CE 303 Computer Programming & Numerical Methods

Department of Civil Engineering

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Winter, 2003

Class Schedule CE303-01/CE303A-01

Monday and Wednesday

6:00 PM – 7:50 PM

17-2654

Instructor K. (Siva) Sivathasan, Ph. D., P.E.

Building 17-2679

Fax: 909-869-4342

Email: ksivathasan@csupomona.edu

Objectives Numerical methods for civil engineering are algorithms developed by mathematicians and computer scientists to solve various problems in civil engineering. These algorithms should be implemented in computer. This course will give students a detailed discussion on the concepts of algorithms widely used in civil engineering. Furthermore, the course will also use Visual Basic programming language, Excel and MatLab to implement algorithms. After completing the course, students should have a solid understanding of numerical methods and hands-on experience in using Visual Basic, Excel, and MatLab to solve civil engineering problems that require numerical methods.

Textbook Computer Programming and Numerical Methods, by Dr. Xudong Jia, 2002

Grading Policy Assignments 10%

Projects 35%

Midterm 20%

Final Exam 35%

Final Exam Monday, March 17, 2003, 6.00 – 8.00 pm

Note A portion of the grade for each assignments and projects will be based on the clarity of the solution (this is not same as neatness).

Office Hours Monday 5.00 – 6.00 pm or by appointment

Course/Lab Outline

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Week Lecture/Lab Reading

1. 1/6 – 1/12 Visual Basic Environment Ch. 1

Lab 1 – Visual Basic Environment

2. 1/13 – 1/19 Visual Basic Fundamentals Ch.2, 3

Lab 2 – Exploration of a VB Application

Assignment #1

3. 1/20 – 1/26 Project #1 – Roots for Quadratic Equations (QE) Ch. 4

Working on Project #1

4. 1/27 – 2/2 More Visual Basic Statements Ch. 5

Assignment #2

Project #1 due

5. 2/3 – 2/9 Numerical Methods with VB

Roots of Equations Ch. 6

Midterm

Lab 3- VB Implementation of Bisection Method

6. 2/10– 2/16 Project #2 -VB Implementation of Newton Methods Ch 7

Working on Project #2

7. 2/17 – 2/23 Procedures, Functions, Modules, Arrays Ch 8, 9

Matrix and Linear Equations Ch 10

Assignment # 3, Project #2 Due

8. 2/24 – 3/2 Matrix and Linear Equations Ch. 10

Matrix Operations with Excel and MatLab Ch 11

Project # 2 Matrix Operations with VB Ch 12

Assignment #4

9. 3/3 – 3/9 Working with Project #3

Advanced VB Topics (File Explore, Internet Browsing) Ch. 14

10. 3/10 – 3/16 Advance VB Topics (VB and Access) Ch. 15

Project #3 due