2.993J / 10.002J Introduction to Numerical Analysis for Engineering (13.002J)

As taught in: Spring 2005

Level:

Undergraduate

Instructors:

Prof. Henrik Schmidt

Numerical simulation of sound radiation from a vibrating circular plate.

Numerical simulation of sound radiation from a vibrating circular plate. (Image by Prof. Henrik Schmidt.)


Course Features

Course Highlights

This course features a full set of lecture notes and an extensive set of supplementary files. The course also includes assignments as well as a sample exam.

Course Description

This course is offered to undergraduates and introduces students to the formulation, methodology, and techniques for numerical solution of engineering problems. Topics covered include: fundamental principles of digital computing and the implications for algorithm accuracy and stability, error propagation and stability, the solution of systems of linear equations, including direct and iterative techniques, roots of equations and systems of equations, numerical interpolation, differentiation and integration, fundamentals of finite-difference solutions to ordinary differential equations, and error and convergence analysis. The subject is taught the first half of the term.

This subject was originally offered in Course 13 (Department of Ocean Engineering) as 13.002J. In 2005, ocean engineering became part of Course 2 (Department of Mechanical Engineering), and this subject was renumbered 2.993J.

Technical Requirements

Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .m.

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