GEM 601 Advanced Engineering Mathematics 1

2nd Semester, AY 2016-2017

Exercises for Boundary-Value Problems in Rectangular Coordinates

Exercises 13.1 (Zill & Wright, 4th ed)

Use separation of variables to find, if possible, product solutions for the given partial differential
equation.
u u
1.
x y
u u
2. u
x y
u u
3. x y
x y
2u u
4. k u ,k 0
x 2
t
2u 2u
5. a 2
x 2 t 2
2u 2u u
6. 2 2k , k 0
x 2
y t
2u 2u
7. u
x 2 y 2
Classify the given partial differential equation as hyperbolic, parabolic, or elliptic.

2u 2u 2u
8. 0
x 2 xy y 2
2u 2u 2u
9. 6 9 2 0
x 2 xy y
2u 2u
10. 9
x 2 xy
u
2
2 u 2 u u u
11. 2 2 6 0
x 2
xy y x y
2u 2u
12. a 2
x 2 t 2

Exercises 13.2 (Zill & Wright, 4th ed)

In the following problems, a rod of length L coincides with the interval [0, L] on the x-axis.
Set up the boundary-value problem for the temperature u x, t .
1. The left end is held at temperature zero, and the right end is insulated. The initial temperature
is f x throughout.
2. The left end is held at temperature 100o, and there is heat transfer from the right end into the
surrounding medium at temperature zero. The initial temperature is f x throughout.
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3. The left is at temperature sin , the right end is held at zero, and there is heat transfer from
L
the lateral surface of the rod into the surrounding medium held at temperature zero. The
initial temperature is f x throughout.
In the following problems, a string of length L coincides with the interval [0, L] on the x-axis.
Set up the boundary-value problem for the displacement y x, t .
4. The ends are secured to the x-axis. The string is released form rest from the initial
displacement xL x .
5. The left end is secured to the x-axis, but the right end moves in a transverse manner according
to sin t . The string is released from rest from the initial displacement f x . For t 0 the
transverse vibrations are damped with a force proportional to the instantaneous velocity.
For the following problem, set up the boundary-value problem for the steady-state
temperature u x, y .
6. A thin rectangular plate coincides with the region in the xy-plane defined by 0 x 4 , 0 y 2 .
The left end and the bottom of the plate are insulated. The top of the place is held at
temperature zero, and the right end of the plate is held at temperature f y .

Exercises 13.3 (Zill & Wright, 4th ed)

1. Solve the equation for one-dimensional unsteady-state heat conduction subject to the given
conditions. Assume a rod of length L.
L
1, 0 x 2
u 0, t 0 , u L, t 0 , u x,0
0, L x L
2
2. Find the temperature u x, t in a rod of length L if the initial temperature is f x throughout
and if the ends x 0 and x L are insulated.
3. Suppose heat is lost from the lateral surface of a thin rod of length L into a surrounding
medium at temperature zero. If the linear law of heat transfer applies, then the heat equation
2u u
takes on the form a 2 2 hu , 0 x L, t 0 where h is a constant. Find the
x t
temperature u x, t if the initial temperature is f x throughout and the ends x 0 and
x L are insulated.
4. A thin wire coinciding with the x-axis on the interval [-L, L] is bent into the shape of a circle
so that the ends x L and x L are joined. Under certain conditions the temperature
u x, t in the wire satisfies the boundary-value problem below. Find u x, t .
2 u u
a2 , L x L, t 0
x 2 t
u L, t u L, t , t 0
u u
, t0
x x L x xL

u x,0 f x , L x L
Exercises 13.4 (Zill & Wright, 4th ed)
In the following problems, solve the one-dimensional wave equation subject to the given conditions.

u 0, t 0, u L, t 0

1. u
u x,0 4 xL x , t 0
1

t 0

u 0, t 0, u , t 0

2. u
u x,0 0, t sin x
t 0

u 0, t 0, u L, t 0

2hx
, 0 x L2
L
3. u x,0
2h1 x L2 x L
L

u 0
t t 0
4. A string is stretched and secured on the x-axis at x 0 and x for t 0 . If the transverse
vibrations take place in a medium that imparts a resistance proportional to the instantaneous
velocity, then the wave equation takes on the form
2u 2u u
2 2 , 0 1, t 0
x 2
t t
Find the displacement u x, t if the string starts from rest from the initial displacement f x .

Exercises 13.5 (Zill & Wright, 4th ed)

In the following problems solve the equation for two-dimensional steady-state heat conduction for a
rectangular plate subject to the given boundary conditions.
1. u 0, y 0, u a, y 0, u x,0 0, u x, b f x
2. u 0, y 0, u a, y 0, u x,0 f x , u x, b 0
u u
3. u 0, y 0, u 1, y 1 y, 0, 0
y y 0
y y 1

u
4. u 0, y , u , y 1, u x,0 0, u x, 0
x x 0
5. u 0, y 0, u 1, y 0, u x,0 100, u x,1 200