The project work is not compulsory, but strongly recommended, and will count for 20% of your final mark. The deadline to hand in the project work is the 31th March (midnight). The presentation of the project will be on the 2nd/3rd of April.
This project aims at developing experience in implementing and experimenting with finite difference discretizations of PDEs. This is a very important goal of this course.
The project is a group assignment, and we encourage to work in the same groups as have already been established. If there are any changes, notice Sølve as soon as possible.
Your task is to choose a PDE and find out as much as you can about the problem. Then propose a finite difference discretization of the equation, and implement your method as efficiently as possible. A List of PDEs to choose from has been provided - if there is an equation you are desperate to study that is not on this list we may be able to accommodate this, let us know.
You are supposed to suggest a complete discretization scheme. Using the method of lines for time-dependent problems will reduce the number of points given. Using MOL can still be useful as an intermediate step to the full scheme, and also for creating reference solution for convergence plots.
Most of the problems have an intended real world application - we hope that this can help make the problems more approachable and interesting, and also reflects that most PDEs are studied with some applications in mind. We encourage you not to lose sleep about modelling matters, but it will be a nice bonus if the plots you display give an indication of what the equation is representing.
The project aims to encourage self-sufficiency and creativity by its open nature - we have not provided an enormous amount of information, and students are expected to do their own research into the problems. We are aware that this may be intimidating and will be available to provide guidance, particularly in the early stages of the project.
Hand-in of the project will be through ovsys.
You can get a total of 20 points. The evaluation will take into account the degree of difficulty of the problem you have considered.
The presentation will be an important step in the evaluation process. This is mandatory. If you are sick, you should provide a medical certificate to Stian at the office of our Department and inform us. We will arrange an oral discussion of your project work at a different date.
From next week, there will be supervision in the computer lab on Wednesdays 10:15-12:00 and 16:15-18:00 (no lecture).
Additional supervision (subject to change):
Name | Date | Time | Room |
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| | | |
Anne | 12.03 | 14:30-16:00 | 1348 SBII |
Abdullah | 13.03 | 08:15-10:00 | 922 SBII |
Sølve | 14.03 | 14:00-16:00 | 922 SBII |
Sølve | 15.03 | 14:00-16:00 | |
Abdullah | 15.03 | 14:15-16:00 | 922 SBII |
Anne | 18.03 | 13:15-15:00 | 1348 SBII |
Anne | 19.03 | 14:30-16:00 | 1348 SBII |
Abdullah | 20.03 | 08:15-10:00 | 922 SBII |
Sølve | 21.03 | 14:00-16:00 | |
Anne | 22.03 | 13:15-16:00 | 1348 SBII |
Abdullah | 22.03 | 14:15-16:00 | 922 SBII |
Anne | 25.03 | 09:15-12:00 | 1348 SBII |
Anne | 26.03 | 14:30-16:00 | 1348 SBII |
Abdullah | 27.03 | 08:15-10:00 | 922 SBII |
Anne | 28.03 | 09:15-12:00 | 1348 SBII |
Sølve | 28.03 | 14:00-16:00 | 922 SBII |
Anne | 29.03 | 13:15-16:00 | 1348 SBII |
If the time given is inconvenient for your group, please try to trade places with another group by yourself.
The presentation can be in English or Norwegian, of your own preference. English slides combined with a presentation spoken in Norwegian is also allowed.