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Mathematical modeling of engineering problems

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 310-4002/02
Abbreviation MMIU
Course title Mathematical modeling of engineering problems
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry
Course coordinator prof. RNDr. Radek Kučera, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Principles of mathematical modeling. Model quantities.
2. Basic relations, local and global balance.
3. One-dimensional stationary states.
4. Classification of boundary problems. Corectness of mathematical model.
Non-stationary processes - one-dimensional case. Initial problems.
First order PDE. Method of characteristics.
Application - free and thermal convection.
PDE of second order: classification, Fourier method.
Fourier method for parabolic and hyperbolic PDE.
Multi-dimensional stationary states.
Fourier method for elliptic PDE.
Boundary problems for multivariate problems.
Numerical methods - a brief introduction.
Facultative themes.

Literature

Vlček, J.: Mathematical modeling, http://homen.vsb.cz/~vlc20/
Mathematical Modelling (Ed. M.S. Klamkin). SIAM, 1989.
Mathematical Modeling with Multidisciplinary Applications. Edited by Xin-She Yang, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., UK, 2013

Advised literature

Friedman, A. - Littman, W.: Industrial Mathematics. SIAM, 1994.
Keener, J. P.: Principles of Applied Mathematics. Adison-Wesley Publ. Comp. 1994