MATLAB for Engineers, 3e, is ideal for Freshman or Introductory courses in Engineering and Computer Science. With a hands-on approach and focus on problem solving, this introduction to the powerful MATLAB computing language is designed for students with only a basic college algebra background. Numerous examples are drawn from a range of engineering disciplines, demonstrating MATLAB’s applications to a broad variety of problems. This book is included in Prentice Hall’s ESource series. ESource allows professors to select the content appropriate for their freshman/first-year engineering course. Professors can adopt the published manuals as is or use ESource’s website www.prenhall.com/esource to view and select the chapters they need, in the sequence they want. The option to add their own material or copyrighted material from other publishers also exists.
Author(s): Holly Moore
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Pearson
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 732
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright Page......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
ABOUT THIS BOOK......Page 13
DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 17
1.1 What Is MATLAB[sup(®)]?......Page 19
1.2 Student Edition of MATLAB[sup(®)]......Page 20
1.3 How Is MATLAB[sup(®)] Used in Industry?......Page 21
1.4 Problem Solving in Engineering and Science......Page 23
2.1 Getting Started......Page 27
2.2 MATLAB[sup(®)] Windows......Page 29
2.3 Solving Problems with MATLAB[sup(®)]......Page 36
2.4 Saving Your Work......Page 60
Summary......Page 70
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 72
Problems......Page 73
3.1 Using Built-In Functions......Page 81
3.2 Using the Help Feature......Page 83
3.3 Elementary Math Functions......Page 86
3.4 Trigonometric Functions......Page 94
3.5 Data Analysis Functions......Page 98
3.6 Random Numbers......Page 118
3.7 Complex Numbers......Page 122
3.8 Computational Limitations......Page 126
3.9 Special Values and Miscellaneous Functions......Page 127
3.10 Summary......Page 129
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 130
Key Terms......Page 131
Problems......Page 132
4.1 Manipulating Matrices......Page 139
4.2 Problems with Two Variables......Page 146
4.3 Special Matrices......Page 153
Summary......Page 159
Problems......Page 160
5.1 Two-Dimensional Plots......Page 167
5.2 Subplots......Page 184
5.3 Other Types of Two-Dimensional Plots......Page 186
5.4 Three-Dimensional Plotting......Page 201
5.5 Editing Plots from the Menu Bar......Page 207
5.6 Creating Plots from the Workspace Window......Page 209
5.7 Saving Your Plots......Page 210
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 211
Problems......Page 213
6.1 Creating Function M-Files......Page 223
6.2 Creating Your Own Toolbox of Functions......Page 242
6.3 Anonymous Functions and Function Handles......Page 244
6.4 Function Functions......Page 245
6.5 Subfunctions......Page 246
Summary......Page 249
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 250
Problems......Page 251
7.1 User-Defined Input......Page 258
7.2 Output Options......Page 262
7.3 Graphical Input......Page 272
7.4 More Cell Mode Features......Page 273
7.5 Reading and Writing Data from Files......Page 278
7.6 Debugging Your Code......Page 281
Summary......Page 284
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 285
Problems......Page 286
Introduction......Page 291
8.1 Relational and Logical Operators......Page 292
8.2 Flowcharts and Pseudocode......Page 294
8.3 Logical Functions......Page 295
8.4 Selection Structures......Page 302
8.5 Debugging......Page 318
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 319
Problems......Page 320
Introduction......Page 329
9.1 For Loops......Page 330
9.2 While Loops......Page 338
9.3 Break and Continue......Page 346
9.4 Midpoint Break Loops......Page 347
9.5 Nested Loops......Page 351
9.6 Improving the Efficiency of Loops......Page 352
Summary......Page 354
Problems......Page 355
10.1 Matrix Operations and Functions......Page 361
10.2 Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations......Page 381
10.3 Special Matrices......Page 397
Summary......Page 399
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 401
Problems......Page 402
Introduction......Page 409
11.1 Data Types......Page 410
11.2 Multidimensional Arrays......Page 419
11.3 Character Arrays......Page 421
11.4 Cell Arrays......Page 426
11.5 Structure Arrays......Page 427
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 435
Problems......Page 436
Introduction......Page 442
12.1 Symbolic Algebra......Page 443
12.2 Solving Expressions and Equations......Page 453
12.3 Symbolic Plotting......Page 464
12.4 Calculus......Page 472
12.5 Differential Equations......Page 486
12.6 Converting Symbolic Expressions to MATLAB[sup(®)] Functions......Page 488
Summary......Page 489
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 491
Problems......Page 492
13.1 Interpolation......Page 502
13.2 Curve Fitting......Page 512
13.3 Using the Interactive Fitting Tools......Page 523
13.4 Differences and Numerical Differentiation......Page 530
13.5 Numerical Integration......Page 538
13.6 Solving Differential Equations Numerically......Page 544
Summary......Page 551
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 553
Problems......Page 554
14.1 Images......Page 563
14.2 Handle Graphics......Page 579
14.3 Animation......Page 583
14.4 Other Visualization Techniques......Page 589
14.5 Introduction to Volume Visualization......Page 591
Summary......Page 594
MATLAB[sup(®)] Summary......Page 595
Key Terms......Page 596
Problems......Page 597
Introduction......Page 599
15.1 A Simple GUI with One User Interaction......Page 600
15.2 A Graphical User Interface with Multiple User Interactions—Ready_Aim_Fire......Page 608
15.3 An Improved Ready_Aim_Fire Program......Page 611
15.4 A Much Better Ready_Aim_Fire Program......Page 612
15.5 Built-In GUI Templates......Page 616
Problems......Page 620
16.1 Applications......Page 622
16.2 Getting Started......Page 623
16.3 Solving Differential Equations with Simulink[sup(®)]......Page 631
Summary......Page 636
Problems......Page 637
APPENDIX A: SPECIAL CHARACTERS, COMMANDS, AND FUNCTIONS......Page 641
APPENDIX B: SCALING TECHNIQUES......Page 656
APPENDIX C: THE READY_AIM_FIRE GUI......Page 659
APPENDIX D: Solutions to Practice Exercises......Page 664
INDEX......Page 722
