Introduction to Computing for Engineers
2nd Edition
Book
Mixed media product
978-0-07-113889-5 (ISBN)
Description
Provides students with both a basic knowledge of computing and an overview of the engineering career. Focusing on Basic and Fortran as the primary programming languages, the book includes material on word processing systems, spreadsheets, CAD packages and some high-level language applications.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-07-113889-5 (9780071138895)
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Content
Part 1 Computing fundamentals: computing and engineering; computer hardware; internal representation and systems software; algorithm design and structured programming. Part 2 Structured Basic: fundamentals of structured basic; computations; selection; repetition; modular programming; data structure; advanced input/output. Part 3 Structured Fortran: fundamentals of structured Fortran; computations; selection; repetition; modular programming; data structure; advanced input/output. Part 4 Data analysis: graphics; sorting and searching; significant digits and error analysis; statistics. Part 5 Computer mathematics: curve fitting (regression); curve fitting (interpolation); equation solving (roots of an equation); equation solving (linear algebraic equations); computer calculus (differentiation); computer calculus (integration); computer calculus (rate equations). Part 6 Engineering applications: organizing principles in engineering; chemical engineering (mass balance); civil engineering (structural analysis); mechanical engineering (vibration analysis); electrical engineering (circuit analysis). Part 7 Spreadsheets: fundamentals of spreadsheets; table operations; data analysis; macros.