PETE 1010 Chapter : Pete 301 Syllabus
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Catalog description: use of numerical methods in a variety of petroleum engineering problems; numerical differentiation and integration; root finding; numerical solution of differential equations; curve fitting and interpolation; computer applications; introduction to the principles of numerical simulation methods. Textbook required: numerical methods for engineers, 6th edition; steven c. chapra, raymond p. canale; Topics covered: engineering problem solving and software development tools (excel visual basic for applications,) programming style, errors, debugging, taylor"s series, numerical errors, error propagation, basic concepts of numerical methods. (iteration, convergence, order, stability. ) Classification of problems and methods: finding roots of equations, extrema of functions (single variable), numerical differentiation and integration of functions, interpolation and smoothing. Nonlinear least squares: numerical solution of system of ode, numerical solution of pdes, transient solution of the diffusivity equation in one dimension, using finite differences). Class/laboratory schedule: 100-min lecture session and 170-min lab session per week. Contributions to meeting the curriculum requirements of criterion 5:
