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Wave Equation: Understand The General Form of Pdes
Wave Equation: Understand The General Form of Pdes
Wave Equation: Understand The General Form of Pdes
Equation
Heat Equation
Laplace Equation
Wave Equation
General form:
1 2u 2u 2u 2u
2
u
2
2
2
2
2
c t
x
y
z
In 1-D example of a stretched string:
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Wave Equation
In one dimension, the simplest example is the vibration of a taut
string stretched to a uniform tension T between two fixed
points where u is the displacement, x is measured along the
equilibrium position and t is the time.
1 2u 2u
c 2 t 2 x 2
utt c 2 u xx
c2 T
Wave Equation
Example
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Wave Equation
Solution
Wave Equation
Example
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Wave Equation
Solution
Wave Equation
Example
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Wave Equation
Solution
Heat Equation
The general heat-conduction or diffusion equation is given as
follows:
1 u
2u
t
T
2T
2
t
x
Where:
is called the thermal diffusivity, k c
k is the thermal conductivity
c is the specific heat of the medium
is the density of the medium
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Heat Equation
Example
Heat Equation
Solution
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Heat Equation
Example
Heat Equation
Solution