Engineering computation with MATLAB

✍ Scribed by Smith, David M

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2012;2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 465
• Series: Always learning
• Edition: 3. ed., internat. ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"This textbook is ideal for MATLAB/Introduction to Programming courses in both Engineering and Computer Science departments. It is also a suitable introduction for beginning programmers."

"Engineering Computation with MATLAB" introduces the power of computing to engineering students who have no programming experience. The book places the fundamental tenets of computer programming into the context of MATLAB, employing hands-on exercises, examples from the engineering industry, and a variety of core tools to increase programming proficiency and capability. With this knowledge, students are prepared to adapt learned concepts to other programming languages.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers and Programming......Page 20
1.1 Background......Page 21
1.2.2 Colossus......Page 22
1.2.3 The von Neumann Architecture......Page 23
1.3.1 Computer Hardware......Page 24
1.3.2 Computer Memory......Page 25
1.3.3 Computer Software......Page 27
1.3.4 Running a Computer Program......Page 30
1.5.1 Introduction to MATLAB......Page 32
1.5.3 Problem-Solving Skills......Page 33
Chapter 2 Getting Started......Page 36
2.1.1 Abstraction......Page 37
2.1.2 Algorithms......Page 38
2.2.1 Starting and Stopping MATLAB......Page 39
2.2.2 Assigning Values to Variables......Page 40
2.2.3 Data Typing......Page 41
2.3 MATLAB User Interface......Page 43
2.3.1 Command Window......Page 44
2.3.2 Command History......Page 45
2.3.3 Workspace Window......Page 46
2.3.4 Current Directory Window......Page 49
2.3.6 Figure Window......Page 50
2.3.7 Editor Window......Page 51
2.4.2 Creating Scripts......Page 52
2.4.3 The Current Directory......Page 53
2.4.5 Punctuating Scripts......Page 54
2.5 Engineering Example—Spacecraft Launch......Page 55
Chapter 3 Vectors and Arrays......Page 64
3.3 Vectors......Page 65
3.3.1 Creating a Vector......Page 66
3.3.3 Indexing a Vector......Page 67
3.3.4 Shortening a Vector......Page 69
3.3.5 Operating on Vectors......Page 70
3.4 Engineering Example—Forces and Moments......Page 77
3.5 Arrays......Page 79
3.5.1 Properties of an Array......Page 80
3.5.3 Accessing Elements of an Array......Page 81
3.5.4 Removing Elements of an Array......Page 82
3.5.5 Operating on Arrays......Page 83
3.6 Engineering Example—Computing Soil Volume......Page 90
Chapter 4 Execution Control......Page 100
4.2 Conditional Execution in General......Page 101
4.3 if Statements......Page 102
4.3.2 MATLAB Implementation......Page 103
4.3.3 Important Ideas......Page 105
4.4.1 General Template......Page 107
4.4.2 MATLAB Implementation......Page 108
4.6 for Loops......Page 109
4.6.2 MATLAB Implementation......Page 110
4.6.3 Indexing Implementation......Page 112
4.7.1 General while Template......Page 113
4.7.2 MATLAB while Loop Implementation......Page 114
4.7.3 Loop-and-a-Half Implementation......Page 115
4.8 Engineering Example—Computing Liquid Levels......Page 116
Chapter 5 Functions......Page 124
5.2 Black Box View of a Function......Page 125
5.3.2 Function Definition......Page 126
5.3.5 Variable Numbers of Parameters......Page 128
5.3.6 Returning Multiple Results......Page 129
5.3.8 Encapsulation in MATLAB Functions......Page 130
5.3.9 Global Variables......Page 131
5.4 Engineering Example—Measuring a Solid Object......Page 132
Chapter 6 Character Strings......Page 140
6.1 Character String Concepts: Mapping Casting, Tokens, and Delimiting......Page 141
6.2 MATLAB Implementation......Page 142
6.2.1 Slicing and Concatenating Strings......Page 143
6.3.1 Conversion from Numbers to Strings......Page 144
6.3.2 Conversion from Strings to Numbers......Page 146
6.4.3 Comparing Strings......Page 148
6.5 Arrays of Strings......Page 150
6.6 Engineering Example—Encryption......Page 151
Chapter 7 Cell Arrays and Structures......Page 160
7.2.1 Creating Cell Arrays......Page 161
7.2.2 Accessing Cell Arrays......Page 162
7.2.4 Processing Cell Arrays......Page 164
7.3 Structures......Page 165
7.3.1 Constructing and Accessing One Structure......Page 166
7.3.2 Constructor Functions......Page 167
7.4.1 Constructing Structure Arrays......Page 169
7.4.2 Accessing Structure Elements......Page 171
7.4.3 Manipulating Structures......Page 173
7.5 Engineering Example—Assembling a Physical Structure......Page 175
Chapter 8 File Input and Output......Page 186
8.2 Workspace I/O......Page 187
8.3.1 Exploration......Page 188
8.3.2 Spreadsheets......Page 189
8.3.3 Delimited Text Files......Page 191
8.4.2 Reading Text Files......Page 193
8.4.3 Examples of Reading Text Files......Page 194
8.4.4 Writing Text Files......Page 195
8.5 Engineering Example—Spreadsheet Data......Page 196
Chapter 9 Recursion......Page 204
9.1.2 Activation Stack......Page 205
9.2 Recursion Defined......Page 206
9.3 Implementing a Recursive Function......Page 207
