MATE460 and MATE580

Engineering Computation Laboratory and
Numerical Methods in Engineering
Last modified September 27, 2004


INSTRUCTOR:
Professor Antonios Zavaliangos (Office: LeBow 27-441, e-mail azavalia@coe.drexel.edu ,Phone: (215) 895-2078)

MEETING:
Lecture - M and W 1PM-2PM >>> Lebow 133 <<<<
Lab - Tue 12:30AM-4:30PM at Alumni Labs 174 (close to graduate students office)

TA:
Branton McWilliams (Office: LeBow 27-336, e-mail: bam23@drexel.edu)
Wenhai Wang (Office: LeBow 27-336, e-mail wenhai.wang@drexel.edu)

GRADING:

Remember there is no final in this class. Hw+Lab reports is 25%; Midterm is 25%; Project is 50%.

NOTES:

I will be posting new versions of the notes as we move into the quarter.


1. Introduction

Moore law the original paper. and a recent "revision".

2. Solving non-linear equations

Example: Implementation of various methods in Maple and Excel.

3. Integration of ODEs
supplementary material (higher order ODEs, systems of ODEs, N-R for many algebraic equations)

4. Molecular dynamics presentation from NCSU
5. Midterm spring 2002
    Movies: Dislocation in FCC ( 13MB .avi, Windows Media Player or RealOne Player)
                    DNA elastic deformation (7MB .mov, Quick Time)
6. Solving large systems of linear equations
7. Finite differences - an introduction
8. Finite elements - 1-D implementation examples in Maple; Galerkin weighted residual method (polynomial basis) ; Galerkin weighted residuals ("hat" shape functions); Least square methods (polynomial basis)
  

LAB ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Lab 1
2. Lab 2
3. Lab 3
4. Lab 4
5. Lab 5


PROJECTS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
 

RESOURCES:

·         MAPLE  

·         ABAQUS