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    MECH 374 Numerical Methods in Engineering

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    (http://teaching.ust.hk/~mech374/)

    Course Description:

    The use of numerical methods for the analysis simulation, and design of engineering processes and
    systems has been increasing at a rapid pace in recent years. This course is intended for teaching
    numerical methods for engineering students at the senior level as well as at the beginning graduate level.
    The course will have three important objectives: (1) to teach the basic theories and fundamentals of
    numerical methods; (2) to help the students to acquire skills to implement these methods for computer
    solution; and finally (3) to provide an environment where the students can familiarize themselves with
    many today’s popular commercial software systems and their use in the solution of engineering
    problems. On the first objective, the following fundamental aspects will be covered: analysis of errors,
    roots of equations, linear and algebraic equations, optimizations, curve-fitting and approximation,
    numerical differentiation and integration, ordinary differential equations, and partial differential
    equations. On the second objective, computer programming basics as well as certain specific computer
    languages such as MATLAB will be introduced. On the last objective, the students will learn how to use
    MATLAB and Excel VBA to implement their own numerical methods. This course is structured as a 3+1
    credits course, with 3 lecture credits and 1 for the lab.

    Instructor:

    Dr. Kai Tang Dept. of Mech. Engineering; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 2358-8656;
    Room: 2544; Office hours: Any time (just come to see me or email me to set up an
    appointment time if you like).

    Textbook:

    • S.C. Chapra and R.P. Canale, "Numerical Methods for Engineers", 5th Edition,
    McGraw Hill, 2006.
    • Research papers

    Grade Policy:

    • Homework 5%
    • Lab projects 25%
    • Mid-term exam 30%
    • Final-exam 40%

    Time and place:


    • Lecture: Monday/Friday 10:30 - 11:50, Room 4505
    • Lab class: Monday 09:30 - 10.20, Room 4225c
    • Lab Practice: Monday 14:00 - 17:00, Room 4225c

    Lab TA:

    • Zhanqing CHEN Email: [email protected]; Office hours: Monday 14:00-


    17:00, Room 4225c (or other time by appointment).

    Announcements

    1. The Mid-term Exam is on Monday, Oct. 20th, 2008. Here are the details:
    Place: Room 2404 (Lift # 17/18)
    Date and time: Monday, Oct. 20th, 2008, 9:30am - 12:30pm (3
    hrs)
    Format: Closed book, but you are allowed to bring a total
    of 5 A4 size "cheat" sheets (10 sides) on which you can write whatever
    you like.

    2. The Lab on Monday Oct. 20th is now moved to 10:30am -


    Noon on Friday, Oct. 24th. That is, on Friday, Oct. 24th,
    10:30am - Noon, instead of going to the lecture, you go to Lab
    in room 4225C.

    Syllabus and Schedule:

    Part One: Modeling, Computers, and Error Analysis (week 1-1)


    Chapter 1: Mathematical Modeling and Engineering Problem
    Solving (week 1-1)
    1.1 A Simple Mathematical Model
    1.2 Conservation Laws and Engineering
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    Chapter 2: Programming and


    Software (week 1-1)
    2.1 Packages and Programming
    2.2 Structured Programming
    2.3 Modular Programming
    2.4 Excel
    2.5 MATLAB
    2.6 Other Languages and Libraries
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    Chapter 3: Approximations and Round-Off


    Errors (week 1-2)
    3.1 Significant Figures
    3.2 Accuracy and Precision
    3.3 Error Definitions
    3.4 Round-Off Errors
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    Chapter 4: Truncation Errors and the Taylor


    Series (week 2-1)
    4.1 The Taylor Series
    4.2 Error Propagation
    4.3 Total Numerical Error
    4.4 Blunders, Formulation Errors, and Data Uncertainty
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    Summary

    Part Two: Roots of Equations (week 2-1)


    Chapter 5: Bracketing
    Methods (week 2-2)
    5.1 Graphical Methods
    5.2 The Bisection Method
    5.3 The False-Position Method
    5.4 Incremental Searches and Determining Initial Guesses
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    Chapter 6: Open
    Methods
    (week 2-2)
    6.1 Simple Fixed-Point Iteration
    6.2 The Newton-Raphson Method
    6.3 The Secant Method
    6.4 Multiple Roots
    6.5 Systems of Nonlinear Equations
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    Chapter 7: Roots of
    Polynomials (week 3-
    1)
    7.1 Polynomials in Engineering and Science
    7.2 Computing with Polynomials
    7.3 Conventional Methods
    7.4 Müller’s Method
    7.5 Bairstow’s Method
    7.6 Other Methods
    7.7 Root Location with Libraries and Packages
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    Chapter 8: Engineering Applications: Roots of


