2.086 Numerical Computation for Mechanical Engineers
Fall 2014
The 2.086 Mobile Robot suspension system. (Photo and diagram courtesy of James Penn. Used with permission.)
Instructors: William Cousins, Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou, Anthony T Patera, Adrian Stern
TAs: Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Mojtaba Forghani Oozroody, Feng Tan
Recitation:
M 2-5
(14-0637 || 1-115)
Recitation: T 2-5
(W31-301)
Recitation : W 2-5
(14-0637)
Recitation: R 2-5
(1-115)
Recitation : F 10-1 / (F 2-5 || F 2-5 )
(W31-301 / (14-0637 || 1-115))
Course Description:
Elementary programming concepts, including variable types, data structures, operations, flow control, and functions; MATLAB® environment, syntax, (sparse) matrix operations, and numerical computation built-in functions. Introductory linear algebra, and probability and statistical estimation. Formulation of engineering problems in forms suitable for efficient numerical computation. Numerical methods relevant to engineering, including approximation (interpolation, least squares, statistical regression), numerical integration and differentiation, solution of linear and nonlinear algebraic systems of equations and eigenproblems, discretization of ordinary differential equations. Deterministic and Monte Carlo approaches.
Announcements
Errata: page 415 of the textbook
"u[for f = (0 0 ... 0)^T] = p^n \leftarrow nonzero in all entries!"
should read
"u[for f = (0 0 ... 1)^T] = p^n \leftarrow nonzero in all entries!";
in other words, to generate p^n, we consider an f which is zero in all entries EXCEPT entry n, which we must set to 1.
Best,
Tony
Announced on 09 December 2014 12:29 p.m. by Debra R Blanchard
Fall 2014 Online Subject Evaluations
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Best,
...Debbie
Announced on 08 December 2014 10:01 a.m. by Debra R Blanchard
2.086: ATTENTION! ...about Assignment 5
The questions in assignment 5 are all addressed in the textbook Chapters 24, 26, 27, and 28. *The Nutshell alone does not suffice!*
Best,
...Debbie
Announced on 03 December 2014 10:24 a.m. by Debra R Blanchard
2.086 Mini Quiz 7
Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving break!
Mini Quiz 7 week begins tomorrow, Monday 1 December, and I've heard from a few of you today asking me to confirm the topic. The focus of Mini Quiz 7 will be "Linear Systems of Equations... in a Nutshell" (Unit V). Recall that Professor Patera will have office hours this week everyday from 9:00--11:00 AM, so if you have questions or need some help...
As for the other mini quizzes, you may refer to the textbook, lecture notes, Matlab tutorials, and other class materials as well as your own notes and scripts; you are allowed to use a calculator for arithmetic operations and simple function evaluations; however, you will not be permitted to use computers, tablets, or smartphones.
Best,
...Debbie
Announced on 30 November 2014 8:02 p.m. by Debra R Blanchard
Errata: Nutshell: Linear Systems of Equations
Best,
Tony
Announced on 21 November 2014 3:11 p.m. by Debra R Blanchard
