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EES Lecture 1

This document provides an overview of the first lecture in an introduction to Engineering Equation Solver (EES), which is a general purpose equation solving, modeling, and analysis tool commonly used in engineering education. The lecture covers solving nonlinear and implicit equations in EES, as well as formatting equations for neat display. Key features of EES mentioned include its ease of use, built-in properties, functions, and constants for engineering applications. Students are encouraged to learn EES thoroughly as it will be used extensively in their engineering courses.

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EES Lecture 1

This document provides an overview of the first lecture in an introduction to Engineering Equation Solver (EES), which is a general purpose equation solving, modeling, and analysis tool commonly used in engineering education. The lecture covers solving nonlinear and implicit equations in EES, as well as formatting equations for neat display. Key features of EES mentioned include its ease of use, built-in properties, functions, and constants for engineering applications. Students are encouraged to learn EES thoroughly as it will be used extensively in their engineering courses.

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Computer Aided

Engineering

Introduction to EES
(Engineering Equation Solver)
Lecture 1
Solving and formatting
equations

Dr Hannes van der Walt


Swinburne Uni, Melbourne, Australia
Contents
• What is EES?
• Features of EES
• EES introduction tutorial (4 Lectures)
– Solving nonlinear & implicit equations (Lect 1)
– Formatting of equations (Lect 1)
– The unit system (Lect 2)
– Built-in functions (Lect 2)
– The Options menu (Lect 3)
– Parametric studies & plot basics(Lect 3)
– Lookup tables (Lect 4)
– Plots (Lect 4)

0:35
What is EES?
• EES (pronounced “Ease”) is a general purpose
equation solver, modeling and analysis tool which
has started life specifically for the purpose of
engineering education
• It is quite capable (it is also used in industry) and is
more than adequate for engineering education
purposes
• Its main claim to fame is that past students have
used it with “ease”
– Students find it far easier to use than any other software
they have been introduced to, including:
• Mathematica
• Matlab
• Mathcad

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Advantages of EES
• It requires no real programming (although you can!)
• Implicit (iterative solver) – equations in any order
• It is geared towards engineering problems
• Units enabled and unit conversion routines
• Formatted equations view with Greek letters and
maths symbols
• Lots of online example programs
• Excellent online help and online manual
• It comes FREE to the entire Faculty – BOTH
students and staff!
• Students can take it home – it is small in size!
• We will use it extensively throughout your entire
Engineering course, so spend the time and learn it
thoroughly now!.

0:38
Features of EES
• Excellent engineering features:
– Lookup tables with linear-, cubic- and quadratic
interpolation
– Regressions
– Plots and overlay plots
– Diagram window (User Interface)
– Animation (Cool!)
– Built-in property library - thermo, fluid and
material properties (easily extendible by users)
– Predefined engineering constants
• Excellent engineering analysis features:
– Parametric studies
– Uncertainty propagation
– Min/Max.

0:39
Features of EES
• Maths capabilities include:
– Numerical integration and differentiation
– Complex numbers and angles
– Bessel functions
– ERF and ERFC (Gaussian Error Functions)
– Gamma function
– Real and imaginary numbers
– Interpolation (2-D and 3-D)
– Numerous external libraries.

0:40
The EES Help System
• EES’s Help system comprises of a
standard Windows help system as well
as a complete user’s manual in PDF
format. You will find both extremely
helpful and easy to use
• Students are strongly encouraged to
study the first two chapters of the PDF
EES manual. A small time investment
now to do this will save you many hours
of struggling to figure out how things
work at a later stage.
This cannot be emphasised strongly
enough!!!
• There are a large number of examples
on just about every topic included with
EES – just check out the Examples menu

0:40
EES Tutorial 1
In this tutorial:
• Solving nonlinear and implicit equations
• Formatting an equation

0:40
Solving nonlinear Equations
• How would you solve
the following? 2 3
x  y  77
x
Probably by substitution !
2
2
y 1
  x  1.234
• And an implicit
equation in f such
as the following?
1  2.51
= – 2 · ln +
f D · 3.7 Re · f

Iteratively !
0:41
Solving Equations
• Create a new EES worksheet and save it as
EES Lecture 1.1 – BasicEquation.ees
• Now type in the nonlinear set of equations
and solve for the 3 unknowns (use Ctrl+F to
see the equations in formatted view)
• The order in which the equations are entered
does not matter at all!
• Examples/Getting Started with EES/Solving
multiple equations (BasicEqn.EES)
• Use Ctrl+F to see the equations in formatted
view (Windows > Formatted Equations).

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Formatting and Equations
• Create a new EES worksheet and save it as
EES Lecture 1.2 – EquationFormat.ees
• Two types of comments:
– Comments in quotes are shown in formatted
view
– Comments in curly brackets are not shown
in formatted view
"Equation Formatting" – this will be shown in formatted view
"!Equation Formatting" – this will be shown in red
{Equation Formatting} – this will not be shown
– Can also highlight any text (select and then
right-click)

0:05
Formatting and Equations
• Ordinary variables and equations
"Define some variables. Actually, they are really
constants as you cannot later assign other values to
any of them!"
a=1
b=2
c=3
e=4
"!A more complex equation using these variables"
sqrt(1 + (a+b)/c + d) = e "Note the use of spaces!"

– Look at the formatted view!


– Note the position of the unknown “d” in the
equation - it does not have to be on the left!
0:15
Formatting and Equations
• Arrays
"This is how we define arrays"
T[1] = 20
T[4] = 25
K[2,2] = 10 "This is a 2-D array (matrix)"
– Array indices are shown as subscripts. Note that
arrays are also displayed in an array window
(activate from the Windows menu and toolbar)

• Raising the power


"Raising power"
k^2 = 5
– Exponents are shown as superscripts.
0:20
Formatting and Equations
• Absolute value
"Absolute value"
value_abs = abs(k)
– Look at the formatted view!

• Clever Greek letters!


"Clever Greek letters!"
DELTAT = 1 or deltaP = 2
OMEGA = 100 or omega = 100
THETA = 45 or theta = 45

Note: Although the formatted view distinguishes between


upper and lower cases, the EES solver does not! Hence
“OMEGA” and “omega” are regarded as the same variable!
0:22
Formatting and Equations
• General formatting
"General formatting"
y_old = 10 "Subscript"
z|alpha = 9 "Superscript"
x_dot = 10 "It understands dots & double dots!"
x_ddot = 2 "Double dot"
x_hat = 2 "Hat"
x_bar = 22 "Over bar"
angle|o = 20 "Superscript"
T|star = 325 "Special superscript - star"
Y|plus = 0.12 "Special superscript - plus"
T_infinity = 25 "Often used to denote freestream"
"Use the Ctrl+F to view!".
0:25
Formatting and Equations
• Compiler directives
– Start with a $
– Have a look at the Help system under the
“Directives” heading
– Two directives that we will always use:
$TabStops 0.5 cm
$UnitSystem SI MASS C KPA KJ DEG
– Will also later look at the following
directives:
$If Condition
...
$Else
...
$EndIf
0:30
Constants
• EES defines a large number of constants.
Check out Options > Constants. Of interest
are the following:
– g# (gravity)
So one can write
F = m * g#
Instead of
g = 9.81 [m/s^2]
F=m*g
– true#, false# (boolean tests)
– sigma# (Stefan-Boltzmann constant – radiation)
– C# (Speed of light)
– R# (Universal gas constant)
So the Ideal Gas Constant for air would be:
R_air = R# / MolarMass(Air)
End of Lecture 1

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