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Villanova UniversityDept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Lecture 2
Dr. David W. Dinehart
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Villanova UniversityDept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Lesson Objectives
• Identify the necessary steps of creating a program
• Review flowcharts• Introduce algorithms and
pseudocode• Review of Excel - example
problem
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Villanova UniversityDept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Chapter 2 - Computers and Software
What is the slope of the line?
h
eexf
xhx
Numerical Derivative
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Villanova UniversityDept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Programming
• Any engineering equation can be expressed as a function
• This course will allow us to solve these functions
• Numerical analysis techniques lend themselves to computer programming
Where do we start?
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CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Your plan of attack(includes equations)
Nuts and bolts
*VERY IMPORTANT*
Revisions/Improvements
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CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Algorithms, Flowcharts, and Pseudocode
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Villanova UniversityDept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Flowchart Symbols
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CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Fundamental Control Structures
1. Sequence
2. Selection
3. Repetition
*Any program can be constructed using only these three operations
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CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Selection
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CEE 3702Numerical Analysis
Repetition