Tutorial-III PDE MA24103
Tutorial-III PDE MA24103
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13. Find the Fourier series expression of
(
1/2 + x, if − 1/2 < x ≤ 0
f (x) = .
1/2 − x, 0 < x ≤ 1/2.
14. Use the method of separation of variables to solve the following equations:
∂2u
(a) ∂x2 − 2 ∂u
∂x +
∂u
∂y = 0.
(b) ∂u ∂u
∂x = 2 ∂t + u with the initial condition u(x, 0) = 3e−x .
(c) x2 ∂u 2 ∂u
∂x + y ∂y = 0.
∂u −3y
(d) ∂x = 4 ∂u
∂y together with the initial condition u(0, y) = 8e .
∂2u
(e) ∂x2 = ∂u
∂y + 2u together with the initial conditins u(x, 0) = 0 and
∂u
∂x = 1 + e−3y when x = 0
for all y.
(f) 2x ∂u ∂u
∂x − 3y ∂y = 0.
15. Solve the one dimensional heat and wave equations by the method of separation of variables.
16. Find the temperature in a bar of length L units whose ends kept at zero and lateral surface
insulated if the initial temperature u(x, 0) is
(a) x
(b) sin πx
L
(c) x(L − x)
L L
(d) x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 and L − x for 2 ≤ x ≤ L.
17. Solve the one dimensional wave equation ytt = c2 yxx , 0 < x < L, t > 0 with y(0, t) = 0 ,
y(L, t) = 0, y(x, 0) = f (x) with ∂y
∂t |(x,0) is
18. Solve the one dimensional wave equation ytt = c2 yxx , 0 < x < L, t > 0 with y(0, t) = 0 , y(L, t) = 0
with
L L ∂y
(a) y(x, 0) = x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, and L − x for 2 ≤ x ≤ L and ∂t |(x,0) = xcos πx
L
L L ∂y
(b) y(x, 0) = x(L − x) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2, and L − x for 2 ≤ x ≤ L and ∂t |(x,0) = xcos πx
L .