Reg. No.

Question Paper Code : X85762

M.E/M.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS – NOV / DEC 2020

FIRST SEMESTER
Aeronautical Engineering

MA5151 ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL METHODS

(Common to: Aerospace technology/ Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering/
Structural Engineering)

(Regulation 2017)
Time: 3 Hours Answer ALL Questions Max. Marks 100
PART- A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

2e − π s
1. Find the inverse Laplace transform of
s3

2. Define convolution of two functions f(x) and g(x) and also state convolution theorem in
connection with Laplace Transform.

3. Find the Fourier transform of u xx ( x, t ) with respect to x variable

4. Define Dirac delta function. Find the Fourier transform of Dirac delta function.

5. Find the necessary condition for the following functional to have extremum/ stationary
b
values I [u ] := ∫  2 xy + ( y '' )  dx
2
 
a

6. x1

What is the transversality condition for the functional I [ y ]:=

φ
∫
( x)
1 + ( y ') 2 ds ?

7. Show that for a closed polygon, the sum of exponents in Schwarz-Christoffel

transformation is −2.

8. Find the transformation which maps the circle x 2 + y 2 = 1 in z-plane, on to the real axis
of the w − plane.

9. Define Christoffel symbol of the first kind.

10. Show that curl Ai is a skew-symmetric tensor.

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 PART- B (5 x 13 = 65 Marks)

11. a) Solve the following IBVP by Laplace transform technique: (13)

PDE : ut = u xx , 0 < x < l , 0 < t < ∞
BC ' s : u (0, t ) = 0, u (l , t ) = g (t ), 0 < x < l
IC : u ( x, 0) = 0, 0 < x < l.
OR

b) Using Laplace transform method, solve the following IBVP: (13)

PDE : utt = u xx + cos t , 0 < x < ∞, 0 < t < ∞
BC ' s : u (0, t ) = 0, lim x →∞ u ( x, t ) = 0, 0 < t < ∞
IC : u ( x, 0) = 0, ut ( x, 0) = 0, 0 < x < ∞.

12. a) Solve, using Fourier transform technique, the following boundary value (13)
problem in the upper half-plane y>0 described by
PDE : u xx + u yy = 0, − ∞ < x < ∞, y > 0
BC ' s : u ( x, 0) = φ ( x), − ∞ < x < ∞
∂u
Subject to the conditions that u is bounded as y → ∞ ; u and both vanish
∂x
as | x |→ ∞.
OR
b) Solve by Fourier transform technique the following heat conduction problem (13)
on a semi-infinite medium
PDE : ut = uxx , 0 < x < ∞, t > 0
BC ' s : lim x →∞ u ( x, t ) = 0, lim x →∞ u x ( x, t ) = 0, ux (0, t ) = 0 .
IC : u ( x, 0) = f ( x), 0 < x < ∞

13. a) π
4
Find the extremal of I [ y ] = ∫ (y" − y + x 2 )dx under the condition
2 2
(13)
0

π  π  1
y (0) = 0, y '(0) = 1, y   = y '   = .
4 4 2
OR
b) Using calculus of variation principles, find the shortest distance between the
parabola y 2 = x and the point ( −1,5) . (13)

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14. a) Find the in Schwarz-Christoffel transformation that will map the strip y≥0
and − a ≤ x ≤ a of z-plane in to the upper half of w -plane (i.e., v ≥ 0 ) (13)

OR

b) Find the transformation which maps a polygon in the z-plane onto the unit
circle in w-plane. (13)

15. a) Show that any inner product of the tensor Arp and Btqs is a tensor of rank
three. (13)

OR

b) If ds 2 = (dr )2 + r 2 (dθ ) 2 + r 2 sin 2 θ (dθ )2 then, find the values of [22, 1] and
[13,3]. (13)

PART- C (1 x 15 = 15 Marks)

16. a) Using Rayleigh-Ritz method, find an approximation solution of

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I [ y ] = ∫ ( 2 xy − y 2 − y '2 ) dx with boundary condition y(0)=y(1)=0. (15)
0

OR
b) Discuss the fluid flow due to source at z = −1 and sink at z = 1. Determine
the complex potential, stream and potential functions, stream and
equipotential lines of lines of this flow. (15)

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