MATLAB complete basics to top your computer programming for engineers exam.

Problem Solving in Engineering
with MATLAB


Dr. Zia R Tahir


Introduction to Matlab
Mechanical Engineering Department

, Mechanical Engineering Department, UET Lahore
Problem Solving in Engineering with MATLAB Dr Zia R Tahir

Introduction to Matlab
 Outline
• The Matlab Environment
• Basic operations
• Variables
• Vectors
• Definition
• Basic operations
• 2D Plots
• Access information
• Matrices
• Definition
• Basic operations
• Access information
• Structures
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, Mechanical Engineering Department, UET Lahore
Problem Solving in Engineering with MATLAB Dr Zia R Tahir

Introduction to Matlab
 The Matlab environment
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, Mechanical Engineering Department, UET Lahore
Problem Solving in Engineering with MATLAB Dr Zia R Tahir

Introduction to Matlab
 Matlab as a numerical calculator
• Basic arithmetic operations
• + Addition
• - Subtraction
• * Multiplication
• / Division


• Hierarchy of arithmetic operations
1. Content of brackets is evaluated starting from the innermost bracket
2. Exponentials, from left to right (The symbol for exponentiation is ^)
3. Multiplications and divisions, from left to right
4. Additions and subtractions, from left to right




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