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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Civil and Environmental Engineering

421-277 Computer Applications and Numerical Analysis

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr G. A. Moore

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

13 hours of lectures, 26 hours of practice classes

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this subject, students will have acquired the skills to effectively:

  • use a spreadsheet for engineering data management;

  • use a spreadsheet to undertake basic numerical analysis of engineering problems;

  • incorporate the output of such analysis in engineering reports.

Content:

Basic operating system commands, review of use of word processors for engineering report writing, spreadsheets: understanding errors, graphs, function and command macros, tables, solving implicit equations, databases, interpolation, differentiation, integration, differential equations.

Assessment:

One 1.5 hour examination performed in computer laboratory; two assignments based on the practical work of approximately 3000 words (or equivalent).
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