MECH 603

General Information

Instructor:	Marek Behr
Course time and location:	Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30 - 3:45 pm, ME Building 123
Office hours:	Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, ME Building 234
Phone:	(713) 348-5657
Email:	`behr@rice.edu`
Web:	`http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~behr/mech603.html`

Course Description

This course will introduce analysis techniques that exploit modern computing engines to solve computational mechanics problems, with emphasis on fluid flows and finite element methods. Sections of the course will concentrate on discretization methods, scalar optimization, parallel computing, and practical aspects of parallel finite element implementations. A prior knowledge of FORTRAN or C programming, and familiarity with the UNIX operating system are prerequisite. Course requirements include class participation and completion of hands-on programming projects.

Lecture notes

Please see the updated lecture notes on the MECH 525 website, which supplanted MECH 603.

Miscellaneous

Course announcement (48K PDF file),
Course syllabus (84K PDF file).

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