	p. 407
Sorting	p. 421
Measuring Algorithm Cost	p. 422
Algorithms for Sorting Data	p. 425
Performance Analysis	p. 435
Applications of Sorting Algorithms	p. 436
Engineering Example-A Selection of Countries	p. 440
Searching Graphs (online)
Object-Oriented Programming (online)
Linked Lists (online)
Binary Trees (online)
N-aryTrees and Graphs (online)
The Cost of Computing (online)
Appendices
MATLAB Special Characters, Reserved Words, and Symbols	p. A-1
The ASCII Character Set	p. B-1
Internal Number Representation	p. C-1
Web Reference Materials (online)
Answers to True or False and Fill in the Blanks (online)
Index	p. I-1
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