What Every Engineer Should Know about MATLAB and Simulink (Paperback)

I: Introducing MATLAB® Introduction to MATLAB® Starting MATLAB Using MATLAB as a simple calculator How to quit MATLAB Using MATLAB as a scientific calculator Arrays of numbers Using MATLAB for plotting Format Arrays of numbers Writing simple functions in MATLAB Vectors and matrices Vectors in geometry Vectors in mechanics Matrices Matrices in geometry Transformations Matrices in Mechanics Equations Introduction Linear equations in geometry Linear equations in statics Linear equations in electricity On the solution of linear equations Summary 1 More exercises Polynomial equations Iterative solution of equations Processing and publishing the results Copy and paste Diary Exporting and processing figures Interpolation The MATLAB spline function Importing data from Excel ? histograms II: Programming in MATLAB® Some facts about numerical computing Introduction Computer-aided mistakes Computer representation of numbers The set of computer numbers Roundoff Roundoff errors Computer arithmetic Why the examples in Section 5.2 failed Truncation error Complexity Horner’s scheme Problems that cannot be solved Data types and object-oriented programming Structures Cell arrays Classes and object-oriented programming III: Progressing in MATLAB® Complex numbers The introduction of complex numbers Complex numbers in MATLAB Geometric representation Trigonometric representation Exponential representation Functions of complex variables Conformal mapping Phasors An application in mechanical engineering ? a mechanism Numerical integration Introduction The trapezoidal rule Simpson’s rule The MATLAB quadl function Symbolic calculation of integrals Ordinary differential equations Introduction Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations Alternative strategies to solve ordinary differential equations Conclusion: how to choose the codesolver More graphics Introduction Drawing at scale The cone surface and conic sections GUIs - graphical user interfaces An introduction to Simulink® What is simulation Beats A model of the momentum law Capacitor discharge A mass-spring-dashpot system A series RLC circuit The pendulum Applications in the frequency domain Introduction Signals A short introduction to the DFT The power spectrum Trigonometric expansion of a signal High frequency signals and aliasing Bode plot Answers to selected questions Bibliography Index