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 436-205 Computational Mechanics and Programming

Credit Points

7.1

Coordinator

Dr M. S. Chong

Prerequisites

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

Semester

2

Contact

24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials and assignments

Subject Description

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.

Topics covered include; 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

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

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