MATLAB for Engineers http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/MATLAB-for-Engineers-Holly-Moore/9780132103251

By Holly Moore

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ABOUT THIS BOOK XI DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XV 1 / ABOUT MATLAB(R) 1 1.1 What Is MATLAB(R)? 1 1.2 Student Edition of MATLAB(R) 2 1.3 How Is MATLAB(R) Used in Industry? 3 1.4 Problem Solving in Engineering and Science 5 2 / MATLAB(R) ENVIRONMENT 9 2.1 Getting Started 9 2.2 MATLAB(R) Windows 11 2.3 Solving Problems with MATLAB(R) 18 2.4 Saving Your Work 42 Summary 52 MATLAB(R) Summary 54 Key Terms 55 Problems 55 3 / BUILT-IN MATLAB(R) FUNCTIONS 63 Introduction 63 3.1 Using Built-In Functions 63 3.2 Using the Help Feature 65 3.3 Elementary Math Functions 68 3.4 Trigonometric Functions 76 3.5 Data Analysis Functions 80 3.6 Random Numbers 100 3.7 Complex Numbers 104 3.8 Computational Limitations 108 3.9 Special Values and Miscellaneous Functions 109 3.10 Summary 111 MATLAB(R) Summary 112 Key Terms 113 Problems 114 4 / MANIPULATING MATLAB(R) MATRICES 121 4.1 Manipulating Matrices 121 4.2 Problems with Two Variables 128 4.3 Special Matrices 135 Summary 141 MATLAB(R) Summary 142 Key Terms 142 Problems 142 5 / PLOTTING 149 Introduction 149 5.1 Two-Dimensional Plots 149 5.2 Subplots 166 5.3 Other Types of Two-Dimensional Plots 168 5.4 Three-Dimensional Plotting 183 5.5 Editing Plots from the Menu Bar 189 5.6 Creating Plots from the Workspace Window 191 5.7 Saving Your Plots 192 Summary 193 MATLAB(R) Summary 193 Problems 195 6 / USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS 205 Introduction 205 6.1 Creating Function M-Files 205 6.2 Creating Your Own Toolbox of Functions 224 6.3 Anonymous Functions and Function Handles 226 6.4 Function Functions 227 6.5 Subfunctions 228 Summary 231 MATLAB(R) Summary 232 Key Terms 233 Problems 233 7 / USER-CONTROLLED INPUT AND OUTPUT 240 Introduction 240 7.1 User-Defi ned Input 240 7.2 Output Options 244 7.3 Graphical Input 254 7.4 More Cell Mode Features 255 7.5 Reading and Writing Data from Files 260 7.6 Debugging Your Code 263 Summary 266 MATLAB(R) Summary 267 Key Terms 268 Problems 268 8 / LOGICAL FUNCTIONS AND SELECTION STRUCTURES 273 Introduction 273 8.1 Relational and Logical Operators 274 8.2 Flowcharts and Pseudocode 276 8.3 Logical Functions 277 8.4 Selection Structures 284 8.5 Debugging 300 Summary 301 MATLAB(R) Summary 301 Key Terms 302 Problems 302 9 / REPETITION STRUCTURES 311 Introduction 311 9.1 For Loops 312 9.2 While Loops 320 9.3 Break and Continue 328 9.4 Midpoint Break Loops 329 9.5 Nested Loops 333 9.6 Improving the Effi ciency of Loops 334 Summary 336 Key Terms 337 Problems 337 10 / MATRIX ALGEBRA 343 Introduction 343 10.1 Matrix Operations and Functions 343 10.2 Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations 363 10.3 Special Matrices 379 Summary 381 MATLAB(R) Summary 383 Key Terms 384 Problems 384 11 / OTHER KINDS OF ARRAYS 391 Introduction 391 11.1 Data Types 392 11.2 Multidimensional Arrays 401 11.3 Character Arrays 403 11.4 Cell Arrays 408 11.5 Structure Arrays 409 Summary 417 MATLAB(R) Summary 417 Key Terms 418 Problems 418 12 / SYMBOLIC MATHEMATICS 424 Introduction 424 12.1 Symbolic Algebra 425 12.2 Solving Expressions and Equations 435 12.3 Symbolic Plotting 446 12.4 Calculus 454 12.5 Differential Equations 468 12.6 Converting Symbolic Expressions to MATLAB(R) Functions 470 Summary 471 MATLAB(R) Summary 473 Problems 474 13 / NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES 484 13.1 Interpolation 484 13.2 Curve Fitting 494 13.3 Using the Interactive Fitting Tools 505 13.4 Differences and Numerical Differentiation 512 13.5 Numerical Integration 520 13.6 Solving Differential Equations Numerically 526 Summary 533 MATLAB(R) Summary 535 Key Terms 536 Problems 536 14 / ADVANCED GRAPHICS 545 Introduction 545 14.1 Images 545 14.2 Handle Graphics 561 14.3 Animation 565 14.4 Other Visualization Techniques 571 14.5 Introduction to Volume Visualization 573 Summary 576 MATLAB(R) Summary 577 Key Terms 578 Problems 579 15 / CREATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES 581 Introduction 581 15.1 A Simple GUI with One User Interaction 582 15.2 A Graphical User Interface with Multiple User Interactions--Ready_Aim_Fire 590 15.3 An Improved Ready_Aim_Fire Program 593 15.4 A Much Better Ready_Aim_Fire Program 594 15.5 Built-In GUI Templates 598 Summary 602 Key Terms 602 Problems 602 16 / SIMULINK(R)--A BRIEF INTRODUCTION 604 Introduction 604 16.1 Applications 604 16.2 Getting Started 605 16.3 Solving Differential Equations with Simulink(R) 613 Summary 618 Key Terms 619 Problems 619 APPENDIX A / SPECIAL CHARACTERS, COMMANDS, AND FUNCTIONS 623 APPENDIX B / SCALING TECHNIQUES 638 APPENDIX C / THE READY_AIM_FIRE GUI 641 INDEX 646