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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-205 Computational Mechanics and Programming

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr M. S. Chong

Prerequisite/s:

100-level Mathematics, and 433-141 Computing Fundamentals A or 433-161 Introduction to Programming A and 433-162 Introduction to Programming B

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

26 hours of lectures and 13 hours of tutorials and assignments

Objectives:

At the completion of the unit students will:

  • have a basic competence in computer programming using a procedural language;

  • be able to formulate algorithms into working computer programs to solve engineering problems;

  • be aware of numerical errors inherent in computational schemes.

Content:

Computer programming using C or Fortran or other suitable language; numerical modelling; approximations and errors; roots of equations; numerical solutions of linear algebraic equations; curve fitting; splines; interpolation and extrapolation; numerical differentiation and integration; pre- and post-computational analysis; graphical representation of results.

Assessment:

A 90-minute examination; tutorial tests and assignments not exceeding 30 pages equivalent.
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