Title: Mathematical methods for mechanical sciences
Description: "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. A simple formula is often worth a thousand numerical simulations, and can reveal connections between control parameters 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. It is also suitable as a review for professional engineers and graduate students. A firm grasp of the topics covered should enable the working engineer (educated to bachelor's degree level) to understand, write and otherwise make sensible use of technical reports and papers."--Back cover.
Subjects: Differential equations, Engineering, Engineering mathematics, Study and teaching (Higher), Textbooks, Mathematical models, Engineering, mathematical models, Engineering, study and teaching, Difference equations