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The document contains 5 questions regarding solving differential equations that model physical phenomena like heat transfer and wave propagation: 1) It asks to solve initial boundary value problems for the 1D wave equation and heat equation. 2) It asks to show that the energy of a solution to the heat equation decreases over time for a specific problem. 3) It asks to use separation of variables to solve 1D heat equations with different initial and boundary conditions. 4) It asks to solve the heat equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions and constant temperatures on the boundaries. 5) It asks to solve a boundary value problem for the 2D Laplace's equation in a rectangular region.

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BML Munjal University Gurgaon

Differential Equations for Engineers


 Practice Problems #5

Q1. Solve the following initial boundary value problems:


(a)
utt − c2 uxx = 0 0 < x < 1, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = 0, ut (x, 0) = 1, 0≤x≤1
u(0, t) = u(1, t) = 0, t ≥ 0.

(b) ♣
utt − c2 uxx = 0 0 < x < 2π, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = cos x − 1, ut (x, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π
u(0, t) = u(2π, t) = 0, t ≥ 0.

(c)
utt = c2 uxx − u 0 < x < L, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = f (x), ut (x, 0) = 0, 0≤x≤L
u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0, t ≥ 0.

Q2. ♣ Consider the homogeneous Dirichlet diffusion problem:

ut − kuxx = 0 0 < x < L, 0 < t ≤ T,


u(x, 0) = f (x), 0 ≤ x ≤ L, u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0, 0 ≤ t ≤ T.
Z L
Define E(t) = u2 dx. Show that E ′ (t) ≤ 0. If f (x) = x(2 − x) and L = 2 in the above
0
Z 2
16
then show that u2 dx ≤ for t ≥ 0.
0 15
Q3. Using the method of separation of variables, solve the following heat equations:
(a)
ut = uxx + u, 0 < x < 10, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = 3 sin 2πx − 7 sin 4πx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 and u(0, t) = u(10, t) = 0.
(b)
ut = uxx , 0 < x < 2, t > 0,

0 if 0≤x<1
u(x, 0) = and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.
1 if 1≤x≤2
(c) ♣
ut = uxx , 0 < x < 2, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = cos2 πx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.
Q4. ♣ Solve the heat equation

ut = uxx , 0 < x < L, t > 0,


u(x, 0) = f (x), 0 ≤ x ≤ L and u(0, t) = T1 , u(L, t) = T2
where T1 and T2 are constants.

Q5. Let R = {(x, y) : 0 < x < π, 0 < y < a}. Solve the BVP:

uxx + uyy = u, (x, y) ∈ R


with the BC’s:
u(0, y) = u(π, y) = u(x, 0) = 0 and u(x, a) = 1.

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