Entrance Test for the Masters Course

Computational Engineering

Vietnamese-German Universit y

Date: 18. May 2012

Time: 120 min
Name: ..................................................................

Mathematics
1. Calculate the eigenvalues of the matrix

3 18
0
0 .
A = 1 4
0
0 2

2. Calculate the inverse of the matrix

1 1 2
1 1 .
A= 2
2
0 1

3. Find the shortest distance from the point (1, 0, 2) to the plane
x + 2y + z = 4.
4. Calculate the integrals

cos x dx
0

x2 y dx dy.

and
1

5.
a. Solve the differential equation

y = x4 y.

b. Find the solution of this equation that satisfies the initial condition y(0) = 2.

Mechanics
6. For the system shown in the figure, determine the hand force required at point B for the
system to be in equilibrium. When the hand force is applied, what reaction force will be
developed in hinge A? Assume the rod is weightless and rigid and the rope is weightless and
flexible.

7. For the given system determine the section-forces (normal force, shear-force and bendingmoment) and draw their diagrams.

Programming
8. Write (in any programming language) a function, which prints for a specified array
x = [x1 , x2 , . . . , xn ]
the mean value

and the variance

1
xi
m=
n i=1
n

1
s =
(xi m)2 .
n 1 i=1
n