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Essential Fluids with MATLAB and Octave - Part 1 (Theory)
An free ebook (pdf). Version 1. Released January 2024
Copyright © 2023 by P. Venkataraman
ISBN: 978-0-9888811-3-6
Publisher : Five Cups of Coffee, Rochester, NY
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This is free ebook released under Creative Commons License below
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
This book covers the requisite theory for the basic study of fluid mechanics at low speeds. This book is unique in that it integrates engineering computation using the popular technical software MATLAB, and the free counterpart Octave. Programming is by example throughout the book. Prior knowledge of programming is not necessary. This book reviews prerequisite topics prior to teaching the subject matter. This book introduces the physics of fluid mechanics based on first principles. It develops the mathematical relations and model of fluid flow so that problems can be defined and solved.
The translation of natural laws into mathematical models includes two approaches. The integral approach is simple though limited. This approach uses assumptions and simplifications that makes it easy to apply and acquire a solution; however, that solutionwill lack detail and merely provide average or overall values. Thus, the integral approach is inadequate for understanding or designing complex fluid systems. On the other hand, it may provide an approximate value with limited effort. It may be able to establish bounds around the true value.
The differential approach is complex but expansive. The solution is established at every point in the flow domain, making it possible to include specific local effects and special properties of the flow.
The topics in this book are illustrated with examples, with most solved by computation. The premise of this book is that science and mathematical concepts are best understood through graphics; therefore, software illustrates solutions through graphical programming. Students are taught and encouraged to explore solutions through graphics.
Essential Fluids With MATLAB and Octave - Part 2 (Applications) will include design and applications based on simple parameterized models that rely mostly on algebra. These are input/output models which are infused with parameters based on empirical data that are read off charts or interpolated from tables.
Applied Optimization with MATLAB Programming, 2nd Edition
P. Venkataraman
ISBN: 978-0-470-08488-5
Mar 2009
544 pages
Published Jan 2020
The first eBook in the series is Essential Foundation in Mechanical Engineering. This is usually among the early core course in mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering. It is probably a required service course for most other engineering disciplines. It represents a collection of topics in Statics and Strength of Materials that are weaved together to make it useful. Most of you will have been introduced to the topics through through adjoining courses probably titled “Statics” and “Strength of Mechanics”. For engineering design, which attempts to design structures that do not fail through their life time, it is the latter course that is essential. The course on Statics merely lays the preliminary calculation of the loads that the individual parts of the structure must carry during the operation. With just “Statics” the students cannot design as they cannot determine if the product or device will fail. “Statics” is just an enhanced applied “Physics” course dealing with equilibrium. Students are forced to recollect their “Statics” when they continue with “Mechanics of Materials”. This is a challenge in today's learning environment. It is also a waste waste of opportunity in design instruction. Design is complete when analyzed for failure. The failure is related to the stresses that the structure must endure. In a two course sequence, the students usually do not retain the elements of the first course when it comes to using them in the second course. This eBook will attempt to combine and thread the calculations of the loads with the stresses to ensure that the structure will not fail and the approach should make intuitive sense. Moreover it is supported, evolved , and knit with MATLAB /OCTAVE in its entirety - ensuring students absorb and understand in a higher dimension
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”Vegetarian Grilling your Own Way” deals with a lot of vegetables, uses oil and butter sparingly, uses mostly fresh ingredients, and powdered spices. It is also a resource that vegans can use. The book confidently ignores dietary information: after all, everyone is trying to tell you to cut out the fat and eat five or more servings of vegetables and fruits every day. There are just a few categories in this book. They illustrate different treatments of the ingredients. Substituting alternate ingredients, seasonings, and preparation, will provide you with infinite recipes. This book is determined to ensure that you can make great vegetarian food that does not have to be boring.
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Holistic MATLAB for Science and Engineering
This is an introductory, but also a sufficient eBook, on MATLAB programming for science and engineering students. Today, it is impossible to avoid the use of MATLAB for effective teaching and learning in science and engineering. This practice and exposure is also important in professional practice after graduation. Holistic MATLAB integrates the potency of MATLAB through symbolic, numeric, graphic, and text programming. It is developed through examples from many disciplines in science and engineering. The development of code is supported by detailed explanation and intuitive exploration is always encouraged throughout the book using quizzes. It is based on the integration of MATLAB in more than dozen courses that the author teaches in a prominent engineering school. It is written in simple style so that the students can self-learn.
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