This book entitled Introduction to Computer-based Mechanics of Materials: Ansys Parametric Design Language discusses mainly about structural analysis of some fundamental structures: truss, beam, membrane, and shell structures. The discussion involves ANSYS-APDL scripting language, linear static analysis of a simply-supported truss, linear static analysis of a statically undetermined beam, linea…
What do philosophy and computer science have in common? It turns out, quite a lot! In providing an introduction to computer science (using Python), Daniel Lim presents in this book key philosophical issues, ranging from external world skepticism to the existence of God to the problem of induction. These issues, and others, are introduced through the use of critical computational concepts, rangi…