Numerical Computation for Mechanical Engineers | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare

Readings

Macro-Me-Suspension

Robot Arm Demo

Slides on Bernoulli/Area Estimation

The Macro-Me-Robot: Friction Test

The Macro-Me-Robot^1

Unit 1: . (Numerical) Calculus; Elementary Programming Concepts from Math, Numerics, and Programming (for Mechanical Engineers). V1.2, September 2012.

V1.2 Errata from Math, Numerics, & Programming

Unit 2: Monte Carlo Methods from Math, Numerics, and Programming (for Mechanical Engineers). V1.2, September 2012.

Unit 3: Linear Algebra 1: Matrices and Least Squares; Regression from Math, Numerics, and Programming (for Mechanical Engineers). V1.2, September 2012.

Unit 4: (Numerical) Differential Equations from Math, Numerics, and Programming (for Mechanical Engineers). V1.2, September 2012.

Unit 5: (Numerical) Linear Algebra 2: Solution of Linear Systems from Math, Numerics, and Programming (for Mechanical Engineers)

Unit 7: Nonlinear Equations from Math, Numerics, and Programming (for Mechanical Engineers). V1.2, September 2012.

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Mechanical Engineering

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Fall 2012

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Undergraduate

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