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ENGG 299 Advanced Special Topics in Engineering Sciences
(Cannot be used to satisfy any A.B. degree requirements)
Offered: all terms: arrange
A special topics course in lieu of, or supplementary to, a 200-level course, as arranged
by a faculty member, to be used in satisfaction of degree requirements. The course
must be approved by the graduate programs committee in advance of the term in
which it is offered. No more than one such course may be used in satisfaction of
requirements for any degree. Requests for approval must be submitted to the program
director no later than the eighth week of the term preceding the term in which the
course is to be offered, to permit action prior to the term’s end. Proposed courses
should include full syllabus, resources and student evaluation methods. Courses that
do not have a 100-level prerequisite should use ENGG 199.
ENGG 309 Topics in Computational Science
(Cannot be used to satisfy any A.B. degree requirements.)
Offered: arrange
Contemporary theory and practice in advanced scientific computation, organized by
physical application area. Course comprises two 5-week modules, selected from the
following:
Computational Fluid Dynamics. This module covers four basic contemporary
issues: (i) the inherent nonlinearity of fluids; (ii) the mixed hyperbolic/elliptic
nature of the differential equations governing fluid motion; (iii) the concomitant
algorithmic complexity of their numerical treatment; and (iv) the size,
i.e., the large number of degrees of freedom found in most realistic problems.
Discussion of advection-dominated flows: physical and numerical properties;
temporal and spatial discretization issues; method of characteristics, upwinding,
Galerkin and Petrov-Galerkin methods; artificial viscosity. Navier-Stokes
and shallow water equations in 2- and 3-D: mixed interpolation; primitive
equation and higher-order formulation; staggered meshes; boundary conditions
on pressure, transport and stress; radiation conditions. Frequency domain
solution of hyperbolic problems: nonlinear generation of harmonics; truncation
errors in iterative methods
Prerequisites: ENGS 34 and ENGS 105, or equivalent
Instructor: Staff
Computational Solid Mechanics. This module will deal with the development
and application of finite element methods for solid mechanics problems. After
a brief treatment of the theory of elasticity, the finite element equations for
elastic solids will be developed using variational techniques. Applications in
two- and three-dimensional static elasticity will be considered. Techniques will
then be developed to analyze the following classes of problems; nonlinear
material behavior, especially plasticity; plates and shells; problems involving
contact between two bodies; and dynamic analysis of elastic bodies.
Prerequisites: ENGS 33 and ENGS 105, or equivalent
Instructor: Kennedy
Computational Electromagnetics. This module focuses on numerical solutions
of the Maxwell equations. Emphasis will be placed on problem formulation
and implementation issues. Examples will be selected from a broad spectrum
of topics such as electromagnetic scattering, waveguides, microwave circuits
and strip-lines, bioelectromagnetics. Development of software to solve representative
problems will be required. It is anticipated that the student will be
capable of reading and understanding the current computational electromagnetics
literature upon completion of this course.
Prerequisites: ENGS 105 and ENGS 120
Instructor: Staff