ChE 475

Process Dynamics and Control

Problem Set 3
October 20, 2014

1) Find the Laplace transform of

i) f(t)=cos(wt)
ii) f(t)=cosh(at)
iii) f(t)=5 cos(4t) + e-t + 5t
2) Invert the following Laplace transforms
i) F(s) =

iii) F(s) =

v) F(s) =

s+ 2
s(s + 1)(s + 3)

ii) F(s) =

10
(s + 6s + 2)(s + 2)

iv) F(s) =

1
(s + 2) 3 (s + 3)
100
(s + 25)(s + 2)
2

(s3 + 3s2 + 4s + 5)e -8s

s(s + 1)

3) Solve the following integro- differential equation using Laplace transformation.

dy t
y(t' ) dt' t
dt 0

With y (0) =3

4) Find the complete time domain solutions for the following ODEs using Laplace
transforms.
i)

d 3x
8x e t
3
dt

ii)

dx
12 x sin 3(t 2)U (t 2)
dt

iii)

d2x
dx
6 25x e t
2
dt
dt

With x (0) =

With x (0) =

dx (0) d 2 x (0)

0
dt
dt 2
With x (0) = 1
dx (0)
0
dt

5) For a system described by the following equations

dx
x y e 3 t
dt

x(0) = 1

dy
y 4x 0
dt

y(0) = 0

i) Find X(s) (be sure to eliminate Y(s) from this expression)

ii) Determine the final value of x(t) as t (both in time and s-domain)
iii)Find y (t).
6) Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on page 267-268 of Chau