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Analysis in Mechanical Engineering I

Fall 2012
Time & Place: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11.50-12.40, in A235 CEB (A building)


Instructor: Ramesh Yapalparvi
Office: B300, Phone: 850-410-6430
email: ramesh.yapalparvi@gmail.com
Office hours: Monday & Wednesday 8.30am -10am

Announcements :

  • The webpage is up and running

  • Welcome to EML 5060

  • Home Work # 1 has been posted.

  • Home Work # 2 has been posted.

  • Home Work # 3 has been posted.

  • Home Work # 4 has been posted.

  • The exam will take place in the same room as the lecture on 12/11/2012 from 10--11 am. The syllabus has been already discussed during the lecture.

    Goal of the course:
  • Refresh the students memory about basic mathematics;
  • Show how mathematical techniques fit in the real-life world encountered by a mechanical engineer;
  • Introduce some advanced techniques, in particular in linear algebra.
  • Help students prepare for the Ph.D.Preliminary exam.

    Outline of the Course:

  • Basic procedures: Calculus and its application to optimization, estimation of area, volume and moments of inertia, approximation procedures, velocity and force fields.

  • Linear systems: Linear algebra and its application to the determination of static loads, static determinacy, principal axes, and natural frequencies.

  • Systems governed by ordinary differential equations: Problems giving rise to ordinary differential equations, their classification and solution procedures,

    Course Outline

    Home Work:

    HW1

    HW2
    HW2 Solutions

    Solutions to Exam1

    HW3
    HW3 Solutions

    Solutions to Exam2
    HW4
    HW4 Solutions

    Solutions to Exam3

    Prerequisites:

     Graduate/Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. (Assumes undergraduate exposure to calculus, and ordinary differential equations, and to some Fourier series, Laplace transforms, and linear algebra.)

    Text Books:
  • Ayres, Frank Jr & Mendelson, Elliott, Calculus Schaum's Outline Series (McGraw-Hill) 5th edition 2009. ISBN 978-0-07-150861-2.

  • Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Peter V. O'Neil. Thomson-Engineering; 6th edition, 2007. ISBN: 0-534-55208-0.

    Recommended:
  • Spiegel, Murray R, & Liu, John, Mathematical HandBook of Formulas and Tables Schaum's Outline Series (Mc-Graw-Hill) 2nd edition 1999. ISBN 0-07-038203-4. (Recommended, but any mathematical handbook is allowed.)

  • Downing, Douglas, Dictionary of Mathematics 2nd Ed, Barron's 1995. ISBN 0-8120-3097-4 (not required but useful if you forgot a lot of basic mathematics concepts.)

    Student Evaluation:

     5% Test 1 (Separate handout.)
    20% Homework (See requirements below.)
    25% Exam 1
    25% Exam 2
    25% Final
    Historically, the B/B-- boundary has been at 75%. Grading is at the discretion of the instructor. You can miss two homeworks, their grades will be taken from the average of your other grades. You still need to know the material for the final, but you can study the posted solutions.

    Computer Requirements:

     Students must have an E-mail address and daily check their E-mail. Students must be able to use a Web browser such as Firefox. The class web page can be accessed at: Course Webpage If you are taking this class remotely, contact the FEEDS office for requirements.

    Important Regulations:

     Please refer to the course outline