Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5500ICPDCE-SEP-PAR
Aims
To develop skills in advanced engineering mathematics for application to the solution of Civil and Building Services Engineering problems.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply statistical tests and investigate correlation.
2.
Apply numerical methods to Civil and Building Services Engineering problems.
3.
Solve first order ordinary differential equations relevant to engineering problems.
4.
Solve second order ordinary differential equations relevant to engineering problems.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Use advanced mathematics in the solution of Civil and Building Services Engineering problems.
Correlation analysis, Linear regression
Numerical integral: determine the integral of functions using mid-ordinate, trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules
Numerical estimation methods: method of bisection, Newton-Raphson iteration method, estimates of scientific functions
First order differential equations: engineering use, separation of variables, integrating factor method, complementary function and particular integral
Application of second order differential equations:
Introduction to Finite Difference and finite element methods