Computer simulation in physics and engineering / Martin Oliver Steinhauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinhauser, M. O. (Martin Oliver)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Data processing.

Physics.

Physics--Computer simulation.

Engineering--Data processing.

Engineering.

Engineering--Computer simulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (532 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is a needed reference for widely used techniques and methods of computer simulation in physics and other disciplines, such as materials science. Molecular dynamics computes a molecule's reactions and dynamics based on physical models; Monte Carlo uses random numbers to image a system's behaviour when there are different possible outcomes with related probabilities. The work conveys both the theoretical foundations as well as applications and "tricks of the trade", that often are scattered across various papers. Thus it will meet a need and fill a gap for every scientist who needs computer simulations for his/her task at hand. In addition to being a reference, case studies and exercises for use as course reading are included.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Algorithms

Chapter 1. Introduction to computer simulation

Chapter 2. Scientific Computing in C

Chapter 3. Fundamentals of statistical physics

Chapter 4. Inter- and intramolecular potentials

Chapter 5. Molecular Dynamics simulations

Chapter 6. Monte Carlo simulations

Chapter 7. Advanced topics, and applications in soft matter

Appendix A. The software development life cycle

Appendix B. Installation guide to Cygwin

Appendix C. Introduction to the UNIX/Linux programming environment

Appendix D. Sample program listings

Appendix E. Reserved keywords in C

Appendix F. Functions of the standard library <string.h>

Appendix G. Elementary combinatorial problems

Appendix H. Some useful constants

Appendix I. Installing the GNU Scientific Library, GSL

Appendix J. Standard header files of the ANSI-C library

Appendix K. The central limit theorem

Bibliography

Glossary of Acronyms

Index

Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781680152050

168015205X

9783110256062

3110256061

OCLC:

1002061174