Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Methods,
and Problem Solving
The Book
Steven C. Chapra, Applied Numerical Methods
with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, 3rd
ed, McGraw, New York, 2012.
Motivation
• During your carrier or academic study
• Use of prepackaged computer program
• Dealing with problem can not be handled with commercial software or solved
analytically
What is the meaning of numerical method ?
• Numerical methods are techniques that used to formulate
mathematical problems so that they can be solved using
computations.
Problem
𝐹𝑈 = 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 2
Drive the function to calculate the
velocity Of the jumper verse time
𝐹𝐷 = 𝑚 𝑔
𝐹 𝑑𝑣 𝐹
𝑎= → =
𝑚 𝑑𝑡 𝑚
Modeling
𝑑𝑣 𝐹 𝐹𝑈 = 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 2
=
𝑑𝑡 𝑚
𝐹 = 𝐹𝐷 − 𝐹𝑈
𝑑𝑣 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 2
= 𝑔− 𝐹𝐷 = 𝑚 𝑔
𝑑𝑡 𝑚
Steven C. Chapra, Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB
for Engineers and Scientists, 3rd ed, McGraw, New York, 2012.
EXAMPLE 1.1
A bungee jumper with a mass of 68.1 kg leaps from a
stationary hot air balloon. Use Eq. (1.9) to compute velocity for
the first 12 s of free fall. Also determine the terminal velocity
that will be attained for an infinitely long cord (or alternatively,
the jumpmaster is having a particularly bad day!). Use a drag
coefficient of 0.25 kg/m.
𝑑𝑣 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 2 𝑔𝑚 𝑔𝐶𝑑
= 𝑔− Exact solution 𝑣 𝑡 =
𝐶𝑑
tanh(
𝑚
𝑡)
𝑑𝑡 𝑚
Exact solution
𝑑𝑣 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 2
= 𝑔−
𝑑𝑡 𝑚
Exact Solution
𝑔𝑚 𝑔𝐶𝑑
𝑣 𝑡 = tanh( 𝑡)
𝐶𝑑 𝑚
Numerical solution - Euler's Method
First order differential equation
𝑑𝑣 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 2
= 𝑔−
𝑑𝑡 𝑚
Steady-state
𝑑𝑣 2 𝑔𝑚
=0 𝑚𝑔 = 𝑐𝑑 𝑣 𝑣=
𝐶𝑑
𝑑𝑡
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