SLT: 20

Minutes

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS

FCM2043/FDM2043/FEM1073 - COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
JANUARY 2019 SEMESTER
ACTIVE LEARNING (PAIR WORK)
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The following system of equations is designed to determine the concentrations (the p’s in kg/m3) in
a series of coupled reactors as a function of the amount of mass input to each reactor (the right-
hand sides in kg/day).
7 p1  2 p 2  p3  59
3 p1  p 2  2 p3  53
p1  5 p 2  12 p3  128

a. Derive LU decomposition for the coefficient matrix [ A ] .

b. Find the values of p1 , p 2 and p 3 using the LU decomposition obtained in part (a).

c. Find the values of p1 , p 2 and p3 for an alternative mass input

i.e. right-hand side vector
21
[B ]  11 
16 

Student Reflection: (Please your reflection on the knowledge that you’ve gained on this topic)