Course Title: Green's Function Methods
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Green's Function Methods
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
MATH2158 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
145H Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2006, Sem 1 2009 |
Course Coordinator: Claude Zorzan
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 992 53270
Course Coordinator Email: claude.zorzan@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 8.9.76
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
You will need to be proficient in the techniques of calculus and in determining the solution to ordinary differential equations. Some familiarity with partial differential equations and transform methods, in particular the Fourier transforms, will be required.
Course Description
The Green’s Function Method is a powerful technique for solving a range of problems in science and engineering that are modelled by differential equations. Such problems arise in applications of electromagnetism, heat flow, optics, acoustics and potential theory. This technique utilizes the responce of a system to a point source or impulse in order to determine the behaviour under different situations or conditions. It provides an analytic solution that emphasizes the core behavioural aspects of the problem being studied.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
On successful completion of this course you will have the skills needed to construct the Green’s function for a range of problems arising from various applications in science and engineering. You will able to identify the core features of the Green’s function in order to determine both the physical characterists of the system being modelled and the qualitative behaviour under different constraints or boundaries.
These attributes directly support the graduate capabilities prescribed in GC1, 2, 3 & 5.
Overview of Learning Activities
All the material needed to satisfactorily complete this course will be presented during lectures. Tutorials will be provided to help reinforce and emphasize the material covered in class.
A number of tests or assignments scheduled during the course will give you the necessary feedback to measure your performance and help you correct any deficiences in you learning.
Overview of Learning Resources
The learning resources needed will be made available at the required stages during the course. Some of this material will be available on the DLS.
Overview of Assessment
All assessment in this course is designed to gauge whether the capabilities and learning outcomes expected of you have been acquired at the level needed to achieve at least a passing grade. The assessment given during the course will help you monitor your progress and provide you with the appropriate feedback.