SPPU Mechanical Engineering (Semester 6)
Numerical Methods and Optimization
December 2015
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INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


Solve any one question from Q1 and Q2
1 (a) What do you mean by convergence? Explain importance in brief.
2 M
1 (b) Solve the following set of linear simultaneous equation using Gauss elimination method.
x+3y+z=10
x+2y+5z=12
4x+y+2z=16
8 M

2 (a) Find the root of log10 x-x2+2=0 upto accuracy 0.01. Use false position method.
6 M
2 (b) Write short note on Genetic Algorithm.
4 M

Solve any one question from Q3 and Q4
3 (a) Write a flow chart for Bisection method for root finding.
4 M
3 (b) Using Gauss Seidal iteration method solve the following equation.
x+20y+9z=-23
2x-7y-20z=-57
20x+2y+6z=28.
6 M

4 (a) Write short note on Simulated Annealing.
4 M
4 (b) Write a flow chart for Thomas algorithm for tri-diagonal matrix solution.
6 M

Solve any one question from Q5 and Q6
5 (a) The value of x and y obtained in an experiment are as follows, the law controlling them is y=axb,
Find the best value of the constant a and b.
x 1 2 3 4 5
y 0.5 2.0 4.5 8 12.5
8 M
5 (b) From the tabulated values of x and y given below prepare forward difference table. Find the polynomial passing through the points and estimate the value of y when x = 1.5.
Also find the slope curve at x=1.5.
x 0 2 4 6 8
y 5 29 125 341 725
8 M

6 (a) Fit the exponential curve y=aebx to the following data.
x 2 4 6 8
y 25 38 56 84
8 M
6 (b) The velocity distribution of a fluid near a flat surface is given below.
Where x is the distance from the surface (mm) and V is the velocity (mm/sec). Use Lagrange's interpolation polynomial to obtain the velocity at x = 0.4.
x 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.8
V=y 0.72 1.81 2.73 3.47
8 M

Solve any one question from Q7 and Q8
7 (a) Draw flow chart for Simpson's 3/8th rule.
8 M
7 (b) Find double integration of f(x)=x2+y2+5 for x=0 to 2 and y=0 to 2 taking increment in both x and y as 0.5. Use Trapezoidal rule.
8 M

8 (a) Find the area under the curve on X axis. The curve passes through the following points (1.00,2.00), (1.50,2.40), (2.00,2.70), (2.50,2.80), (3.00,3.00), (3.50,2.60), (4.00,2.10).
8 M
8 (b) The velocity of car running on a straight road at the interval of 2 minutes is given below:
Find the distance covered by the car using Simpson's 1/3rd rule.
Time (min) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Velocity (Km/hr) 0 22 30 27 18 7 0
8 M

Solve any one question from Q9 and Q10
9 (a) A second order ODE is transformed into first order ODE as, ( \dfrac {dy}{dx}=z, y(0)=2 \ and \ \dfrac {dz}{dx}=0.5 \ x-y , \ z(0)=0. ) Estimate the value of y and z at x=0.2 take h=0.1.
10 M
9 (b) Explain the step by step solution procedure for solving parabolic equations.
8 M

10 (a) The relationship between x and y is given by ( \dfrac {dy}{dx} +xy=2. ) Estimate y at x=5.1 using 2nd order Runge Kutta method. Assume y=2 at x=5.0. Take step size of 0.02.
8 M
10 (b) Solve the Laplace's equation ( \dfrac {partial^2}{partial^{x^{2}}} + \dfrac {partial^2}{partial^{y^{2}}} =0 ) for the square mesh shown below:

10 M



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