BML Munjal University Gurgaon

Differential Equations for Engineers

 Practice Problems #5

Q1. Solve the following initial boundary value problems:

(a)
utt − c2 uxx = 0 0 < x < 1, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = 0, ut (x, 0) = 1, 0≤x≤1
u(0, t) = u(1, t) = 0, t ≥ 0.

(b) ♣
utt − c2 uxx = 0 0 < x < 2π, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = cos x − 1, ut (x, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π
u(0, t) = u(2π, t) = 0, t ≥ 0.

(c)
utt = c2 uxx − u 0 < x < L, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = f (x), ut (x, 0) = 0, 0≤x≤L
u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0, t ≥ 0.

Q2. ♣ Consider the homogeneous Dirichlet diffusion problem:

ut − kuxx = 0 0 < x < L, 0 < t ≤ T,

u(x, 0) = f (x), 0 ≤ x ≤ L, u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0, 0 ≤ t ≤ T.
Z L
Define E(t) = u2 dx. Show that E ′ (t) ≤ 0. If f (x) = x(2 − x) and L = 2 in the above
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Z 2
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then show that u2 dx ≤ for t ≥ 0.
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Q3. Using the method of separation of variables, solve the following heat equations:
(a)
ut = uxx + u, 0 < x < 10, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = 3 sin 2πx − 7 sin 4πx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 and u(0, t) = u(10, t) = 0.
(b)
ut = uxx , 0 < x < 2, t > 0,

0 if 0≤x<1
u(x, 0) = and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.
1 if 1≤x≤2
(c) ♣
ut = uxx , 0 < x < 2, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = cos2 πx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.
Q4. ♣ Solve the heat equation

ut = uxx , 0 < x < L, t > 0,

u(x, 0) = f (x), 0 ≤ x ≤ L and u(0, t) = T1 , u(L, t) = T2
where T1 and T2 are constants.

Q5. Let R = {(x, y) : 0 < x < π, 0 < y < a}. Solve the BVP:

uxx + uyy = u, (x, y) ∈ R

with the BC’s:
u(0, y) = u(π, y) = u(x, 0) = 0 and u(x, a) = 1.