ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ME 323 Computer Applications II --- Spring 2009--2010
This course schedule will be updated on a regular basis. Homework assignments will be finalized a week before they appear on the schedule.
Students who need more practice problems with MATLAB coding may find the previous ME 123 exams helpful (Exam 1 S0607, Exam 1 W0708, Exam 1 W0809, Exam 2 S0607, Exam 2 W0708, Exam 2 W0809).
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Class |
Date |
Day |
Topics |
HW Set Due |
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Lecture 1 |
3-8/3-9 |
M/T |
Review of MATLAB basics |
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Lab 1 |
3-10 |
W |
Applications of FOR loop, WHILE loop, IF statement, and SWITCH (Answers) |
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Lecture 2 |
3-15/3-16 |
M/T |
Functions, Flow charts |
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Lab 2 |
3-17 |
W |
Applications of functions: numerical integration (Answers) |
Exercise 1 |
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Lecture 3 |
3-22/3-23 |
M/T |
Root solver for non-linear equation: bisection |
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Lab 3 |
3-24 |
W |
Implementation and application of bisection (Answers) |
Exercise 2 |
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Lecture 4 |
3-29/3-30 |
M/T |
Advanced root solver for non-linear equation: 1-D Newton-Raphson | |
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Lab 4 |
3-31 |
W |
Implementation and application of 1-D Newton-Raphson |
Exercise 3 |
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Spring Break |
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Lecture 5 |
4-12/4-13 |
M/T |
Application of root solver in engineering |
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Lab 5 |
4-14 |
W |
Mid-Term Exam (Ground Rules) |
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Lecture 6 |
4-19/4-20 |
M/T |
Root solver for a system of non-linear equations: multi-dimensional Newton-Raphson |
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Lab 6 |
4-21 |
W |
Implementation and application of multi-dimensional Newton-Raphson (Answers) |
Homework 5 |
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Lecture 7 |
4-26/4-27 |
M/T |
Numerical differentiation: first and second derivatives |
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Lab 7 |
4-28 |
W |
Application of numerical differentiation in engineering (Answers) |
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Lecture 8 |
5-3/5-4 |
M/T |
Time advancement: initial value problems (explicit Euler, predictor-corrector) |
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Lab 8 |
5-5 |
W |
Implementation and application of 4th order Runge-Kutta (Answers) |
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Lecture 9 |
5-10/5-11 |
M/T |
Time advancement: boundary value problems |
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Lab 9 |
5-12 |
W |
Applications of time advancement in engineering |
Homework 7 |
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Lecture 10 |
5-17/5-18 |
M/T |
Course wrap-up |
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Lab 10 |
5-19 |
W |
Course work wrap-up |
Homework 9 (Friday) |
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Final |
TBA |
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(Ground Rules for Comprehensive Final Exam) | |