Numerical Methods and Modelling for Engineering

By Douglas Wilhelm Harder and Richard Khoury

Book Overview

This textbook provides a step-by-step approach to numerical methods in engineering modelling. The authors provide a consistent treatment of the topic, from the ground up, to reinforce for students that numerical methods are a set of mathematical modelling tools which allow engineers to represent real-world systems and compute features of these systems with a predictable error rate. Each method presented addresses a specific type of problem, namely root-finding, optimization, integral, derivative, initial value problem, or boundary value problem, and each one encompasses a set of algorithms to solve the problem given some information and to a known error bound. The authors demonstrate that after developing a proper model and understanding of the engineering situation they are working on, engineers can break down a model into a set of specific mathematical problems, and then implement the appropriate numerical methods to solve these problems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319793314
• ISBN13: 9783319793313
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"