Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Q. 1 Do as directed

(i) The number of significant digit(s) in 0.0500 is/are -------------------

(ii) Measurements done by the scale having calibration error will be
Biased/Uncontained.
(iii) Truncation error in the central difference finite divide difference is of the order
of-------------------.
(iv) Sum of 2.29 and 62.7 giving respect to accuracy level of each number is ---------
(v) Estimated error is always --------- than true error.
(vi) Well conditioned systems are those where small changes in coefficients result in
---------- changes in solution.
(vii) 1/3 Simpson’s rule is ---------- order accurate.
(viii) Solution of the cubic differential equation with RK third order method will be --
-----------.
(ix) The valid Fortron code for ebtan3(a) is ----------------
(x) While declaring any variable as doubleprecision in FORTRON code, by default
it is considered as real variable (TRUE/FALSE).

Q. 2 (a) What do you understand by Accuracy and precision. Explain with suitable example.
(4)
(b) Evaluate the sum S  3  5  7 to 4 significant digits and find its absolute and relative
error. (5)
(c) Round off the following to four significant digits. (3)
363042, 0.0063945, 0.090038

Q.3 (a) In environmental engineering, the following equation can be used to compute the oxygen
level in a river downstream from a sewage discharge:
c  10  20  e0.2 x  e0.75 x 
where x is the distance downstream in kilometres. Determine the distance downstream
where the oxygen level first falls to a reading of 5. Determine your answer to a 1% error.
Initial gauss can be chosen as 1. (8)
(b) Explain the concept of bisection method graphically and write the necessary
conditions to find out the real root by bisection method. (4)

Q.4 (a) What do you understand by “Ill conditioned” and “well conditioned”. (3)

(b) Given the system

x1 + x2 –x3 = -3
6x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 = 2
-3x1 + 4x2 + x3 =1

Solve by naïve Gauss elimination with partial pivoting. Show all the steps of
computation. (9)

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Q. 5 (a) The heat flux q is the quantity of heat flowing trough a unit area of a material per unit
dt
time. It can be computed with Fourier’s law q  k where q has unit W/m2 and k is a
dx
coefficient of thermal conductivity that parameterizes the heat conducting properties of
the material and has units of W/0C.m, T = Temperature (0C); and x = distance (m) along
the path of heat flow. The following temperature are measured from the surface (x = 0)
into a stone wall

x (m) 0 0.1 0.2

T (0C) 20 17 15

If the flux at x = 0 is 60 W/m2, compute k. (8)

(b) Derive the multiple application Trapezodial formula, to be used for numerical
integration. (4)

Q. 6 (a) The table below gives the temperature T (0C) and length l (mm)of a heated rod. If
l = a0 + a1T , find the values of a0 and a1 using linear least squares. (8)

T 40 50 60 70 80
l 600.5 600.6 600.8 600.9 601.0

(b) Write the algorithm of finding the root by bisection method. (4)

Q. 7 Solve the following ODE using Euler’s method from t = 0 to 3 taking step size of 0.5. Find
the local error in each step.
dy
 y  t given y(0) = 1 (12)
dt
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