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MATH3040TopicsinScientificComputing
MATH3040isagraduatelevelintroductiontofiniteelementsimulationsusingopensourcetoolssuch
asFEniCSandFreeFem++.
Dr.MikeSussmanwillbeconductingthecourse,from12:30to2:15,MondaythroughThursday,in
Thackeray524.Office(Thackeray622)hoursare11:10to12:10MondaythroughThursday,orby
appointment.
Thereisnorequiredtextbookforthecourse.

Objective:
Thecourseobjectiveistointroducestudentstoformulating,debuggingandsolvingfiniteelement
simulationsofpracticalapplications,withafocusontheequationsoffluidflow.Twopopularfreely
availablecomputerpackageswillbepresented:FEniCSandFreeFem++.OneinterfacetoFEniCSuses
thePythonprogramminglanguage,andthecoursewillusePython.FreeFem++usesalimitedversionof
C++.Thebasicsofthelanguagesplusthosefeaturesnecessaryforthiscoursewillbepresentedduring
thelectures.PreviousexperiencewithPython,C++andwithfiniteelementmethodswillbevaluable,but
isnotrequiredbecausethelanguagesandtheorywillbesummarizedduringthelectures.Applicationsfor
whichFreeFem++orFEniCSwillbeusedincludesteadyandtransientheatconductionaswellasthe
StokesandNavierStokesequations.Variousboundaryconditionsandfiniteelementswillbepresented,
aswellastheeffectofthesechoicesonsolutionmethods.

Coursematerials:
Coursematerials,includingcopiesofthelectureslidesareavailable:
Introductioninfullsizeand4slidesperpageformats.
IntroductiontoPythoninfullsizeand4slidesperpageformats.
ExercisesforPython
ContinuingPythonwithnumpyinfullsizeand4slidesperpageformats.
ExercisesforNumpy,Scipy,andMatplotlib
IntroductiontoFiniteElementtheoryinfullsizeand4slidesperpageformats.
AsimpleFiniteElementprogramfullsizeand4slidesperpageformats.
Exercisedescriptionsfor1013
AsimpleFiniteElementprogramplusExercises11and12pythoncode
AsimpleFiniteElementcodeverificationplusExercise13pythoncode
IntroductiontoFEniCSinfullsizeand4slidesperpage.
Multigridsolverexplanationinfullsizeand4slidesperpage.
IntroductiontoFEniCS,partIIinfullsizeand4slidesperpage.
IntroductiontoFEniCS,partIIIinfullsizeand4slidesperpage.
IntroductiontoFEniCS,partIVinfullsizeand4slidesperpage.
IntroductiontoFEniCS,DiscontinuousGalerkininfullsize
IntroductiontoFreeFem++,partI,infullsizeand4slidesperpage.
IntroductiontoFreeFem++,partII,infullsizeand4slidesperpage.
IntroductiontoFreeFem++,partIII,infullsizeand4slidesperpage.
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IntroductiontoFreeFem++,partIV,infullsizeand4slidesperpage.
Wrapupinfullsizeand4slidesperpage.
Examples(code)
example1.py
example2.py
example3.py
example4.py
example5.py
example6.py
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example8.py
example9.py
example10.py
example11.py
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example17.py
exampleDG.py
example18.edp
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example45.edp
newton.py
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mpihello.py
mpi_pi.py
mpi_pi_sr.py
gmgsolve.pymultigriddemonstration

Grading:
Coursegradeswilldependonhomeworkandacourseproject.Therewillbenofinalexam.

Projects:
ReexaminationofaresultofButler
MassconservationforNSE
Polynomialsolutionsonellipses
Sometopicsrelatedtosimulatingvortexshedding.

Studentswithdisabilities
Ifyouhaveadisabilityforwhichyouareormayberequestinganaccommodation,youareencouraged
tocontactbothyourinstructorandDisabilityResourcesandServices,140WilliamPittUnion,412648
7890or4123837355(TTY)asearlyaspossibleintheterm.DRSwillverifyyourdisabilityand
determinereasonableaccommodationsforthiscourse.
Backtothehomepage.
Lastrevisedon$Date:2014/5/12$.

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