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Computational science and engineering (CSE) deals with developing computational models and simulations to solve complex problems in engineering and natural phenomena. CSE uses high-performance computing, modeling, algorithms, and data analysis rather than purely theoretical or experimental approaches. It is distinct from computer science and engineering, but uses techniques from computer science like algorithms, parallel programming, and programming languages. CSE has many applications across various fields including aerospace engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental engineering, and more.

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Chapter 7

Computational science and engineering (CSE) deals with developing computational models and simulations to solve complex problems in engineering and natural phenomena. CSE uses high-performance computing, modeling, algorithms, and data analysis rather than purely theoretical or experimental approaches. It is distinct from computer science and engineering, but uses techniques from computer science like algorithms, parallel programming, and programming languages. CSE has many applications across various fields including aerospace engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental engineering, and more.

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CHAPTER 7

COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING
INTRODUCTION
Computational science and engineering (CSE) is a relatively new
discipline that deals with the development and application of
computational models and simulations, often coupled with 
high-performance computing, to solve complex physical problems
arising in engineering analysis and design (computational engineering)
as well as natural phenomena (computational science). CSE has been
described as the "third mode of discovery" (next to theory and
experimentation).
INTRODUCTION
In many fields, computer simulation is integral and therefore essential to
business and research. Computer simulation provides the capability to
enter fields that are either inaccessible to traditional experimentation or
where carrying out traditional empirical inquiries is prohibitively
expensive. CSE should neither be confused with pure computer science,
nor with computer engineering, although a wide domain in the former is
used in CSE (e.g., certain algorithms, data structures, parallel
programming, high performance computing) and some problems in the
latter can be modeled and solved with CSE methods (as an application
area).
Methods
 High performance computing and techniques to gain efficiency
(through change in computer architecture, parallel algorithms etc.)
 Modeling and simulation
 Algorithms for solving discrete and continuous problems
 Analysis and visualization of data
 Mathematical foundations: Numerical and applied linear algebra,
initial & boundary value problems, Fourier analysis, optimization
 Data Science for developing methods and algorithms to handle and
extract knowledge from large scientific data
Methods
The most widely used programming language in the scientific community
is FORTRAN. Recently, C++ and C have increased in popularity over
FORTRAN. Due to the wealth of legacy code in FORTRAN and its simpler
syntax, the scientific computing community has been slow in completely
adopting C++ as the lingua franca. Because of its very natural way of
expressing mathematical computations, and its built-in visualization
capacities, the proprietary language/environment MATLAB is also widely
used, especially for rapid application development and model verification. 
Python along with external libraries (such as NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib)
has gain some popularity as a free and Copycenter alternative to MATLAB.
Computational Science and
Engineering Applications
 Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering: combustion
simulations, structural dynamics, computational fluid dynamics,
computational thermodynamics, computational solid mechanics,
vehicle crash simulation, biomechanics, trajectory calculation of
satellites
 Astrophysical systems
 Battlefield simulations and military gaming, homeland security,
emergency response
 Biology and Medicine: protein folding simulations (and other
macromolecules), bioinformatics, genomics, computational neurological
modeling, modeling of biological systems (e.g., ecological systems), 3D
CT ultrasound, MRI imaging, molecular bionetworks, cancer and
seizure control
 Chemistry: calculating the structures and properties of chemical
compounds/molecules and solids, computational
chemistry/cheminformatics, molecular mechanics simulations,
computational chemical methods in solid state physics, chemical
pollution transport.
 Civil Engineering: finite element analysis, structures with random
loads, construction engineering, water supply systems,
transportation/vehicle modeling
 Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and 
Telecommunications: VLSI, computational electromagnetics,
semiconductor modeling, simulation of microelectronics, energy
infrastructure, RF simulation, networks
 Epidemiology: influenza spread
 Environmental Engineering and Numerical weather prediction: 
climate research, Computational geophysics (seismic processing), modeling of
natural disasters
 Finance: derivative pricing, risk management
 Industrial Engineering: discrete event and Monte-Carlo simulations (for
logistics and manufacturing systems for example), queueing networks, 
mathematical optimization
 Material Science: glass manufacturing, polymers, and crystals
 Nuclear Engineering: nuclear reactor modeling, radiation shielding simulations,
fusion simulations
 Petroleum engineering: petroleum reservoir modeling, oil and gas exploration
 Physics: Computational particle physics, automatic calculation of particle
interaction or decay, plasma modeling, cosmological simulations
 Transportation

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