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Engineering Problem Solving with C

ISBN: 9780131429710 | 013142971X
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
In this revision of a popular book, the best-selling author provides a new theme for the real-world engineering and scientific examples and problems used throughout the text. Solutions to the problems are developed using the language C and the author's signature five-step problem solving process. Since learning any new skill requires practice at a number of different levels of difficulty, four types of exercises are presented to develop problem-solving skills - Practice! problems, Modify! problems, Short-Answer problems, and Programming problem... MORE
1 Engineering Problem Solving3(30)
The Oceans: Interactions with the Biosphere
1.1 Engineering in the 21st Century
3(7)
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Recent Engineering Achievements
3(6)
Changing Engineering Environment
9(1)
1.2 Computing Systems: Hardware and Software
10(9)
Computer Hardware
10(3)
Computer Software
13(9)
Operating Systems
13(1)
Software Tools
14(1)
Computer Languages
14(2)
Executing a Computer Program
16(2)
Software Life Cycle
18(1)
1.3 An Engineering Problem-Solving Methodology
19(3)
1.4 Interactions of the Oceans with the Biosphere
22(2)
Pacific Ocean
22(1)
Atlantic Ocean
23(1)
Indian Ocean
23(1)
Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean
24(1)
Summary
24(1)
Key Terms, Problems
25(4)
Suggested Readings
29(4)
2 Simple C Programs33(52)
The Oceans: Seawater Composition
2.1 Program Structure
33(4)
2.2 Constants and Variables
37(6)
Scientific Notation
38(1)
Numeric Data Types
39(2)
Character Data
41(1)
Symbolic Constants
42(1)
2.3 Assignment Statements
43(8)
Arithmetic Operators
44(2)
Priority of Operators
46(3)
Overflow and Underflow
49(1)
Increment and Decrement Operators
49(1)
Abbreviated Assignment Operators
50(1)
2.4 Standard Input and Output
51(5)
printf Function
52(3)
scanf Function
55(1)
2.5 Numerical Technique: Linear Interpolation
56(5)
2.6 Problem Solving Applied: Freezing Temperature of Seawater
61(4)
2.7 Mathematical Functions
65(4)
Elementary Math Functions
66(1)
Trigonometric Functions
67(1)
Hyperbolic Functions*
68(1)
2.8 Character Functions
69(3)
Character I/O
70(1)
Character Comparisons
70(2)
2.9 Problem Solving Applied: Velocity Computation
72(3)
2.10 System Limitations
75(2)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary
77(1)
Style Notes, Debugging Notes
78(1)
Problems
79(6)
3 Control Structures and Data Files85(64)
The Oceans: Wave Characteristics
3.1 Algorithm Development
85(7)
Top-Down Design
85(1)
Decomposition Outline
86(1)
Refinement with Pseudocode and Flowcharts
86(1)
Structured Programming
86(3)
Sequence
86(1)
Selection
87(1)
Repetition
88(1)
Evaluation of Alternative Solutions
89(1)
Error Conditions
90(1)
Generation of Test Data
91(1)
3.2 Conditional Expressions
92(2)
Relational Operators
92(1)
Logical Operators
93(1)
Precedence and Associativity
93(1)
3.3 Selection Statements
94(7)
Simple if Statement
94(2)
if/else Statement
96(3)
switch Statement
99(2)
3.4 Loop Structures
101(7)
while Loop
102(1)
do/while Loop
103(1)
for Loop
104(3)
break and continue Statements
107(1)
3.5 Problem Solving Applied: Wave Interaction
108(8)
3.6 Data Files
116(12)
I/O Statements
117(2)
Reading Data Files
119(7)
Specified Number of Records
119(3)
Trailer or Sentinel Signals
122(2)
End-of-File
124(2)
Generating a Data File
126(2)
3.7 Numerical Technique: Linear Modeling*
128(3)
3.8 Problem Solving Applied: Ozone Measurements*
131(6)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary
137(2)
Style Notes, Debugging Notes
139(1)
Problems
140(9)
4 Modular Programming with Functions149(58)
The Oceans: Iceberg Tracking
4.1 Modularity
149(3)
4.2 Programmer-Defined Functions
152(11)
Function Example
152(4)
Function Definition
156(1)
Function Prototype
157(1)
Parameter List
158(2)
Storage Class and Scope
160(3)
4.3 Problem Solving Applied: Iceberg Tracking
163(6)
4.4 Random Numbers
169(5)
Integer Sequences
169(4)
Floating-Point Sequences
173(1)
4.5 Problem Solving Applied: Instrumentation Reliability
174(6)
4.6 Numerical Technique: Roots of Polynomials*
180(4)
Polynomial Roots
180(2)
Incremental-Search Technique
182(2)
4.7 Problem Solving Applied: System Stability*
