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INTERPOLATION

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Mechanical

BACKGROUND

What is Interpolation? [PDF] [DOC]

History of Interpolation [PDF] [DOC]

Test your knowledge on background of interpolation [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

 

PHYSICAL PROBLEM

Find the thermal expansion coefficient of steel at a specific temperature to find out whether a steel shaft will cool down enough to shrink fit into a hollow hub. The thermal expansion coefficient is to be found by using interpolation from a given table of thermal expansion coefficient of steel as a function of temperature. [PDF] [DOC]

 

NUMERICAL METHOD

DIRECT METHOD

How does the direct method work? [PDF] [DOC]

A Power point presentation [PDF] [PPT]

Simulations of the method [PDF] [MFILE]

Test your knowledge of the method [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

 

NEWTON DIVIDED DIFFERENCE METHOD

How does the Newton's divided difference polynomial method work? [PDF] [DOC]

A Power point presentation [PDF] [PPT]

Simulations of the method [PDF] [MFILE]

Test your knowledge of the method [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

 

LAGRANGE METHOD

How does the Lagrange method work? [PDF] [DOC]

A Power point presentation [PDF] [PPT]

Simulations of the method [PDF] [MFILE]

Test your knowledge of the method [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

 

SPLINE METHOD

How does the spline method work? [PDF] [DOC]

A Power point presentation [PDF] [PPT]

Simulations of the method [PDF] [MFILE]

Test your knowledge of the method [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

 

ANECDOTES

The lurking dangers of extrapolation! [PDF] [DOC] [MFILE] [PDF]

Why is higher order interpolation is a bad idea? [PDF] [DOC] [MFILE] [PDF]

Comparison of spline and polynomial interpolation. [PDF] [DOC] [MFILE] [PDF]

How choice of points of interpolation affects approximations! [PDF] [DOC] [MFILE] [PDF]

How splines can help in developing a shorter path for a robot!  [PDF] [DOC] [MFILE] [PDF]

Runge [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

Newton [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

Lagrange [HTML] [PDF] [DOC]

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