Engineering Calculations Using Mathcad
Course Outline
1. Learning Objective
This course includes a multiple choice quiz at the end.
Learning Objective
At the conclusion
of this course, the student will:
Course Introduction
Math is everywhere and in
everything. From bridges to high-rises, from roller-coasters to the space shuttle,
math is critical to today's high-tech society. Mathcad by PTC makes math easy and approachable for users from high school
students to engineers who are at the cutting edge of some of the most important
and demanding technical environments in the world.
Course Content
Mathcad is a valuable technical computing
tool for engineers and architects. You can think of Mathcad as a combination of
Mathcad provides a rich problem-solving
environment that gives you a wide variety of analysis and visualization tools.
Unlike other technical software, Mathcad does math the same way you do. That
is because it looks and works like a scratchpad and pencil. Mathcad's on-screen
interface is a blank worksheet on which you can enter equations, graph data
or functions, and annotate with text - anywhere on the worksheet. Some of the important computational features of Mathcad for engineering applications
are:
Mathematical expressions in Mathcad look the way you would see them in a textbook
or a reference book. The only difference is that Mathcad's equations and graphs
are live, which means Mathcad recalculates the math and redraws the graphs every
time you change any data, variable, or equation in a worksheet. This feature in
Mathcad is called "Live Document Interface".
In addition to the Live Document Interface, another important feature that sets
Mathcad apart from other technical computing tools is its built-in support for
units. Mathcad can handle unit conversion automatically within a worksheet.
Therefore, the technical documents prepared using Mathcad can be easily understood
and verified by others. In addition, using Mathcad in your work can relieve
you from tedious and repetitive design calculations, eliminate arithmetic errors,
and produce quality design calculations.
In this lesson, you will learn the basic
features of Mathcad and two Mathcad applications in the real-world of the engineering
analysis.
To learn the basic features of Mathcad, you need to purchase a copy of Mathcad
from Mathcad.com. Once you install the
software, you need to study the Mathcad's
built-in tutorial (a PDF file, 688 KB, 51 pages). In addition, you need to watch the following video lessons:
1. Mathcad Demo for Beginners (12:42 video)
2. Mathcad Prime 1.0 Demo (11:26 video)
3. Mathcad Prime 2.0 Webinar (1:00:15 video)
4. Concrete Beam Analysis using a Mathcad sheet (15:17 video)
In particular, you need to learn how to:
Mathcad
Web Library contains many examples of Mathcad applications in the various
disciplines. In this lesson, you need to download and study the following two
Mathcad application files since you will be asked to solve some simple beam problems
when taking the quiz.
Course Summary
This course covers some of the basic features of Mathcad, which include interface features, graphical features, computational features, and text and document features. Through this online course, the student should be able to use Mathcad to solve some of the routine design problems in his/her design practice. For more advanced topics on Mathcad applications such as electronic books and animation, you may visit the Mathsoft.com website.Related Links
For additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following websites or web pages:Once you finish studying the above Mathcad document and application files, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
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