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Numerical Methods for Engineers

The document contains two questions regarding numerical methods. Question 1 asks to use bisection, Regula-Falsi, Newton-Raphson, and Secant methods to determine the mass m of a falling parachutist given the velocity equation. Question 2 asks to use the bisection method to determine temperature T from dissolved oxygen concentration, and provides the formula to calculate the number of bisection iterations needed for a given error level.

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Numerical Methods for Engineers

The document contains two questions regarding numerical methods. Question 1 asks to use bisection, Regula-Falsi, Newton-Raphson, and Secant methods to determine the mass m of a falling parachutist given the velocity equation. Question 2 asks to use the bisection method to determine temperature T from dissolved oxygen concentration, and provides the formula to calculate the number of bisection iterations needed for a given error level.

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ASSIGNMENT 1

Question 1

The velocity of a falling parachutist is given by = (1 () ) where = 9.8, with a

drag coefficient = 14 /, compute the mass so that the velocity is = 35/ at = 7.
Use (i) bisection method (ii) Regula-Falsi method (iii) NR-method and (iv) Secant method to
determine to a level of relative error 0.1%. Take = 60, = 70.

Question 2

The saturation concentration of dissolved oxygen in fresh water can be calculated with the
equation

1.575701 105 6.642308 107 1.243800 1010


= 139.34411 + +
2 3
8.621949 1011

4

Where = the saturation concentration of dissolved oxygen in freshwater at 1 (/)


and = absolute temperature (). Remember that = + 273.15, where = temperature
(). According to this equation, saturation decreases with increasing temperature. For typical
natural waters in temperate climates, the equation can be used to determine that oxygen
concentration ranges from 14.621 / at 0 to 6.949 / at 35. Given a value of oxygen
concentration, this formula and the bisection method can be used to solve for temperature in .

a) If the initial guesses are set as 0 and 35, how many bisection iterations would be
required to determine temperature to an absolute error of 0.05 ?

b) Based on (a), determine as a function of a given oxygen concentration. Test it for


= 8, 10 14 /.

FORMULA TO FIND THE NUMBER OF ITERATIONS FOR A DESIRED LEVEL OF


ERROR IN BISECTION METHOD

log( 0 /, )
= log 2

Where 0 = 0 0 ; absolute error at the zeroth iteration.

, = the desired error

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