An Engineer's Guide to Mathematica

Provides the tools for the reader to generate Mathematica® programs to obtain numerical solutions to a wide range of engineering topics

An Engineer’s Guide to Mathematica® provides the tools to be able to generate verifiably correct Mathematica® programs that obtain symbolic and numerical solutions to a wide range of engineering topics, and to display the numerical results with annotated graphics and, when appropriate, interactive graphics. 

The first part of the book introduces the fundamentals of Mathematica’s syntax and a subset of commands useful in solving engineering problems.  The second part uses the fundamentals to obtain numerical solutions in a wide range of engineering specialties, including vibrations, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, controls and signal processing, and engineering statistics. 

• Provides the tools for the reader to generate Mathematica® programs to obtain numerical solutions to a wide range of engineering topics    
• Introduces the fundamentals of Mathematica’s syntax
• Contains examples covering vibrations, fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, heat transfer, controls and signal processing, optimization, and structures
• Includes exercises ranging in complexity
• Accompanied by a website hosting a solutions manual

Dr. Magrab is Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Before joining the University of Maryland, he was Chief of the Sound Section, head of the Robot Metrology Group, and led the development of the vertical machining workstation in the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He went to NIST after being a professor in the Department of Mechanics at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. Dr. Magrab is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a registered professional engineer in Maryland.  He has authored eight other textbooks, published numerous journal articles, and has over 35 years of university-level teaching experience on many engineering subjects. His research interests include analytical and experimental investigations in vibrations, acoustics, and the integration of design and manufacturing. He holds one patent.