MECH310 NUMERICAL METHODS
| Course Code: | 3650310 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- numerical methods and reasonable approximations to solve engineering problems,
- basics of structured programming for modelling engineering problems,
- limitations of numerical methods.
Course Content
Approximations and errors. Roots of equations. System of algebraic equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Curve fitting, interpolation, least squares. Numerical differentiation and integration. Ordinary differential equations.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed this course, will be able to:
- Solve systems of linear equations using direct and iterative methods,
- Solve nonlinear equations and systems of non-linear equations,
- Perform one- and multi-dimensional unconstrained optimizations,
- Perform interpolation and regressions on data sets,
- Calculate numerical derivatives of discrete data
- Solve ordinary differential equations as initial value problems
- Solve boundary value problems using shooting methods,
- Perform numerical integration.