Engineering Problem Solving With ANSI C

by Etter, D. M.

• ISBN13: 9780130616074
• ISBN10: 0130616079
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780130109309
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Focusing on five major engineering/scientific applications as examples, this volume presents a design process for solving engineering problems, and then develops corresponding solutions using ANSI C. An accompanying diskette contains all the example problems and data files used in the book.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving	3	(17)
Grand Challenge: Weather Prediction
Grand Challenges	4	(2)
Computing Systems	6	(9)
Computer Hardware	6	(1)
Computer Software	7	(8)
An Engineering Problem-Solving Methodology	15	(5)
Summary, Key Terms	18	(2)
Simple C Programs	20	(38)
Grand Challenge: Vehicle Performance
Program Structure	22	(3)
Constants and Variables	25	(5)
Scientific Notation	26	(1)
Numeric Data Types	27	(2)
Symbolic Constants	29	(1)
Assignment Statements	30	(10)
Arithmetic Operators	32	(2)
Priority of Operators	34	(2)
Overflow and Underflow	36	(1)
Increment and Decrement Operators	37	(1)
Abbreviated Assignment Operators	38	(2)
Standard Input and Output	40	(5)
printf Function	40	(4)
scanf Function	44	(1)
Mathematical Functions	45	(4)
Elementary Math Functions	46	(1)
Trigonometric Functions	47	(2)
Problem Solving Applied: Velocity Computation	49	(9)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems	52	(6)
Control Structures and Data Files	58	(42)
Grand Challenge: Global Change
Algorithm Development	60	(4)
Top-Down Design	60	(1)
Structured Programming	61	(3)
Conditional Expressions	64	(3)
Relational Operators	65	(1)
Logical Operators	66	(1)
Precedence and Associativity	66	(1)
Selection Statements	67	(5)
Simple if Statement	68	(1)
if/else Statement	69	(3)
Loop Structures	72	(7)
while Loop	73	(1)
do/while Loop	74	(1)
for Loop	75	(3)
break and continue Statements	78	(1)
Problem Solving Applied: Weather Balloons	79	(5)
Data Files	84	(16)
I/O Statements	84	(2)
Reading Data Files	86	(6)
Generating a Data File	92	(2)
Summary Key Terms, C Statement Summary Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems	94	(6)
Modular Programming with Functions	100	(18)
Grand Challenge: Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery
Modularity	102	(1)
Programmer-Defined Functions	103	(15)
Function Definition	104	(5)
Function Prototype	109	(1)
Parameter List	110	(2)
Storage Class and Scope	112	(1)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems	113	(5)
One-Dimensional Arrays	118	(16)
Grand Challenge: Speech Recognition
Array Definitions and Computations	120	(5)
Definition and Initialization	120	(2)
Computations and I/O	122	(3)
Arrays as Function Arguments	125	(9)
Call-by-Address References	127	(1)
Statistical Measurements	127	(2)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems	129	(5)
Character Data	134	(17)
Grand Challenge: Mapping the Human Genome
Character Information	136	(1)
Character Initialization and Computations	137	(8)
Character I/O	138	(4)
Arrays of Characters	142	(2)
Character Comparisons	144	(1)
Character Functions	145	(6)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems	147	(4)
Appendix A ASCII Character Codes	151	(4)
Complete Solutions to Practice! Problems	155	(5)
Index	160