Modeling Engineering Systems: Pc-Based Techniques and Design Tools (Engineering Mentor Series)

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Summary: Excellent approach from a general engineering point of view.
Review: Given that I designed an undergraduate course about engineering modelling for the students in a program on Engineering Systems and Informatics, I looked around and around for a book that spoke about the subject from a general point of view, and not from the particular of any of the specialities.

I have found that Jack Lewis's book is exactly what I was looking for. It is written in a plain language; mathematics are accessible for first semester engineering undergraduate students; it is complete; and it is up to date in this age of informatics. For this reason I have adopted it as the text book for the course that I offer.

What Lewis has done is to approach the engineering modelling problem from a systemic point of view.

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Summary: Great Intro to Lumped Parameter Modeling
Review: I picked this book up a few years ago to model some dynamic systems. I liked the book so much; I bought a copy for my team of Mechanical Engineers. This book really breaks down lumped parameter modeling and provides a great refresher to solutions to linear differential equations (both exact and numerical solutions).

In addition to traditional computer numerical algorithms, Mr. Lewis provides examples of doing finite difference modeling using spreadsheets: Very useful! I have used spreadsheet modeling to simulate electrical, fluid, thermal and dc servo systems. I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs to get started on dynamic system modeling.


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Summary: Excellent Introduction to modelling
Review: Mr Lewis makes understanding modelling easy. Explains with amazing clarity similarity between seemingly different fields of engineering. Though you may have encountered all the material before his method of presenting gives you a better understanding of the subject.

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Summary: teaches great habits
Review: The book teaches the process to get from "I have a nebulous idea," to turn into "I have a set of steps to build my idea."
Buy it. Read it. Practice it.

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Summary: teaches great habits
Review: The book teaches the process to get from "I have a nebulous idea," to turn into "I have a set of steps to build my idea."
Buy it. Read it. Practice it.

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Summary: Superexcellent book in modeling system engineering
Review: The simplicity, the clarity and the deep understanding of the subject are the main description for this book. Thank you Mr. Lewis for this great book and I hope you write more books in applied engineering.

Rating:
Summary: Superexcellent book in modeling system engineering
Review: The simplicity, the clarity and the deep understanding of the subject are the main description for this book. Thank you Mr. Lewis for this great book and I hope you write more books in applied engineering.