    Equations (week 3-1)
    8.1 Ideal and Nonideal Gas Laws (Chemical/Bio Engineering)
    8.2 Open-Channel Flow (Civil/Environmental Engineering)
    8.3 Design of an Electric Circuit (Electrical Engineering)
    8.4 Vibration Analysis (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering)
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    Summary

    Part Three: Linear Algebraic Equations (week 3-1)


    Chapter 9: Gauss
    Elimination (week 3-
    2)
    9.1 Solving Small Numbers of Equations
    9.2 Naïve Gauss Elimination
    9.3 Pitfalls of Elimination Methods
    9.4 Techniques for Improving Solutions
    9.5 Complex Systems
    9.6 Nonlinear Systems of Equations
    9.7 Gauss-Jordan
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    Chapter 10: LU Decomposition and Matrix


    Inversion (week 4-1)
    10.1 LU Decomposition
    10.2 The Matrix Inverse
    10.3 Error Analysis and System Condition
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    Chapter 11: Special Matrices and Gauss-


    Seidel (week 4-1)
    11.1 Special Matrices
    11.2 Gauss-Seidel
    11.3 Linear Algebraic Equations with Libraries and Packages
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    Chapter 12: Engineering Applications: Linear Algebraic


    Equations (week 4-2)
    12.1 Steady-State Analysis of a System of Reactors (Chemical/Bio Engineering)
    12.2 Analysis of a Statically Determinate Truss (Civil/Environmental Engineering)
    12.3 Currents and Voltages in Resistor Circuits (Electrical Engineering)
    12.4 Spring-Mass Systems (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering)
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    Summary

    Part Four: Optimization (week 4-2)


    Chapter 13: One-Dimensional Unconstrained
    Optimization (week 4-2)
    13.1 Golden-Section Search
    13.2 Quadratic Interpolation
    13.3 Newton’s Method
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    Chapter 14: Multidimensional Unconstrained


    Optimization (week 5-1)
    14.1 Direct Methods
    14.2 Gradient Methods
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    Chapter 15: Constrained


    Optimization (week 5-2)
    15.1 Linear Programming
    15.2 Nonlinear Constrained Optimization
    15.3 Optimization with Packages
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    Chapter 16: Engineering Applications:


    Optimization (week 6-1)
    16.1 Least-Cost Design of a Tank (Chemical/Bio Engineering)
    16.2 Least-Cost Treatment of Wastewater (Civil/Environmental Engineering)
    16.3 Maximum Power Transfer for a Circuit (Electrical Engineering)
    16.4 Mountain Bike Design (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering)
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    Summary

    Mid-term review (week 6-1)


    Homework solutions - chaps 1-5, chaps 6-11, chaps 12-16 (week 6-2)

    Part Five: Curve Fitting (week 7-1)


    Chapter 17: Least-Squares
    Regression (week 7-1)
    17.1 Linear Regression
    17.2 Polynomial Regression
    17.3 Multiple Linear Regression
    17.4 General Linear Least Squares
    17.5 Nonlinear Regression
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    Chapter 18:
    Interpolation
    (week 7-2)
    18.1 Newton’s Divided-Difference Interpolating Polynomials
    18.2 Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials
    18.3 Coefficients of an Interpolating Polynomial
    18.4 Inverse Interpolation
    18.5 Additional Comments
    18.6 Spline
    Interpolation
    (week 8-1)
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    Chapter 19: Fourier Approximation


    (week 8-1)
    19.1 Curve Fitting with Sinusoidal Functions
    19.2 Continuous Fourier Series
    19.3 Frequency and Time Domains
    19.4 Fourier Integral and Transform
    19.5 Discrete Fourier Transform
    (DFT) (week 8-2)
    19.6 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
    19.7 The Power Spectrum
    19.8 Curve Fitting with Libraries and Packages
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    Chapter 20: Engineering Applications: Curve


