Description
MECE 120. NUMERICAL COMPUTING FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. This course introduces students to applied numerical computation, with an emphasis on solving typical mechanical engineering problems. Sequential logic programming is taught using MATLAB. Topics include array and scalar operators, program control elements, graphic and text I/O, internal and user-defined functions. Students are introduced to numerical methods such as root finding, solutions to systems of linear equations, linear regression, and numerical integration and differentiation. Corequisites: Mathematics 161 and Physics 101. Semester course, three hours.