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4|c| EML 5060 Homework Set 4 Fall 1998      
Page HW Class Topic
17 2.19cdg 2.19e Classification
17 2.20   Classification
17 2.21bc 2.21a Classification: take p=p(x,y,z)!
18 2.24 2.26 Canonical form
18 2.25   Canonical form
18 2.22cgh 2.22d Characteristics
18 2.27ab 2.27d 2D Canonical form
18 2.28ajkp 2.28nml 2D Canonical form
98 7.19 7.20 Unsteady heat conduction in a bar
98 7.21 7.22 Unsteady heat conduction in a bar
98 7.24 7.25 Unidirectional viscous flow
98 7.26   Unidirectional viscous flow
99 7.28 7.27 Acoustics in a pipe
99 7.31 7.29 Vibrations of a string
99 7.35 7.36 Acoustics above a plate
99 7.37 7.37 Steady heat conduction in a plate
99 7.38 7.39 Steady heat conduction in a disk
4|c| Solve the problem below      

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Solve the unsteady vibrations of the membrane on a circular drum. The membrane displacement $u(r,\theta,t)$ satisfies the wave equation

\begin{displaymath}
u_{tt} = a^2 \nabla^2 u. \end{displaymath}

The boundary condition at the edge is

\begin{displaymath}
u(2,\theta,t)= 0. \end{displaymath}

For initial condition, assume that the membrane is struck at the point r=1 and $\theta=\pi/2$. In other words assume that $u(r,\theta,0)=0$ and that $u_t(r,\theta,0)$ is a delta function at r=1 and $\theta=\pi/2$. This means that

\begin{displaymath}
\int_0^1 \int_0^{2\pi} u_t(r,\theta,0) f(r,\theta)\/
r \/{\rm d} r\/ {\rm d}\theta = f(1,\pi/2) \end{displaymath}

for any function $f(r,\theta)$. What frequencies will be present in the vibrations, and with what relative strength?

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