ME510 NUMERICAL METHODS IN ME II

Course Code:5690510
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. CÜNEYT SERT
Offered Semester:Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course students will be able to use numerical methods to solve ODEs and PDEs. 


Course Content

Ordinary differential equations. Euler, Runge-Kutta, multi-step, predictor-corrector methods. Boundary value problems. Matrix and shooting methods. Partial differential equations. Finite difference, Crank-Nicholson, Gauss-Seidel methods. (S)


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the students will be able to

  • classify ODEs and PDEs
  • tell the difference and relation between consistency, stability and convergence 
  • select an appropriate finite difference based numerical solution scheme for a given ODE or PDE
  • code various implicit/explicit, single step/multi-step ODE solution schemes
  • code various finite difference based schemes to solve elliptic, parabolic and hyberbolic PDEs
  • perform stability analysis of various ODE and PDE solution schemes