UNIVERSITY OF WAH

WAH ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Mechanical Engineering Department)

Assignment #04
Course Title: Numerical Analysis Course Code: MTH-204
Semester & Section: 4th (A&B) Faculty: Ms Tamina
Maximum Marks: 10 Date:
Student Name_____________________ Reg. #_________________

PLO-1: Engineering Knowledge: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science,

engineering fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex
engineering problems..
CLO-1: Understand the main concepts and the role of computation as a tool in problem-
solving.

Course learning outcome Program learning outcome Learning domain

CLO – 2 PLO – 1 C–3

Q. No. 1 PLO 1, CLO 2 Marks=10

You are making a bookshelf to carry books that range from 8½" to 11" in height and would
take up 29" of space along the length. The material is wood having a Young’s Modulus
of 3.667Msi , thickness of 3/8" and width of 12". You want to find the maximum vertical
deflection of the bookshelf. The vertical deflection of the shelf is given by

4 3 8 5 6 4
v(x)  0.4249310 x  0.1353310 x  0.6672210 x  0.018507x

where x is the position along the length of the beam. Hence to find the maximum deflection
we

need to find dv dx
f (x)  0
where
and conduct the
second
derivative test.
 The equation that gives the position x where the deflection is maximum is given by

8 4 5 3 3 2
 0.6766510 x  0.2668910 x  0.1274810 x  0.018507  0

Use the secant method of finding roots of equations to find the position x where the
deflection is maximum. Conduct three iterations to estimate the root of the above
equation.

Find the absolute relative approximate error at the end of each iteration and the
number of significant digits at least correct at the end of each iteration.
(b) Calculate the approximation using a value of x=0.3 solve the equation for Maclaurin series
approximation
1
e− x =
x x x4
2 3
1−x+ − + … … …..
2 ! 3! 4 !

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