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Numerical Methods For Civil Engineers

This document provides an introduction and overview of MATLAB for numerical methods in civil engineering. It covers topics including: - MATLAB is a programming language and environment for technical computing, with toolboxes for problems in many domains including control systems, signal processing, and more. - The course will cover numerical methods topics like roots of equations, linear systems, curve fitting, interpolation, integration, and ordinary differential equations using MATLAB. - Guidelines are provided on homework, exams, grading policy and warnings against plagiarism for the course.

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Numerical Methods For Civil Engineers

This document provides an introduction and overview of MATLAB for numerical methods in civil engineering. It covers topics including: - MATLAB is a programming language and environment for technical computing, with toolboxes for problems in many domains including control systems, signal processing, and more. - The course will cover numerical methods topics like roots of equations, linear systems, curve fitting, interpolation, integration, and ordinary differential equations using MATLAB. - Guidelines are provided on homework, exams, grading policy and warnings against plagiarism for the course.

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Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers

Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers


Welcome to
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Instructor: Mongkol JIRAVACHARADET Instructor: Mongkol JIRAVACHARADET
School of Civil Engineering
Institute of Engineering
Suranaree University of Technology
Lecture 1 -
MATLAB
Introduction
References
Numerical Methods For Engineers with Personal Computer Applications,
(Third Edition) by Chapra, S.C. and R.P. Canale, McGraw-Hill, 1998
Numerical Methods with MATLAB : Implementations and Applications,
Gerald W. Recktenwald, Prentice-Hall, 2000
The Matlab 7 Handbook , Mathwork Inc.
KEEP THESE BOOKS! They are excellent career references
(at least for a while)
An Introduction to Numerical Methods : A MATLAB Approach,
Abdelwahab Kharab and Ronald B. Guenther, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2002
Numerical Methods using MATLAB,
John H. Mathews and Kurtis D. Fink, Prentice-Hall, 2004
Topics Covered
Introduction to Matlab
Approximations and Errors
Roots of Equations
Linear Systems
Curve Fitting
Interpolation
Numerical Integration
Ordinary Differential Equations
Optimization
Conduct of Course
Homework/Projects/Quizzes 30 %
Midterm Exam 30 %
Final Exam 40 %
Grading Policy
100 - 90
Final Score Grade
A
89 - 85
B+
84 - 80
B
79 - 75
C+
74 - 70
C
69 - 65
D+
64 - 60
D
59 - 0
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WARNINGS !!!
1) Participation expected, check by quizzes
2) Study in groups but submit work on your own
3) No Copying of Matlab code
4) Submit Homework at the beginning of class
5) Late homework with penalty 30%
6) No make up quizzes or exams
MATLAB
The Language of Technical Computing
The latest version Matlab 7.3 R2006b
www.mathworks.com
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- Math and computation
- Algorithm development
- Modeling, Simulation, and Prototyping
- Many toolboxes for solving problems:
Control System Toolbox
Signal Processing Toolbox
System Identification Toolbox
Neural Network Toolbox
Statistics Toolbox
Optimization Toolbox
Partial Diff. Equation Toolbox
Symbolic Math Toolbox
- Data analysis, exploration, and visualization
- Scientific and Engineering Graphics
http://www.math.utah.edu/lab/ms/matlab/matlab.html
http://www.mathworks.com/
http://www.math.mtu.edu/~msgocken/intro/intro.html
MATLAB Educational Sites
http://www.eece.maine.edu/mm/matweb.html
- Getting started
- Basic Arithmetic
- Built-in Functions
- Built-in Variables
MATLAB 1
The MATLAB System
The MATLAB system consists of five main parts:
Development Environment: set of tools and facilities that help you use MATLAB
functions and files. Many of these tools are graphical user interfaces. It includes the
MATLAB desktop and Command Window, a command history, an editor and
dedugger, and browsers for viewing help, the workspace, files, and the search path.
The MALAB Mathematical Function Library: a vast collection of computational
algorithms.
The MATLAB Language: This is a high-level matrix/array language with control
flow statements, functions, data structures, input/output, and objected-oriented
programming features.
Graphics: MATLAB has extensive facilities 2-D and 3-D data visualization,
animation, and presentation graphics.
The MATLAB Application Program Interface (API): allows you to write C and
Fortran programs that interact with MATLAB.
Getting Started
MATLAB Desktop
Getting Started
Command Window
Command prompt >> DEMO
Getting Started
Editor/Debugger
Basic Arithmetic
Last-line editing
Calculator functions work as you'd expect:
>>(1+4)*3
ans =
15
+ and - are addition, / is division, * is multiplication, ^ is an exponent.
>> 5*5*5
>> 5^(-2.5)
>> 3*(23+14.7-4/6)/3.5
Up Arrow
>> 2 + 6 - 4
ans =
4
The value in ans can be recalled:
>> ans/2
ans = 2
Assign value to a variable:
>> a = 5
>> b = 6
>> c = b/a
>> a=2;
>> A=3;
>> 2*a
>> 2*A
Upper & Lower Case
sin(x), cos(x), tan(x),
sqrt(x), log(x), log10(x),
asin(x), acos(x), atan(x)
Built-in Functions
>> sin(pi/4)
ans =
0.7071
>> pi
ans =
3.1416
The output of each command can be suppress by using semicolon ;
>> x = 5;
>> y = sqrt(59);
>> z = log(y) + x^0.25
z =
3.5341
The commas allow more than one command
on a line:
>> a = 5; b = sin(a), c = sinh(a)
b =
-0.9589
c =
74.2099
MATLAB Variables is created whenever it appears
on the left-hand of =
>> t = 5;
>> t = t + 2
t =
7
Format
>> pi
>> format long
>> pi
>> format short
>> format bank
>> format short e
>> format long e
>> format compact
>> format loose
>> format
Any variable appearing on the right-hand side of
= must already be defined.
>> x = 2*z
??? Undefined function or variable z
Use long variable names is better to remember
and understandable for others
>> radius = 5.2;
>> area = pi*radius^2;
>> who
>> whos
>> clear
Built-in Variables
Use by MATLAB, Should not be assigned to other values
Variable Meaning
ans value of an expression when not assigned to variable
eps floating-point precision
i, j unit imaginary numbers, i = j =
pi = 3.14159265 . . .
realmax largest positive floating-point number
realmin smallest positive floating-point number
Inf , a number larger than realmax, result of 1/0
NaN not a number (0/0)
1
>> x = 0;
>> 5/x
>> x/x
>> help log
>> lookfor cosine
On-line Help:

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