Mathematical Methods For Mechanical Sciences

Download or read book Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Sciences written by Michael Howe and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mathematical model of a physical system provides the engineer with the insight and intuitive understanding required to make efficient system design changes or other modifications. In this context, a simple formula is often worth a thousand numerical simulations, and connections between different control parameters can be immediately revealed that might otherwise take hours or weeks to deduce from a computational analysis. This book supplies the undergraduate engineer with the basic mathematical tools for developing and understanding such models, and is also suitable as a review for engineering graduate students. A firm grasp of the topics covered will also enable the working engineer (educated to bachelor's degree level) to understand, write and otherwise make sensible use of technical reports and papers.