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BSC207

Numerical Methods in
Engineering

Revision exercise
Question 1
You stand at the side of the road and count the number of cars that pass
every minute at several times as tabulated below.

Time (hr) 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:45 9:15


Rate (cars
4.5 6 3.5 6 5.25 2.25
per min)

(a) Use the best numerical method to determine the total number of cars
that pass between 7:30 and 9:15.
(b) Explain the errors associated with each of the numerical method
selected in (a).
Question 2
The following data define the sea-level concentration of dissolved oxygen
for fresh water as a function of temperature:

T,°C 0 8 16 24 32 40
o,mg/L 14.621 11.843 9.870 8.418 7.305 6.413

Estimate o(27) using

(a) Cubic Newton Interpolating Polynomial


(b) Cubic spline interpolation
(c) Explain the differences between the two interpolation methods used
in (a) and (b).
(d) Least square regression of a straight line
Question 3
A non-isothermal batch reactor can be described by the
following equations:
𝑑𝐶 "#
!$%&'(
= (−𝑒 )𝐶
𝑑𝑡

𝑑𝑇 !
"#
= 1000 𝑒 $%&'( 𝐶 − 10(𝑇 − 20)
𝑑𝑡

where C is the concentration of the reactant and T is the


temperature of the reactor. Initially, the reactor is at 15 °C
and has a concentration of reactant C of 1.0 gmol/L. Solve
for the concentration and temperature of the reactor as a
function of time.
Question 4
The governing equation of the temperature distribution of a long thin rod
with a length of 10 cm is:
𝜕𝑇 𝜕&𝑇
=𝑘 &
𝜕𝑡 𝜕𝑥

Initially, the temperature of the rod is at 0 °C. At t = 0, the boundary


conditions are fixed for all times at T(0) = 100°C and T(10) = 50 °C. The
thermal conductivity, k, is 0.835.

(a) Using a simple implicit scheme and by dividing the distance between
the two ends of the rod into 5 intervals, write down,
(i) The initial conditions at each node
(ii) The boundary conditions at the nodes
(iii) The corresponding finite difference equations at each of the
internal nodes
and express temperature at an arbitrary time, 𝑡 ! .
Question 4
(b) Solve for the temperature at each node at time t = 1 s
using a spatial step size determined in (a) and a temporal
step size of 1 s.
(c) Can the temperature be solved using an explicit
scheme? What are the main differences between the
solutions obtained using explicit scheme and simple
implicit scheme?

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