ENGR 2200 - Numerical methods in engineering I - EXCEL Assignment - Automatic calculation

Projectile motion parameters

Initial position, x0 = 2 m Initial position, y =

Initial velocity, v0 = 25 m/s Initial angle, q0 =
Gravity, g= 9.806 m/s2

Table 1. Calculation of velocity and position

t(s) vx(m/s) vy(m/s) v(m/s) x(m) y(m) r(m)
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1.000 21.65 2.69 21.82 23.65 10.60 25.92
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3 m
30 o

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Generate a table of values of z = f(x,y)
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
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0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0.1 0.1 0.141421 0.223607 0.316228 0.412311 0.509902
xmin: 0 0.2 0.2 0.223607 0.282843 0.360555 0.447214 0.538516
xmax: 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.316228 0.360555 0.424264 0.5 0.583095
Dx: 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.412311 0.447214 0.5 0.565685 0.640312
0.5 0.5 0.509902 0.538516 0.583095 0.640312 0.707107
ymin: 0
ymax: 0.5
Dy: 0.1
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Numerical integration using rectangles
f(x) = exp(-x^2/2)/sqrt(2*Pi)

a= 0 Type Integral
b= 1 Left
Dx = 0.05 Middle
Right

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 [9] The figure to the left shows a typical trapezoidal cross-section in an o
flow. The following geometric elements are apparent from the figure:
y = flow depth, z = side slope (zH:1v), T = top width, A = cross-sectional
P = wetted perimeter. The equations relating these geometric elements

T =b+ 2 zy , P=b +2 y √ 1+z 2 , A=(b+ zy ) y

If a flow of Q (volume per unit time) is flowing in the channel, and
Parameters for the critical of gravity, the conditions of critical flow are given by the equation:
flow solution
2
Q T
Calculate =1
Q= 0.20 m3/s gA 3
g= 9.81 m/s2
b= 1.20 m The depth of flow that satisfy the previous equation is known as the critic
z= 0.50 determine the critical depth for a trapezoidal channel, we will use the sec
y= 3.00 m (initial guess) to solve the following equation:

ycrit = 0.13918 m (solution) 2 3

f ( y )=Q T ( y )−g[ A ( y )] =0

The recursion equation to solve f(y) = 0 through the secant method is given by:

f ( yn ) where f'(yn) is approximated by: f ( y n )−f ( y n−1 )

y n+1= y n − , f ' ( y n )≈
f ' ( yn ) y n − y n−1
pezoidal cross-section in an open-channel
e apparent from the figure: b = bottom width,
op width, A = cross-sectional area, and
ng these geometric elements are the following:

y √ 1+z 2 , A=(b+ zy ) y
ng in the channel, and g is the acceleration
given by the equation:

equation is known as the critical depth. To

al channel, we will use the secant method

3
−g[ A ( y )] =0

f ( y n )−f ( y n−1 )
( y n )≈
y n − y n−1