Final Exam

Numerical Methods in Engineering

Group 5

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1. The charge q in a capacitor of a RLC circuit is given by

( 2L )
Rt 1 R2
q(t) = q0 exp − cos t − 2

LC 4L

Where q0 is the initial charge, R la resistance, L la inductance and C la capacitance. Use

the Newton module to compute the value of R such that 1% of the initial value of the
charge is dissipated (that is to say, q/q0 = 0.01 ) Assume L = 5H , C = 10−4 F and
t = 0.05s.

Value: 30 points.

2. Consider the following system of two first-order differential equations:

 Final Exam

Numerical Methods in Engineering

Group 5

dp1 dp2
= f1(x, p1, p2), = f2(x, p1, p2)

dx dx
With the initial conditions: p1(x0 ) = p10 and p2(x0 ) = p20.

(a) Write a Mathematica module called euler22 to solve such a system of differential
equations. The input parameters are: a list of functional relations{f1, f2}, a list of initial
conditions {x0, p10, p20}, a solution interval {a, b} and a number of iterations n.

(b) An ecological system is compounded by coyotes and roadrunners, the former feed on
the later. The populations of coyotes and roadrunners are denoted by y and x ,
respectively and change according to the following equations

dx
= 0.1x − 0.02x y

dt
dy
= 0.02x y − 0.4y

dt
Use the previous module to make an analysis of the populations behavior on the time
interval [0,50] assuming the initial conditions x(0) = 30 and y(0) = 3.

Value: 40 points.

3. Two strings support a weight of 10 N as shown in the following Figure.

(a) State the equilibrium conditions and find T1 and T2 if α = π /4, β = π /6 using
the Gaussian elimination method.

(b) Consider that the angle α is fixed and write a Mathematica module to plot T1 and T2
as function ofβ on the interval [0,π /4] as shown in the Figure. Use your plot to
guess for which value of β both tensions are equal.

Value: 40 points.

T
20

15

10

β
0.2 0.4 0.6