184(6)
4.8 Macros*
190(3)
4.9 Recursion*
193(14)
Factorial Computation
194(2)
Fibonacci Sequence
196(2)
Summary, Key Terms, C Statement Summary
198(1)
Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems
199(8)
5 Arrays and Matrices207(76)
The Oceans: Hurricanes
5.1 One-Dimensional Arrays
207(8)
Definition and Initialization
208(2)
Computations and Output
210(2)
Function Arguments
212(3)
5.2 Problem Solving Applied: Hurricane Categories
215(5)
5.3 Problem Solving Applied: Molecular Weights
220(5)
5.4 Statistical Measurements
225(5)
Simple Analysis
225(2)
Maximum and Minimum
226(1)
Average
226(1)
Median
226(1)
Variance and Standard Deviation
227(2)
Custom Header File
229(1)
5.5 Problem Solving Applied: Speech Signal Analysis
230(6)
5.6 Sorting Algorithms
236(2)
5.7 Search Algorithms
238(4)
Unordered List
238(1)
Ordered List
239(3)
5.8 Two-Dimensional Arrays
242(8)
Definition and Initialization
243(2)
Computations and Output
245(2)
Function Arguments
247(3)
5.9 Problem Solving Applied: Terrain Navigation
250(4)
5.10 Matrices and Vectors*
254(5)
Dot Product
254(1)
Determinant
255(1)
Transpose
256(1)
Matrix Addition and Subtraction
257(1)
Matrix Multiplication
257(2)
5.11 Numerical Technique: Solution to Simultaneous Equations*
259(7)
Graphical Interpretation
259(5)
Gauss Elimination
264(2)
5.12 Problem Solving Applied: Electrical Circuit Analysis*
266(5)
5.13 Higher Dimensional Arrays*
271(12)
Summary, Key Terms
273(1)
C Statement Summary, Style Notes, Debugging Notes
274(1)
Problems
275(8)
6 Programming with Pointers283(44)
The Oceans: Sea Surface Temperatures
6.1 Addresses and Pointers
283(8)
Address Operator
284(2)
Pointer Assignment
286(3)
Address Arithmetic
289(2)
6.2 Pointers to Array Elements
291(6)
One-Dimensional Arrays
292(2)
Two-Dimensional Arrays
294(3)
6.3 Problem Solving Applied: El Nino-Southern Oscillation Data
297(3)
6.4 Pointers in Function References
300(3)
6.5 Problem Solving Applied: Seismic Event Detection
303(5)
6.6 Character Strings
308(5)
String Definition and I/O
308(1)
String Functions
309(4)
6.7 Dynamic Memory Allocation*
313(4)
6.8 A Quicksort Algorithm*
317(10)
Summary
320(1)
Key Terms, C Statement Summary
321(1)
Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems
321(6)
7 Programming with Structures327(34)
The Oceans:Tsunamis
7.1 Structures
327(5)
Definition and Initialization
328(1)
Input and Output
329(2)
Computations
331(1)
7.2 Using Functions with Structures
332(2)
Structures as Function Arguments
332(1)
Functions that Return Structures
333(1)
7.3 Arrays of Structures
334(2)
7.4 Problem Solving Applied: Tsunami Analysis
336(4)
7.5 Dynamic Data Structures*
340(21)
Additional Dynamic Data Structures
348(5)
Circularly Linked List
348(1)
Doubly Linked List
349(1)
Stack
350(1)
Queue
350(1)
Binary Tree
351(2)
Summary, Key Terms
353(1)
C Statement Summary, Style Notes, Debugging Notes
354(1)
Problems
355(6)
8 An Introduction to C++ 36I
The Oceans: Surface Winds
8.1 Object-Oriented Programming
361(1)
8.2 C++ Program Structure
362(1)
8.3 Input and Output
363(4)
The cout Object
363(1)
Stream Functions
363(1)
The cin Object
364(2)
Defining File Streams
366(1)
8.4 C++ Program Examples
367(3)
Simple Computations
367(1)
Loops
368(1)
Functions, One-Dimensional Arrays, and Data Files
368(2)
8.5 Problem Solving Applied: Surface Wind Directions
370(3)
8.6 Classes
373(6)
Defining a Class Data Type
374(3)
Constructor Functions
377(1)
Class Operators
378(1)
8.7 Numerical Technique: Complex Roots
379(7)
Complex Class Definition
379(5)
Complex Roots for Quadratic Equations
384(2)
Summary, Key Terms, C++ Statement Summary
386(1)
Style Notes, Debugging Notes, Problems
387(4)
Appendices
A ANSI C Standard Library
391(11)
[assert.h] 391
[ctype.h] 391
[errno.h] 392
[float.h] 392
[limits.h] 393
[locale.h] 394
[math.h] 394
[setjmp.h] 395
[signal.h] 395
[stdarg.h] 395
[stddef.h] 395
[stdio.h] 395
[stdlib.h] 398
[string.h] 399
[time.h] 400
B ASCII Character Codes
402(3)
C Using MATLAB to Plot Data from Text Files
405(3)
D References
408(1)
Complete Solutions to Practice! Problems409(12)
Selected Solutions to Modify! Problems421(2)
Complete Solutions to End-of-Chapter
Short-Answer Problems423(4)
Selected Solutions to End-of-Chapter
Programming Problems427(4)
Glossary431(8)
Index439

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