tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=12&term=engineeringOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "engineering"2018-09-07T17:22:05Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png4902018-09-07T17:22:05Z2024-01-22T14:52:01ZVariational Principles in Classical Mechanics - Revised Second Edition<img alt="Read more about Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics - Revised Second Edition" title="Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics - Revised Second Edition cover image" class="cover " width="610" height="774" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTk4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b83bd0d993868fcd3606c6ab741cb315456811e5/v%E1%BA%A3iehfbhd.JPG" />Two dramatically different philosophical approaches to classical mechanics were proposed during the 17th – 18th centuries. Newton developed his vectorial formulation that uses time-dependent differential equations of motion to relate vector observables like force and rate of change of momentum. Euler, Lagrange, Hamilton, and Jacobi, developed powerful alternative variational formulations based on the assumption that nature follows the principle of least action. These variational formulations now play a pivotal role in science and engineering. This book introduces variational principles and their application to classical mechanics. The relative merits of the intuitive Newtonian vectorial formulation, and the more powerful variational formulations are compared. Applications to a wide variety of topics illustrate the intellectual beauty, remarkable power, and broad scope provided by use of variational principles in physics. This second edition adds discussion of the use of variational principles applied to the following topics: Systems subject to initial boundary conditions The hierarchy of the related formulations based on action, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, and equations of motion, to systems that involve symmetries Non-conservative systems. Variable-mass systems. The General Theory of Relativity. The first edition of this book can be downloaded at the publisher link.4732018-09-07T17:22:04Z2024-01-22T14:51:56ZOrganic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis Volume II<img alt="Read more about Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis Volume II" title="Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis Volume II cover image" class="cover " width="999" height="1298" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDAxLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--e954e005e4ee9a1c3c73eecc51322f5718a4cd10/0000OrgCheWi2.png" />The traditional approach to teaching Organic Chemistry, taken by most of the textbooks that are currently available, is to focus primarily on the reactions of laboratory synthesis, with much less discussion - in the central chapters, at least - of biological molecules and reactions. This is despite the fact that, in many classrooms, a majority of students are majoring in Biology or Health Sciences rather than in Chemistry, and are presumably taking the course in order to learn about the chemistry that takes place in living things. In an effort to address this disconnect, I have developed a textbook for a two-semester, sophomore-level course in Organic Chemistry in which biological chemistry takes center stage. For the most part, the text covers the core concepts of organic structure, structure determination, and reactivity in the standard order. What is different is the context: biological chemistry is fully integrated into the explanation of central principles, and as much as possible the in-chapter and end-of-chapter problems are taken from the biochemical literature. Many laboratory synthesis reactions are also covered, generally in parallel with their biochemical counterparts - but it is intentionally the biological chemistry that comes first.4552018-09-07T17:22:03Z2024-01-22T14:51:56ZA Guide to Technical Communications: Strategies & Applications<img alt="Read more about A Guide to Technical Communications: Strategies & Applications" title="A Guide to Technical Communications: Strategies & Applications cover image" class="cover " width="625" height="815" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mzg0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--57589b2077105c0e44e9fc41d83444086b8430b4/0000GuiTecCom.png" />Welcome to the textbook for Engineering Technical Communications courses at The Ohio State University. Our aim in writing this textbook was to create a resource specifically focused on and applicable to the kinds of communication skills most beneficial to the students who take our courses. Therefore, this textbook focuses on developing both technical and professional communication skills and will help readers practice strategies for critically analyzing audiences and contexts, real-world applications of rhetorical principles, and skills for producing documents (reports, proposals, instructions), presentations, videos, and wide variety of other professional communications.4032018-09-07T17:21:59Z2024-01-22T14:52:16ZCalculus-Based Physics II<img alt="Read more about Calculus-Based Physics II" title="textbook cover placeholder image" class="cover fallback " width="247" height="326" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" />Calculus-Based Physics is an introductory physics textbook designed for use in the two-semester introductory physics course typically taken by science and engineering students.4022018-09-07T17:21:59Z2024-01-22T14:52:16ZCalculus-Based Physics I<img alt="Read more about Calculus-Based Physics I" title="textbook cover placeholder image" class="cover fallback " width="247" height="326" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" />Calculus-Based Physics is an introductory physics textbook designed for use in the two-semester introductory physics course typically taken by science and engineering students.3992018-09-07T17:21:59Z2024-01-22T14:51:54ZLinear Regression Using R: An Introduction to Data Modeling<img alt="Read more about Linear Regression Using R: An Introduction to Data Modeling" title="Linear Regression Using R: An Introduction to Data Modeling cover image" class="cover " width="612" height="792" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzMyLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--25f3f03cd9fd44d07c00a8b7d14c2846bb2c5599/9781946135001.png" />Linear Regression Using R: An Introduction to Data Modeling presents one of the fundamental data modeling techniques in an informal tutorial style. Learn how to predict system outputs from measured data using a detailed step-by-step process to develop, train, and test reliable regression models. Key modeling and programming concepts are intuitively described using the R programming language. All of the necessary resources are freely available online.3282018-09-07T17:21:55Z2024-01-22T14:51:53ZSignal Computing: Digital Signals in the Software Domain<img alt="Read more about Signal Computing: Digital Signals in the Software Domain" title="Signal Computing: Digital Signals in the Software Domain cover image" class="cover " width="1190" height="1422" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjY4LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--8973917fc0bd824aaa41bfe4154ae63951c4c636/0000SignalCom.png" />In this book, you will learn how digital signals are captured, represented, processed, communicated, and stored in computers. The specific topics we will cover include: physical properties of the source information (such as sound or images), devices for information cap- ture (microphones, cameras), digitization, compression, digital signal representation (JPEG, MPEG), digital signal processing (DSP), and network communication. By the end of this book, you should understand the problems and solutions facing signal computing systems development in the areas of user interfaces, information retrieval, data structures and algo- rithms, and communications.3162018-09-07T17:21:54Z2024-01-22T14:51:54ZIntroduction to Autonomous Robots<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Autonomous Robots" title="Introduction to Autonomous Robots cover image" class="cover " width="333" height="500" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjU2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--ba2d9dec3174a8f833dd9bd037d88ce46b61461b/9781493773077.png" />This book introduces concepts in mobile, autonomous robotics to 3rd-4th year students in Computer Science or a related discipline. The book covers principles of robot motion, forward and inverse kinematics of robotic arms and simple wheeled platforms, perception, error propagation, localization and simultaneous localization and mapping. The cover picture shows a wind-up toy that is smart enough to not fall off a table just using intelligent mechanism design and illustrate the importance of the mechanism in designing intelligent, autonomous systems. This book is open source, open to contributions, and released under a creative common license.3152018-09-07T17:21:54Z2024-01-22T14:51:57ZDeep into Pharo<img alt="Read more about Deep into Pharo" title="Deep into Pharo cover image" class="cover " width="212" height="320" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjU1LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--a7424ca2d6be04e4f8ee1487d5b8bcb792313d86/9783952334164.png" />Pharo is a clean, innovative, open-source, live-programming environment. Deep into Pharois the second volume of a series of books covering Pharo. Whereas the first volume is intended for newcomers, this second volume covers deeper topics.You will learn about Pharo frameworks and libraries such as Glamour, PetitParser, Roassal, FileSystem, Regex, and Socket. You will explore the language with chapters on exceptions, blocks, small integers, and floats. You will discover tools such as profilers, Metacello and Gofer.3132018-09-07T17:21:54Z2024-01-22T14:52:22ZSqueak by Example<img alt="Read more about Squeak by Example" title="Squeak by Example cover image" class="cover " width="212" height="320" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjUzLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--36209ea513ea54183c42535ead9d8f7335538a0e/9783952334102.png" />Squeak is a modern open-source development environment for the classic Smalltalk-80 programming language. Despite being the first purely object-oriented language and environment, Smalltalk is in many ways still far ahead of its successors in promoting a vision of an environment where everything is an object, and anything can change at run-time. Squeak by Example, intended for both students and developers, will guide you gently through the Squeak language and environment by means of a series of examples and exercises. The book helps you get started with A Quick Tour of Squeak and guides you through A First Application. The Smalltalk language is introduced in three chapters on Syntax in a Nutshell, Understanding Message Syntax and The Smalltalk Object Model. Development with Squeak is covered in The Squeak Programming Environment and SUnit. Several of the key classes are presented in chapters on Basic Classes, Collections, Streams and Morphic. The first edition of the book concludes with chapters on Classes and Metaclasses and Frequently Asked Questions.
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