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Engineer's Guide to MATLAB

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ISBN-10: 0130113352

ISBN-13: 9780130113351

Edition: 2001

Authors: Edward B. Magrab, Shapour Azarm, Balakumar Balachandran, James Duncan, Keith E. Herold

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For engineering students in MATLAB and Numerical Methods courses. The text is designed to develop a strong working knowledge of MATLAB, and to use this capability to write efficient, compact programs to solve engineering problems of varying complexity. It can also be used as a supplement for many engineering courses that use MATLAB, as a reference for obtaining numerical solutions to a wide range of engineering problems and as a source of applications of a wide variety of MATLAB solution techniques.
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Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/11/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 694
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.25" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Keith Herold is an associate professor of bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.Avraham Rasooly is the director of the Cancer Diagnostics Program at the National Cancer Institute.

(Note: Each chapter concludes with Exercises.)
Introduction
Introduction
The Matlab Environment
Ways to Use Matlab
Online Help
Some Suggestions on How to Use Matlab
Organization of the Book and its Goals
Summary of Functions Introduced in
Matrices and Matlab
Introduction
Matrices and Vectors
Creation of Vectors
Creation of Matrices
Dot Operations
Mathematical Operation with Matrices
Summary of Functions Introduced in
Data Input Output
Strings and Annotated Output
Input Output Data Files
Cell Arrays
Input Microsoft Excel Files
Summary of Functions Introduced in
Program Flow Control
Introduction-Logical Operator
Control of Program Flow
Summary of Functions Introduced in
Functions
Introduction
Creating Functions
User Defined Functions, Function Handles, and feval
Matlab Functions That Operate on Arrays of Data
Matlab Functions That Require User-Created Functions
The Symbolic Toolbox and the Creation of Functions
Summary of Functions Introduced in
2D Graphics
Introduction
Basic 2D Plotting Commands
Graph Annotation and Visual Enhancement
Summary of Functions Introduced in
3D Graphics
Lines in 3D
Surfaces
Summary of Functions Introduced in
Design of Machine Elements
Vectors, Forces, and the Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Stresses and Deflections in Beams, Columns, and Shafts
Stresses in Spur Gears
Kinematics of a Four-Bar Linkage
Cam Profiles and Synthesis
Hydrodynamic Bearings