KC33503

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMPUTATION

LECTURE 2
ANALITICAL AND NUMERICAL
SOLUTION

Dr Nurhazwani Binti Yusoff Azudin

hazwaniyusoff@ums.edu.my
L.3,R.59
 Solution for differential equation

Analytical Solution Numerical Solution

Pure math equation only
Solve solution for 1 value
The answer always correct
Sometimes may be impossible
/extremely difficult to solve
E.g: Initial value problem,
boundary value problem
Use iterative calculation
The answer can be different
from the actual value
Depends on the size of iteration
Easier to get close to solution
Eg: Finite element method,
iteration
Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Analytical):
Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Analytical):

To find local min/max, set the derivative =0

Derivative of f(x);
Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Analytical):

To find local min/max, set the derivative =0

Derivative of f(x);

Substitude x=0 into f(x);

Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Numerical):
Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Numerical):

To find local min/max, we need to defind the x value 1st in MATLAB

x=linspace (-2,2,100);
 Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Numerical):

To find local min/max, we need to defind the x value 1st in MATLAB

x=linspace (-2,2,100);
linspace: Generate linearly spaced vector
Syntax
y = linspace(x1,x2)
y = linspace(x1,x2,n)
Description
y = linspace(x1,x2) returns a row vector of 100 evenly spaced points between x1 and x2.
y = linspace(x1,x2,n) generates n points. The spacing between the points is (x2-x1)/(n-1).
linspace is similar to the colon operator, “:”, but gives direct control over the number of points and always includes the endpoints. “lin” in the
name “linspace” refers to generating linearly spaced values as opposed to the sibling function logspace, which generates logarithmically
spaced values.
Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Numerical):

To find local min/max, we need to defind the x value 1st in MATLAB

x=linspace (-2,2,100);
f=x.^2+2;

Element-wise power
Example:

Find local minimum/max for this function

Solution (Numerical):

To find local min/max, we need to defind the x value 1st in MATLAB

x=linspace (-2,2,100); ans:

f=x.^2+2; minvalue= 2.0004
plot(x,f), ylim([0,8])
grid on

minvalue=min(f)
Repeat the example by using
x=linspace (-2,2,10000)

Compare and discuss the final answer

Thank
you!!