9.4 Exceptions......Page 209
9.4.2 Generic Exception Implementation......Page 210
9.4.3 MATLAB Implementation......Page 212
9.5 Wrapper Functions......Page 214
9.6.1 Detecting Palindromes......Page 216
9.6.2 Fibonacci Series......Page 217
9.6.3 Zeros of a Function......Page 218
9.7 Engineering Example—Robot Arm Motion......Page 221
Chapter 10 Principles of Problem Solving......Page 230
10.3 Summary of Operations......Page 231
10.3.2 Inserting into a Collection......Page 232
10.3.3 Traversing a Collection......Page 234
10.3.5 Mapping a Collection......Page 235
10.3.6 Filtering a Collection......Page 236
10.3.7 Summarizing a Collection......Page 237
10.3.8 Searching a Collection......Page 238
10.4 Solving Larger Problems......Page 239
10.5 Engineering Example—Processing Geopolitical Data......Page 240
Chapter 11 Plotting......Page 250
11.1.2 Simple Functions for Enhancing Plots......Page 251
11.1.3 Multiple Plots on One Figure—Subplots......Page 252
11.1.4 Manually Editing Plots......Page 253
11.2.1 Simple Plots......Page 254
11.2.3 Parametric Plots......Page 256
11.3.1 Linear 3-D Plots......Page 258
11.3.2 Linear Parametric 3-D Plots......Page 260
11.3.3 Other 3-D Plot Capabilities......Page 261
11.4.2 Simple Exercises......Page 262
11.4.3 3-D Parametric Surfaces......Page 267
11.4.4 Bodies of Rotation......Page 269
11.4.5 Other 3-D Surface Plot Capabilities......Page 274
11.6 Engineering Example—Visualizing Geographic Data......Page 275
11.6.1 Analyzing the Data......Page 276
11.6.2 Displaying the Data......Page 277
Chapter 12 Matrices......Page 286
12.2.1 Matrix Multiplication......Page 287
12.3 Implementation......Page 290
12.3.1 Matrix Multiplication......Page 291
12.3.2 Matrix Division......Page 292
12.4 Rotating Coordinates......Page 293
12.4.1 2-D Rotation......Page 294
12.4.2 3-D Rotation......Page 297
12.5 Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations......Page 300
12.5.1 Intersecting Lines......Page 301
12.6.1 Ceramic Composition......Page 302
12.6.2 Analyzing an Electrical Circuit......Page 304
Chapter 13 Images......Page 310
13.1 Nature of an Image......Page 311
13.2.2 Gray Scale Images......Page 312
13.2.4 Preferred Image Format......Page 313
13.4.1 Stretching or Shrinking Images......Page 314
13.4.2 Color Masking......Page 315
13.4.3 Creating a Kaleidoscope......Page 320
13.4.4 Images on a Surface......Page 322
13.5 Engineering Example—Detecting Edges......Page 325
Chapter 14 Processing Sound......Page 334
14.2 Recording and Playback......Page 335
14.3 Implementation......Page 336
14.4.1 Slicing and Concatenating Sound......Page 337
14.4.2 Musical Background......Page 340
14.4.3 Changing Sound Frequency......Page 341
14.5 The Fast Fourier Transform......Page 343
14.5.1 Background......Page 344
14.5.2 Implementation......Page 345
14.5.3 Simple Spectral Analysis......Page 346
14.6 Frequency Domain Operations......Page 347
14.7 Engineering Example—Music Synthesizer......Page 351
Chapter 15 Numerical Methods......Page 358
15.1.1 Linear Interpolation......Page 359
15.1.2 Cubic Spline Interpolation......Page 362
15.1.3 Extrapolation......Page 363
15.2.1 Linear Regression......Page 364
15.2.2 Polynomial Regression......Page 366
15.2.3 Practical Application......Page 368
15.3.1 Determination of the Complete Integral......Page 370
15.3.2 Continuous Integration Problems......Page 372
15.4.1 Difference Expressions......Page 375
15.6 Implementation......Page 376
15.7 Engineering Example—Shaping the Synthesizer Notes......Page 378
Chapter 16 Sorting......Page 386
16.1 Measuring Algorithm Cost......Page 387
16.1.1 Specific Big O Examples......Page 388
16.1.2 Analyzing Complex Algorithms......Page 389
16.2.1 Insertion Sort......Page 390
16.2.2 Bubble Sort......Page 392
16.2.3 Quick Sort......Page 394
16.2.4 Merge Sort......Page 396
16.2.5 Radix Sort......Page 398
16.3 Performance Analysis......Page 399
16.4.2 Insertion Sort......Page 401
16.4.6 Radix Sort......Page 402
16.5 Engineering Example—A Selection of Countries......Page 403
Chapter 17 Processing Graphs......Page 408
17.1.2 Implementing Queues......Page 409
17.1.3 Priority Queues......Page 410
17.1.4 Testing Queues......Page 412
17.2.1 Graph Examples......Page 415
17.2.2 Processing Graphs......Page 416
17.2.3 Building Graphs......Page 417
17.2.4 Traversing Graphs......Page 420
17.2.5 Searching Graphs......Page 422
17.3 Minimum Spanning Trees......Page 423
17.4 Finding Paths through a Graph......Page 425
17.4.2 Breadth-First Search (BFS)......Page 426
17.4.3 Dijkstra’s Algorithm......Page 427
17.4.4 Approximation Algorithm......Page 430
17.4.5 Testing Graph Search Algorithms......Page 432
17.5.2 Complex Extensions......Page 434
Appendix A: MATLAB Special Characters, Reserved Words, and Functions......Page 436
Appendix B: The ASCII Character Set......Page 446
Appendix C: Internal Number Representation......Page 448
Appendix D: Answers to True or False and Fill in the Blanks......Page 450
A......Page 458
D......Page 459
F......Page 460
L......Page 462
P......Page 463
S......Page 464
Z......Page 465