| assignments | descriptions | supporting files | solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Problem Set 1 | Problems on Conservation Laws (PDF) | (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) | |
| 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) | |
| Problem Set 5 | The Ising Model (PDF) | MATLAB® Code, ising.m (M) | |
| 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)# |