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ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 511Physical problemsChapter 08.00A Physical problem - general engineering 511Chapter 08.00B Physical problem - chemical engineeringChapter 08.00C Physical problem - civil engineering 515Chapter 08.00D Physical problem - computer engineeringChapter 08.00E Physical problem - electrical engineeringChapter 08.00F Physical problem – industrial engineeringChapter 08.00G Physical problem - mechanical engineering 517Chapter 08.01 Primer <strong>for</strong> ordinary differential equations (View it on web)Go <strong>to</strong> http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu>Keyword> Primer on ordinary differential equationsMultiple-choice test 523Problem set 525Chapter 08.02 Euler’s method <strong>for</strong> ordinary differential equations 527What <strong>is</strong> Euler’s method? 527Derivation of Euler’s method 528Multiple-choice test 536Problem set 539Chapter 08.03 Runge-Kutta 2nd order method 543What <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> Runge-Kutta 2nd order method? 543Heun’s method 546Midpoint method 546Rals<strong>to</strong>n’s method 547How do <strong>the</strong>se three methods compare with results obtained if we found f x,ydirectly? 550How do we get <strong>the</strong> 2nd order Runge-Kutta method equations? 551Multiple-choice test 554Problem set 557Chapter 08.04 Runge-Kutta 4th order methodWhat <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> Runge-Kutta 4th order method?How does one write a first order differential equation in <strong>the</strong> above <strong>for</strong>m?Multiple-choice testProblem setChapter 08.05 On Solving higher order equations 561Problem set 570Chapter 08.07 Finite difference method 572What <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> finite difference method? 572Multiple-choice test 586Problem set 590xxiv

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