Computer Methods for Engineering (Allyn and Bacon Series in Engineering) [Hardcover]

Yogesh Jaluria (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1988 | ISBN-10: 0205106366 | ISBN-13: 978-0205106363

This text is aimed at helping engineering students develop expertise in numerical methods and use them to solve problems of practical interest. It provides students with a treatment of numerical methods for important operations such as integration, differentiation and root solving.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div (January 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205106366
• ISBN-13: 978-0205106363
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,960,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellently written, clear explanation., February 28, 2003

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D. Gong (New Brunswick, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Computer Methods For Engineering (Series in Computational and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences) (Hardcover)

I bought the book when I took the course from Yogesh Jaluria (the authur). I found it to be an excellently written book with clear explanation of the numerical methods before each example. This book is a reflection of his teaching which is also superb. It might not be as comprehensive as Numerical Recipe but I found it to be much more tangible and clearer. I highly recommend it to to all engineering AND science students. There are only two grips I have with the book, all the codes are written in FORTRAN 77, which is a bit dated depending on your point of view, the other is that the pages like to fall off over time in the softcover copy.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but dated style, August 10, 2009

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Satya Shodhak "Truth Seeker" (Chicago USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Computer Methods For Engineering (Series in Computational and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences) (Hardcover)

I used the book for my graduate level class in Numerical Methods. The book explains numerical concepts well but there are very few worked out examples. The algorithms are presented as pseudocode which is a very very archaic style of presenting. The authors should realize that the best way to explain is to actually work out some examples. Thats why I give this book three stars.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for Grad Students, May 19, 2005

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EnvME "ENVME" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Computer Methods For Engineering (Series in Computational and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences) (Hardcover)

My professor used this book for a numerical methods course, and the computer programs within were helpful, but I wouldnt use this book for an undergrad course. There are no hand-worked examples in the book, which might make this book inappropriate for a first course in the subject.