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CAMBRIDGE TECHNICALS IN ENGINEERINGLEVEL 3 UNIT 23 – APPLIED MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING

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Contents

Maths Tutor 4

Math Reference 5

Math lessons 6

Math Warehouse 7

S.O.S. Mathematics 8

Matrix Algebra Tutorial 9

Vector Methods 10

NRICH – Student and Teacher Guides 11

The Engineering Toolbox 12

Graph Plotter 13

Calculus Calculators 14

Calculus for Beginners and Artists 15

How Camshafts Work 16

Teaching Mathematics to Engineering Students 17

Mathematics list of formulae 18

K.A. Stroud, D.J. Booth, Engineering Mathematics 6th edition, Macmillan Press Ltd 19

Engineering Mathematics, John Bird, Elsevier Ltd 20

Mathematical techniques – An introduction for the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences 21

D.M.Etter, Engineering Problem Solving with Matlab, Prentice Hall 22

Octave on-line 23


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Maths Tutor

Description:This site contains a wide range of lessons on mathematical topics produced by a group of teachers from the Universities of Leeds, Loughborough and Coventry. The lessons are accompanied by video tutorials, animations, diagnostic tests and exercises.

Supports:OCR Cambridge Technicals in EngineeringUnit 23

Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www.mathtutor.ac.uk/

http://www.mathtutor.ac.uk/

http://www.vias.org/feee/index.html


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Math Reference

Description:This site provides a valuable collection of resources covering many mathematical topics. These include descriptions of numerous mathematical methods, practice exercises, calculators and tools.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www.math.com/

http://www.math.com/

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/electrical-units-d_454.html


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Math lessons

Description:This site provides a comprehensive selection of lesson suggestions together with problems and worked solutions. Also available are many tables of mathematical formulae, on-line calculators and test questions.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www.mathportal.org/

http://www.mathportal.org/

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/9.html


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Math Warehouse

Description:This site contains number of lessons and interactive tools involving algebra, geometry and trigonometry.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circuits/Lesson-4/Combination-Circuits


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S.O.S. Mathematics

Description:This site provides a wealth of information about algebra, trigonometry, calculus, matrices and more. It is suitable for year 11, 12 and 13 students with some topics appropriate for first year university study.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www.sosmath.com/index.html

http://www.sosmath.com/index.html

http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/dcp_4.html


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Matrix Algebra Tutorial

Description:This site provides a selection of tutorial guides covering matrix algebra.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://stattrek.com/tutorials/matrix-algebra-tutorial.aspx

http://stattrek.com/tutorials/matrix-algebra-tutorial.aspx



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Vector Methods

Description:This site provides an introduction to vectors and vector operations.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://emweb.unl.edu/Math/mathweb/vectors/vectors.html

http://emweb.unl.edu/Math/mathweb/vectors/vectors.html



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NRICH – Student and Teacher Guides

Description:This site contains a large collection of mathematical resources but of particular interest will be the pages relating to upper secondary studies. The link: http://nrich.maths.org/6804

leads directly to a page containing ten essential engineering problems together with solutions. Each problem is designed to make learners think about alternative solutions and to relate their mathematical knowledge to practical situations.

Supports:OCR Cambridge Technicals in Engineering Level 3Unit 3

Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://nrich.maths.org

http://nrich.maths.org/6804

http://nrich.maths.org



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The Engineering Toolbox

Description:This site contains a vast rage of material on many engineering disciplines. Many of the items listed in the mechanics, statics, electrical and mathematics categories will be useful.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/



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Graph Plotter

Description:This is an on-line graph plotting tool. It will show a plot of any function of y = f (x) that the user enters.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://fooplot.com

http://fooplot.com



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Description:This is an on-line tool for the analysis of functions, symbolic differentiation and symbolic integration. Detailed step-by-step solutions are provided.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://calculus-calculator.com

Calculus Calculators

http://calculus-calculator.com/derivative/



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Description:This site provides 20 chapters containing information useful in all of the learning outcomes. Three of the chapters in particular are concerned with mathematical modelling.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://www-math.mit.edu/~djk/calculus_beginners/

Calculus for Beginners and Artists

http://www-math.mit.edu/~djk/calculus_beginners/



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Description:This site provides an explanation of a camshaft and will be particularly useful for learners undertaking lesson element 2 – Analysis of a cam.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/camshaft.htm

How Camshafts Work

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/camshaft.htm



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Description:This is a paper by S S Sazhin from the University of Brighton intended to provide information for teachers who need to deliver relevant mathematical tuition to engineering students.


Cost:Free

Format:PDF

http://www.ijee.ie/articles/Vol14-2/ijee1007.pdf

Teaching Mathematics to Engineering Students

http://www.ijee.ie/articles/Vol14-2/ijee1007.pdf



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Mathematics list of formulae

Description:This is a list of standard mathematical formulae which is made available to candidates taking AS and A Level mathematics examinations.


Cost:Free

Format:PDF

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/70824-datasheet-examination-formulae-and-statistical-tables.pdf





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K.A. Stroud, D.J. Booth, Engineering Mathematics 6th edition, Macmillan Press Ltd

Description:The content of this book covers all of the mathematical techniques required for Unit 23 apart from mathematical modelling.


Cost:New £42.20 from AmazonUsed from about £35

Format:Text book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Mathematics-K-A-Stroud/dp/1403942463

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Mathematics-K-A-Stroud/dp/1403942463



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Engineering Mathematics, John Bird, Elsevier Ltd

Description:The content of this book covers most of the mathematical techniques required for Unit 23.


Cost:New £27.10 from AmazonUsed from about £23

The fifth edition of this book is available on line at:

https://jpmccarthymaths.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/john_bird_engineering_mathematics_0750685557.pdf

Format:Text book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Mathematics-John-Bird/dp/0080965628




http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Mathematics-John-Bird/dp/0080965628



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Mathematical techniques – An introduction for the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences

Description:As well as covering the key topics for this unit some advanced topics are also included.

The book does have many practical examples drawn from engineering disciplines.


Cost:Various

Format:Text book

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199282012.do

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199282012.do



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D.M.Etter, Engineering Problem Solving with Matlab, Prentice Hall

Description:This book provides a good introduction to problem solving using Matlab. Many practical examples are presented including details of Matlab coding.


Cost:Various

Format:Text book

http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Problem-Solving-MATLAB-Edition/dp/0133976882





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Octave on-line

Description:This site allows Matlab compatible code to be executed via a web browser.

Code can be entered and executed interactively and complete scripts can be uploaded and saved.


Cost:Free

Format:Web page

http://octave-online.net/

http://octave-online.net/


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