    Fitting (week 8-2)
    20.1 Linear Regression and Population Models (Chemical/Bio Engineering)
    20.2 Use of Splines to Estimate Heat Transfer (Civil/Environmental Engineering)
    20.3 Fourier Analysis (Electrical Engineering)
    20.4 Analysis of Experimental Data (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering)
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    Summary

    Part Six: Numerical Differentiation and Integration (week 8-2)


    Chapter 21: Newton-Cotes Integration
    Formulas (week 9-1)
    21.1 The Trapezoidal Rule
    21.2 Simpson’s Rules
    21.3 Integration with Unequal Segments
    21.4 Open Integration Formulas
    21.5 Multiple Integrals
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    Chapter 22: Integration of


    Equations (week 9-2)
    22.1 Newton-Cotes Algorithms for Equations
    22.2 Romberg Integration
    22.3 Gauss Quadrature
    22.4 Improper Integrals
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    Chapter 23: Numerical


    Differentiation (week 10-1)
    23.1 High-Accuracy Differentiation Formulas
    23.2 Richardson Extrapolation
    23.3 Derivatives of Unequally Spaced Data
    23.4 Derivatives and Integrals for Data with Errors
    23.5 Numerical Integration/Differentiation with Libraries and Packages
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    Chapter 24: Engg. Applications: Numerical Integration and
    Differentiation (week 10-1)
    24.1 -Integration to Determine the Total Quantity of Heat (Chemical/Bio
    Engineering)
    24.2 -Effective Force on the Mast of a Racing Sailboat (Civil/Environmental
    Engineering)
    24.3 -Root-Mean-Square Current by Numerical Integration (Electrical Engineering)
    24.4 -Numerical Integration to Compute Work (Mechanical/Aerospace
    Engineering)
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    Summary

    Part Seven: Ordinary Differential Equations (week 10-1)


    Chapter 25: Runge-Kutta
    Methods (week 10-2, 11-
    1)
    25.1 Euler’s Method
    25.2 Improvements of Euler’s Method
    25.3 Runge-Kutta Methods
    25.4 Systems of Equations
    25.5 Adaptive Runge-Kutta Methods
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    Chapter 26: Stiffness and Multistep


    Methods (week 11-1)
    26.1 Stiffness
    26.2 Multistep Methods
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    Chapter 27: Boundary-Value and Eigenvalue


    Problems (week 11-2)
    27.1 General Methods for Boundary-Value Problems
    27.2 Eigenvalue Problems
    27.3 ODEs and Eigenvalues with Libraries and Packages
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    Chapter 28: Engineering Applications: Ordinary Differential


    Equations (week 12-1)
    28.1 -Using ODEs to Analyze the Transient Response of a Reactor (Chemical/Bio
    Engineering)
    28.2 Predator-Prey Models and Chaos (Civil/Environmental Engineering)
    28.3 Simulating Transient Current for an Electric Circuit (Electrical Engineering)
    28.4 The Swinging Pendulum (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering)
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    Summary

    Part Eight: Partial Differential Equations (a demo) (week 12-1)


    Chapter 29: Finite Difference: Elliptic
    Equations (week 12-2)
    29.1 The Laplace Equation
    29.2 Solution Techniques
    29.3 Boundary Conditions
    29.4 The Control-Volume Approach
    29.5 Software to Solve Elliptic Equations
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    Chapter 30: Finite Difference: Parabolic


    Equations (week 13-1)
    30.1 The Heat Conduction Equation
    30.2 Explicit Methods
    30.3 A Simple Implicit Method
    30.4 The Crank-Nicolson Method
    30.5 Parabolic Equations in Two Spatial Dimensions
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    Chapter 31: Finite-Element


    Method (week 13-2)
    31.1 The General Approach
    31.2 Finite-Element Application in One Dimension
    31.3 Two-Dimensional Problems
    31.4 Solving PDEs with Libraries and Packages
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    Chapter 32: Engineering Applications: Partial Differential Equations


    32.1 -One-Dimensional Mass Balance of a Reactor (Chemical/BioEngineering)
    32.2 Deflections of a Plate (Civil/Environmental Engineering)
    32.3 Two-Dimensional Electrostatic Field Problems (Electrical Engineering)
    32.4 -Finite-Element Solution of a Series of Springs (Mechanical/Aerospace
    Engineering)
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    Final review (week 14)

    Homework solutions - chaps 17, chaps 18-25, chaps 26-32

    Final Exam

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