Computational Methods in Engineering

Table of Contents

1. Preliminaries
2. Solution of Linear Equations
3. Computation of Eigenvalues
4. Solution of Algebraic Equations
5. Interpolation
6. Interpolation in Two and Three Dimensions
7. Regression or Curve Fitting
8. Numerical Differentiation
9. Numerical Integration
10. Initial Value Problems
11. Boundary Value Problems (ODE)
12. Introduction to PDEs
13. Laplace and Poisson Equations
14. Advection and Diffusion Equations
15. Wave Equations
16. Beyond The Book The Way Ahead

Authors

S.P. Venkateshan S.P. Venkateshan has taught computational methods in engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for 15 years. He has also worked as the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras.. Professor S. P. Venkateshan received his Ph.D. in Heat Power Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1977. He has taught computational methods in engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for 15 years. Recently, Professor Venkateshan worked as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras. Prasanna Swaminathan Prasanna Swaminathan is a research scholar at the Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab at IIT Madras.. Prasanna Swaminathan is a research scholar at the Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab at IIT Madras.