CIV 350 – Numerical Analysis for Civil Engineers
Current Catalog Introduction to the formulation and techniques for numerically solving a wide range of problems in
Description: engineering with a focus on civil engineering topics. This course provides students with an introduction to
principal concepts and methods of numerical analysis, such as (a) fundamental of digital computing using
computers; (b) principles of numerical methods and algorithms, and their accuracy and convergence behavior;
(c) introducing linear algebra and numerical methods such as direct and iterative techniques to solve the
system of linear equations; (d) roots of non-linear equations and their numerical solutions; (e) numerical
interpolation and integration; (f) fine-difference method to solve the ordinary differential equations of interest
in engineering applications.
Prerequisite: MEC 102; MEC 260
Corequisite: AMS 361; MAT 303; MAT 305
Textbooks and/or Required Texts:
Other Reqd Matl: Timothy Sauer, Numerical Analysis, 3rd edition (2020); and Pre-prepared class notes/slides/videos by the
Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Stony Brook University (2019).
This course is: Required
1. Introduction to numerical analysis
2. Single non-linear equations and their solutions
• Fixed point method
• Mid-point method
• Newton’s method
3. System of linear equations and their solutions
• Direct methods
- Naive Gaussian method
- LU-Factorization
- PA=LU Factorization
• Iterative methods
- Jacobi method
- Gauss-Seidel
- Successive Under-relaxation
- Thomas, Tridiagonal Matrix (TDMA) (direct) method
4. System of non-linear equations and their solutions
• Newton’s multivariate methods
5. Interpolation
• Linear interpolation method
• Lagrange method
• Newton’s divided differences
• Cubic Splines
6. Least square method
• Solving inconsistent linear system of equations
• Developing non-linear models
• Developing power law models
• Developing exponential models
• Developing periodic models
7. Numerical integration and differentiation
• Trapezoid rule
• Simpson’s rule
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• Midpoint’s rule
8. Initial value problems and their solutions
• Explicit Euler scheme
• Implicit Euler scheme
• 2nd order Runge Kutta
• 4th order Runge Kutta
9. Boundary value problems and their solutions
Course Learning Course Learning Outcomes ABET Student Outcomes
Outcomes/ Understand digital computing and perform computations
Expected & MATLAB coding to solve single non-linear equations
1, 6
Performance
Conduct computations & MATLAB coding to solve
Criteria: 1, 6
system of linear equations
Conduct computations to solve system of non-linear
equations
1, 6
Understand interpolation methods & perform
calculations to find interpolative polynomial of data
1, 6
Understand least square method and use it to solve
inconsistent system of equations, find exponential,
periodic, power law, linear and nonlinear models
1, 2, 4, 6, 7
representing data points to make predictions
Understand the concepts and conduct numerical
integration & differentiation by coding in MATLAB
1
Understand the concepts of solving initial value problems
and conduct computations and MATLAB coding to solve 1
initial value problems
Understand the concepts of solving boundary value
problems and conduct computations and MATLAB 1
coding to solve initial value problems.
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Prepared by: Ali Jon Khosronejad (2021)
Last Updated: 9/2021
