Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE BCE4014

 
TITLE Numerical Analysis in Engineering

 
UM LEVEL 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course

 
MQF LEVEL Not Applicable

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Civil and Structural Engineering

 
DESCRIPTION 1. Introduction to Numerical Methods.
2. Approximations; Polynomial Interpolation; Least Squares Method; Differentiation and Integration.
3. Solution of Non-Linear Equations; Newton-Raphson Method.
4. Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.
5. Finite Difference Methods.

Reading List:

Gerald, C.F., Applied Numerical Analysis, 2nd ed., Addison Wesley, Ontario, 1978 (ISBN No.: 0 201 02696 1).
de Vahl Davis, G., Numerical Methods in Engineering and Science, Chapman and Hall, London 1986 (ISBN No.: 0 412 43880 1).
Noble, B., Numerical Methods: 2; Differences, Integration and Differential Equations, Oliver and Boyd, London, 1964.
Press, W.H., Flannery, B.P., Teukolsky, S.A. & Vetterling, W.T., Numerical Recipes : The Art of Scientific Computing (Fortran Version), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992 (ISBN No.: 0 521 38330 7).
Ghali, A. & Neville, A.M., Structural Analysis – A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach, 2nd ed., Chapman and Hall, London 1978 (ISBN No.: 0 412 14990 7).

 
RULES/CONDITIONS Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE BCE3003

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Worksheets No 10%
Examination (2 Hours) Yes 90%

 
LECTURER/S Marc Bonello

 

 
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