DJJD

2015/16

Engineering Analysis II
Tutorial Sheet Laplace Transform

Causal Functions

1. Find the derivative of (t3 + sin t) u(t).

2. Find the area under the curve (t3 + sin t) u(t) between t = 3 and t = 1.

1000%
3. Find the area under the curve

1
[u(t 1) u(t 3)] between t = 2 and t = 2.5
(t + 3)

...
Laplace Transform and Its Inverse

4. Determine the Laplace transform of the following functions:

(a) e3t u(t),

(b) u(t 3),

(c) et sin 3t u(t),

(d) (5 cos 3t 6t3 ) u(t)

5. Determine the inverse Laplace transforms of the following functions.

(a)

s1
3s 7
3s + 3
s+3
2
10
, (b) 2
, (c) 2
, (d)
, (e) 2
, (f)
4
s
s + 8s + 17
s +9
(s 1)(s + 2)
s + 4s
(s + 1)(s2 + 1)

6. Find the Laplace transforms of

(a) t3 e2t u(t),

(b) et sinh 3t u(t),

(c) sin(t 3) u(t 3)

8. Find the inverse Laplace transforms of

(a)

6
15
3s2 + 11s + 14
e2s2 (s + 1)
e3s
,
(b)
,
(c)
,
(e)
,
(d)
(s + 3)4
s2 2s + 10
s3 + 2s2 11s 52
s4
s2 + 2s + 5
Further Laplace Transforms

7. If F (s) = L{f (t)} find expressions for F (s) if

dy
d2 y
3 + 4y = sin t,
y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0
2
dt
dt
dy
(b) 7 6y = 3 u(t),
y(0) = 0,
dt
(a)

1000000%

9. Find the Laplace transform of 3(t 3)

10. Use Laplace transforms to solve:

d2 x
+ x = 2t, x(0) = 0, x0 (0) = 5
dt2
dx
+ x = 9e2t , x(0) = 3
(b)
dt
(a)

Solving Differential Equations

11. Solve the given system of differential equations for the initial conditions specified.
dx
dy
= y,
= x, x(0) = 1, y(0) = 0
dt
dt
dx
dy
(b)
= 4x 2y,
= 5x + 2y, x(0) = 2, y(0) = 2
dt
dt
(a)

12. The Laplace transform can also be used to solve a pair of coupled second order differential
equations.
Solve, for the given initial conditions,
d2 x
= y + sin t
x(0) = 1, x0 (0) = 0
dt2
d2 y
dx
= + cos t y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 1
2
dt
dt
(Note that the initial conditions on each of x(t) and y(t) are needed in the second order
situation.)