MATLAB AND SIMULINK FOR ENGINEERS

MATLAB is a high-performance technical computing language with an incredibly rich variety of functions and enormous programming capabilities, and Simulink is a software package for modeling, simulating, and analysing dynamic Systems. Both MATLAB and Simulink are integrated and one can simulate, analyse, or revise the models in either environment. MATLAB and Simulink for Engineers captures the beauty of this software and will serve as self-study material for students of electrical, computer, and mechanical Engineering who would be required to use this software for varied courses. Based on the latest version of MATLAB (2010a), the book begins with an introduction to MATLAB programming describing the MATLAB toolbar and Simulink toolboxes. It goes onto discuss various MATLAB operators, functions, and graphics in detail. Analog and Digital communiction techinques are covered in depth. Applications of Simulink and MATLAB in electrical Engineering, electrical Machines and power system projects, simulation of rectifiers, inverters, choppers, and cycloconverters are presented in detail. Applications in computer Science, communication, and mechanical Engineering are also discussed. It also includes a chapter on recent developments in this area covering topics such as the matrix converter, modulation techniques, and PWM rectifiers. The book provides numerous MATLAB programs, tested and run for various projects in different disciplines of Engineering. The programs with their outputs, through various screenshots of the MATLAB windows, will help readers familiarise themselves with the software.