APPLIED PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

AND FLUID DYNAMICS

SECOND MIDTERM
DECEMBER 18, 2015
DURATION 60 MIN.

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Exercise 1
Consider the problem:
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 4u = 0, (x, y) ∈ D,
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(1) 
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 uC1 = 2x − 5y,
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 
u C = 0,
2

where D denotes the annulus D = {(x, y) ∈ R2 : 4 < x2 + y 2 < 9}, ∂D = C1 ∪ C2 , C1 = {(x, y) ∈

R2 : x2 + y 2 = 4}, C2 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 : x2 + y 2 = 9}.
• Classify the problem (1) and discuss the uniqueness of solutions for this problem.
• Solve (1) by means of the Fourier method of separation of variables in polar coordinates,
namely for u(x, y) = v(ρ, θ).
• Write the obtained solution v(ρ, θ) in cartesian coordinates (x, y), namely write u(x, y), and
then comment on the obtained solution.
Justify all answers.
Hint: Laplacian in polar coordinates is given by
1 1
4v = vρρ + vρ + 2 vθθ .
ρ ρ
Exercise 2
Prove characteristic parallelogram law for the solution of the wave equation utt − c2 uxx = 0 and
then use it to solve the following initial–boundary value problem:
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 utt − 16uxx = 0, x > 0, t > 0,
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



u(x, 0) = 3, x > 0,
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


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ut (x, 0) = 0, x > 0,
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








u(0, t) = g(t), t > 0,
where 
3, if 0 < t ≤ 2,
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g(t) =

0, if t > 2.
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Draw the value of u(x, t) in the (x, t) plane and write the values u(x, t) as a function of x for any
fixed value of t > 0.
Justify all answers.