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Assignments files.
| assignments |
descriptions |
supporting files |
solutions |
| Problem Set 1 |
Problems on Conservation Laws (PDF) |
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(PDF) |
| Problem Set 2 |
Part 1
Calculate temperature history and time required to freeze a 10 cm pool of water; description of Cast-a-Box problem. (PDF)
Part 2
Analysis of the World Trade Center Towers Collapse (PDF)# |
Part 1
Heat Conduction Spreadsheet (XLS)
Cast-a-Box
Using Castabox (PDF)
Part 2
Why did the World Trade Center towers collapse?
Further reading and the original continuum analysis of the Fall of the Towers. |
(PDF) |
| Problem Set 3 |
Part 1
Simple Finite Element Method (FEM) Dam Problem (PDF)
Part 2
Fluid Dynamics Problem of Flow of Fluid between Two Infinite Plates (PDF)# |
Part 1
MATLAB® Files (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: constants.m, gravity.m, internal.m, main.m, water.m and README.txt.)
Part 2
Preliminary Skeleton Code (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: plates.m and f.m)
Finished Code, code_final.zip (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: plates.m and f.m) |
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| Problem Set 4 |
Simple Monte Carlo Simulation: Percolation Clusters by the Leath Algorithm, and Off-lattice Diffusion-limited Aggregation (DLA) Clusters (PDF) |
Leath Files (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: leath_algorithm.htm, running_leath.htm, and leath_sample_code.cc.txt)
DLA Code, dla.m (M) |
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| Problem Set 5 |
The Ising Model (PDF) |
MATLAB® Code, ising.m (M) |
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| Problem Set 6 |
Part 1
Basic Molecular Dynamics (PDF)
Part 2
Mechanical Properties of Crystalline Materials (PDF) |
ITAP Molecular Dynamics Program (IMD)
Hints (PDF - 1.1 MB) (Courtesy of Yujie Wei. Used with permission.)
GenePattern Output Samples (PDF)# |
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