Engineers in every industry are facing mathematical challenges like never before. The need to provide sustainable, efficient and smart solutions has never been more critical – or more challenging. In fact, engineers are facing unprecedented pressure to tackle some of the most cutting-edge problems in the world. In the Nuclear sector, overcoming these mathematical challenges - with compliance, regulation and legislation requirements - is even more of a hurdle.
With an easy-to-use interface, live mathematical notation, units intelligence, and powerful engineering calculation capabilities, engineers can capture and communicate engineering mathematics, critical design parameters and overall engineering knowledge. It does what spreadsheets, word processing and presentation software simply cannot do; it enables engineers to bring powerful engineering calculation to life.
Previously using Excel spreadsheets for engineering calculations, Paul Millward at Magnox, highlights the key benefits of Mathcad for engineers in the Nuclear sector:
“The problem with spreadsheets is the formulae are hidden. When the worksheet is printed, you don’t get to see the formulae from which it is defined. In Mathcad, everything is visible and readily recognisable. It makes it much easier to check workings and see how you came to a result. So, from a verification perspective, Mathcad makes the whole process straightforward.
“The other real advantage of Mathcad is it deals with all the units for you. All the common engineering and scientific units are included. You can specify the unit you want the answer to be in and it takes out the donkeywork from converting units. Mathcad also makes it quite obvious when an answer is wrong, which isn’t a bad thing!”
