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4|c| EML 5060 Homework Set 3 Fall 1998      
Page HW Class Topic
6 1.18 1.14 Notations
6 1.19   Notations
6 1.23 1.21 Notations
6 1.25   Solution by inspection
23 3.38 3.39 Separation of variables
23 3.44 3.42 Separation of variables
23 3.48 3.50 Homogeneous equations
23 3.54   Homogeneous equations
33 4.29 4.32 Exact equations
33 4.35   Exact equations
42 5.52 5.34 Linear equations
42 5.53 5.38 Bernoulli equations
63 6.46   Heat conduction
64 6.63   Air resistance
66 6.87   Bacteria growth
81 8.29 8.18 Constant coefficient equations
81 8.40 8.19 Constant coefficient equations
81 8.41 8.21 Constant coefficient equations
86 9.17   Constant coefficient equations
86 9.20   Constant coefficient equations
96 10.46 10.45 Forcing
96 10.52 10.47 Forcing
102 11.13 11.10 Constant coefficient equations
102 11.14   Constant coefficient equations
102 11.29 11.25 Constant coefficient equations
107 12.12 12.11 Constant coefficient equations
122 13.36   Spring mass system
123 13.53   RCL circuit
124 13.77   Unsteady buoyancy
197 22.21 22.12 Solve as a system (required)
4|c| Solve the 4 questions below      

Note: make a graph of the solution for each solved problem. If the equation has multiple solutions, assume that the value of the unknown at zero is unity, and all its derivatives are zero at zero.

Also make the following four questions (over):

1.
Solve the Cauchy equation

\begin{displaymath}
x^2 y''+ xy' - 4y = \ln x^2 \end{displaymath}

by taking $u=\ln \vert x\vert$ as the new independent variable. To eliminate x, use the chain rule of differentiation as in

\begin{displaymath}
y' \equiv {dy\over dx} = {dy\over du} {du\over dx}
= {dy\over du} {1\over x}, \end{displaymath}

and once more to find y'' in terms of dy/du and d2y/du2. Please do not indicate dy/du also by y'! Solution:

\begin{displaymath}
y = -{\textstyle{1\over 2}} \ln x + A x^2 + B x^{-2} \end{displaymath}

2.
Solve the aerodynamically damped spring-mass system

\begin{displaymath}
\ddot y + \left(\dot y\right)^2 + y = 0\end{displaymath}

by taking y as the independent variable and $\dot y$ as the dependent variable. To eliminate the remaining dt, (in $\ddot y = d\dot y/dt$), use the chain rule of differentiation. Solution:

\begin{displaymath}
\dot y^2 = -y + {\textstyle{1\over 2}} + C_0 e^{-2y} \mbox{,...
 ...}
t = \pm \int {dy\over \sqrt{- y + {1\over 2} + C_0 e^{-2y}}} \end{displaymath}

3.
Solve the motion of a falling body with aerodynamic drag:

\begin{displaymath}
\ddot x + \left(\dot x\right)^2 = 1. \end{displaymath}

Solution:

\begin{displaymath}
\dot x = {Ce^{2t} -1 \over C e^{2t}+1} \quad
x = \ln\vert Ce^{2t}+1\vert - t + D \end{displaymath}

4.
Solve the equation for the streamfunction in a Stokes boundary layer:

y'' + 2xy' - 2y = 0.

Note that y=x is one solution. Solution:

\begin{displaymath}
y = C_0 x + C_1 x \int {e^{-x^2}\over x^2} dx \end{displaymath}


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