For introductory courses in Engineering and Computing, C++ Programming, MATLAB, and Computer Methods for Engineers. This easy-to-use new volume offers a pragmatic approach to computational tools and techniques in electronic format. The authors offer broad coverage in an informal style - ideal coverage for a first-year course in Engineering. Experience a unique integrated electronic learning system that allows for quick and efficient navigation to a multitude of examples, exercises, projects, and over ten hours of audio lectures.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Getting Started 1.2 Learning the material 1.3 Files and Folders 1.4 Moving Files around 1.5 The Choice of C++, Excel, and MATLAB Chapter 2. Programming in C++ 2.1 Installing the Dev-C++ Compiler 2.2 Organizing and running a simple C++ Program 2.3 Basic C++ Concepts and operations 2.4 Input and output in C++ 2.5 Control Statements: if, else if, and else blocks 2.6 Control Statements: While loops 2.7 Control Statements: do-While, and for loops 2.8 Formatted output 2.9 User defined functions - single result functions 2.10 User defined functions-void functions 2.11 Arrays: single indexed (1-D) 2.12 Using arrays 2.13 Arrays: Double indexed (2-D) 2.14 Closing comments 2.15 Websites for more C++ training Chapter 3. Excel 3.1 Getting Started 3.2 Navigating Excel 3.3 Basic Calculations 3.4 Formatting a table 3.5 Plotting data part I 3.6 Plotting data part II 3.7 Importing text files 3.8 Excel functions 3.9 Using if Statements Chapter 4 Numerical Methods and Engineering Calculations 4.1 Linear Interpolation 4.2 Elementary Statistics 4.3 Linear regression 4.4 Root Finding: substitution, bisection 4.5 Root Finding: Newtons method, secant method 4.6 Root Finding: using Excel 4.7 Numerical differentiation 4.8 Numerical integration 4.9 Eulers method for differential equations Chapter 5. Programming in MatLab 5.1 Getting Started 5.2 Understanding Matrices 2.3 Using MatLab help 5.4 Command line mode 5.5 Some matrix math 5.6 M files 5.7 Inputting data 5.8 Plotting 5.9 Input from Files 5.10 Formatted output 5.11 if blocks 5.12 Loops: for and while 5.13 Writing to files 5.14 User defined functions 5.15 MatLab Functions 5.16 MatLab fun funs