9780139374937

With its practical and clear step-by-step procedures, this book demonstrates how to use MathCAD and shows what the MathCAD worksheet looks like through every step of the process. The book shows how MathCAD can be used to solve real problems in various engineering disciplines, such as chemical processes, electronics, and biomedicine, as well as some that appeal to mechanical and civil engineers.

ABOUT ESOURCE

V

(4)

ABOUT AUTHORS

IX

1 MATHCAD: THE ENGINEER'S SCRATCH PAD

1

(9)

1.1 Introduction to MathCAD

1

(2)

1.2 MathCAD as a Design Tool

3

(1)

1.3 MathCAD as a Mathematical Problem Solver

4

(1)

1.4 MathCAD as a Unit Converter

4

(1)

1.5 MathCAD for Presenting Results

5

(1)

1.6 MathCAD's Place in an Engineer's Tool Kit

5

(1)

1.7 Objectives of this Text

6

(1)

1.8 Conventions Used in this Text

7

(3)

2 MATHCAD FUNDAMENTALS

10

(27)

2.1 The MathCAD Workplace

10

(1)

2.2 Determining the Order of Solving Equations in MathCAD

11

(1)

2.3 Four Different Kinds of Equal Signs!

12

(2)

2.4 Entering an Equation

14

(4)

2.5 Working with Units

18

(5)

2.6 Entering and Editing Text

23

(3)

2.7 A Simple Editing Session

26

(11)

3 MATHCAD FUNCTIONS

37

(24)

3.1 MathCAD Functions

37

(1)

3.2 Elementary Math Functions and Operators

38

(2)

3.3 Trigonometric Functions

40

(4)

3.4 Advanced Math Functions

44

(2)

3.5 String Functions

46

(1)

3.6 File-Handling Functions

47

(3)

3.7 User-Written Functions

50

(11)

4 WORKING WITH MATRICES

61

(34)

4.1 MathCAD's Matrix Definitions

61

(1)

4.2 Initializing an Array

62

(7)

4.3 Modifying an Array

69

(7)

4.4 Array Operations

76

(7)

4.5 Array Functions

83

(12)

5 DATA ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS

95

(25)

5.1 Graphing with MathCAD

95

(6)

5.2 Statistical Functions

101

(1)

5.3 Interpolation

102

(3)

5.4 Curve Fitting

105

(15)

6 MATHCAD'S SYMBOLIC MATH CAPABILITIES

120

(30)

6.1 Symbolic Math Using MathCAD

120

(3)

6.2 Solving an Equation Symbolically

123

(1)

6.3 Manipulating Equations

124

(5)

6.4 Polynomial Coefficients

129

(1)

6.5 Symbolic Matrix Math

130

(1)

6.6 Symbolic Integration

131

(6)

6.7 Symbolic Differentiation

137

(13)

7 NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES

150

(24)

7.1 Iterative Solutions

150

(4)

7.2 Numerical Integration

154

(10)

7.3 Numerical Differentiation

164

(10)

INDEX

174

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Introduction to Mathcad

Introduction to Mathcad

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