BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Department of Applied Sciences

Student Assignment No. 1/11

Semester: Third

Subject: Engineering Mathematics-III

Date of Issue: 29.08.2011

Code: AM-201

Submission Date: 05.09.2011

Topic: Fourier Series

Name of the Faculty: Dr H.S. Bhatti

1. A sinusoidal voltage E Sint is passed through a half-wave rectifier which clips the
negative portion of the wave.

0
Expand the resulting periodic function u t
E sin t

T
t 0
2
2
and T
T

;0<t
2
;

, in a Fourier series.
2. Obtain Fourier Series for the function f ( x) given by

2x
1 ; x 0
f ( x)
1 2 x ;0 x

Hence deduce that

1 1 1
2

......................

. Also give the wave form

12 32 52
8

represented by this function.

; x 0
0
3. If f ( x)
sin x ;0 x
Prove that f ( x)

1
2 cos 2nx
.
sin x 2
2
n1 4n 1
1

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Hence show that

1
1
1
2

......................
1.3 3.5 5.7
4

4. Determine the Fourier series for the periodic triangle function f with period T

defined for 0 a

T
T T
on , by
2
2 2

x
1
f x a
0

for

x a

for a < x

T
2

5. Determine the Fourier series of the half-wave rectified sinusoidal defined by

sin t
f t
0

for 0 t
for <t 2

f t f t 2 . Deduce that

6.

(a)

1
1
1
1

...............
1.3 3.5 5.7
2

(b)

1
1
1
2

...............
.
1.3 3.5 5.7
4

x,
If F x
,
0

x 0
0 x

then at x 0, what is the value to which the Fourier series of F x converges?

7. Can f x tan x be expanded as a Fourier series in the interval , ?
8.

Define Fourier sine series over the interval to . Is it possible to write the
Fourier
sine series for the function f x cos x over the interval?

9.

An alternating current after passing through a rectifier has the form

I sin x,
i 0
,
0

0 x

x 2

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Where I 0 is the maximum current and the period is 2 . Express i as a Fourier series.
10. Find the first four terms of the Fourier series for the saw-tooth waveform as shown in
the figure below:

X'

Y'

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