Unit name | Scientific Computing |
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Unit code | EMAT30008 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Benjamin |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
EMAT20200 Engineering Mathematics 2, and EMAT20920 Numerical Methods with MATLAB, or equivalent |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
This unit will bring together previous experience of programming, numerical techniques and mathematical methods, with the aim of enabling students to put scientific programming into practice in a project/research setting. The approach is practical rather than theoretical and will cover the techniques and skills needed to do real scientific programming for a range of commonly occurring problem types.
The numerical techniques to be covered will include appropriate choice of numerical method for different classes of ODEs (e.g., stiff problems, and boundary value problems), together with the most widely-used methods to solve PDEs (e.g., finite difference, finite element, and spectral methods). It will be grounded throughout in the fundamentals of software engineering, enabling students to develop efficient programming techniques (e.g., version control, profiling and optimising code), as well as proper use of 3rd party libraries/applications, and hence successfully manage large-scale complex projects.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
1) Implement advanced numerical methods for the solution of real-world problems
2) Select, assess, modify and adapt numerical algorithms, guided by an awareness of their mathematical foundations
3) Apply appropriate computational techniques to solve ODE problems
4) Apply appropriate computational techniques to solve PDE problems
5) Create production-standard code, based on sound software engineering principles.
Lectures & hands-on laboratory sessions
3 hours per week (lectures + labs)
100% coursework.
Two assessments, equally-weighted, covering numerical methods in (a) ODEs and (b) PDEs.
Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing by W. H. Press, S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, B. P. Flannery, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Introduction to Numerical Methods in Differential Equations by M. H. Holmes, Springer New York, 2007.