MEU331: Computational Methods in

Engineering 3 0 0 3
Prerequisite: Nil

Module I (9 Hours)
Introduction to computational methods; Computational proceduremethod of selection,
programming languages, development of computer code; Numerical
errors and accuracy
- round-off error, truncation error, accuracy of numerical results,
numerical stability;
Iterative convergence condition of convergence, rate of
convergence, termination of
iteration; Numerical parameters step size, convergence criterion,
other arbitrarily
chosen variables.

Module 2 (10Hours)
Roots of equations- search method for real roots, bisection method,
regula falsi method,
and secant method, Newton-Raphson method, modified Newtons
method; Method of
least squares for a best fit basic considerations, linear regression,
best fit with a
polynomial, nonpolynomial forms; Lagrange interpolation, Newtons
divided
difference interpolating polynomial, numerical interpolation with
splines.

Module 3 (9 Hours)

Numerical differentiation- direct approximation of derivatives;

Taylor series approach
and accuracy- finite difference approximation of the derivatives;
polynomial fitting
approach; Numerical Integration the trapezoidal rule, truncation
error; Simpsons rules
for numerical integration, truncation errors; higher - accuracy
methods- Newton Cotes
formulae; Gauss quadrature.
ME 30

Module 4 (14 Hours)

Numerical solution of simultaneous linear algebraic equations Gaussian elimination,
tridiagonal matrix algorithm, LU decomposition; Iterative methods Jacobi method,
Gauss - Seidel method; Solution of simultaneous non-linear
equations- Newton- Raphson
method, modified Jacobi and Gauss Seidel methods; Numerical
solution of ordinary
differential equations Eulers method, Runga- Kutta methods,
predictor- corrector
methods; Numerical solution of boundary value problems - shooting
methods, finite
difference methods.

Text Book:
1. S. C. Chapra, R. P. Canale, Numerical Methods for Engineers,
Fourth Edition,
Tata McGraw-Hill, 2002.

2. Y. Jaluria, Computer Methods for Engineering, Allyn and Bacon,

Inc., 1988.
References:
1. M. L. James, Applied Numerical Methods for Digital
Computations, Third
Edition, Harper and Row, 1985.
2. D. V. Griffiths, I. M. Smith, Numerical Methods for Engineers: A
Programming
Approach, CRC Press, 1991.