MAE/MSE 502 Partial Differential Equations in Engineering (Spring 2021)


Syllabus


Schedule update
Homework 1 - due 2/19
Homework 2 - due 3/7
Midterm - 3/17, 6:00-7:30 PM
Homework 3 - due 3/28
Homework 4 - due 4/11
Homework 5 - due 4/23
Final exam - 4/28, 4:50-6:40 PM
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A tentative list of key sections in textbook to be covered: 
(Approximately in the order of delivery of planned lectures) 

Red colored sections are already discussed in class.

Chapter 1, Sec 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (excluding discussion on polar/spherical
           coordinate systems)
Chapter 2, Sec 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 (excluding discussion on polar coordinate) 
Chapter 4, Sec 4.2, 4.4 

---- The sections above this line, and Lecture 1-14, form the scope of midterm exam ----

Chapter 5, Sec 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (Chapter 5 is conceptual only)

---- The following sections in Ch. 3, 8, and 12, plus Lecture 15-27, form the scop of final exam ----

Chapter 3, Sec 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Chapter 8, Sec 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Chapter 12,Sec 12.1, 12.2, 12.3.1, 12.6.1, 12.6.3, 12.6.5


---- The sections below this line will not be covered due to lack of time ----
Chapter 7, Sec 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Chapter 10,Sec 10.2, 10.3 (excluding Appendix to 10.3), 10.4.2, 10.5

Homework

Homework #1
Solution
Detail for Q2, Q3

Homework #2
Solution
Detail for Q2b, Q3, Q4

Homework #3
Solution
Detail for Q3, Q4, Q5

Homework #4
Solution
Detail for Q1-Q4

Homework #5
Solution
Detail for Q3-Q5
A typo was corrected for the solution of Q3; plot was correct.


Slides/Notes (formal, typed)

Math cheat sheet


Matlab

Basic Matlab programming

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