DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2019 / 2020

THIRD YEAR SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEERING, MECHATRONIC, MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING AND GEGIS/ GIS ENGINEERING

SMA 2371/3144 : PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Date: 10/03/2020 Time: 08.30-10.30 a.m.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question one and any other two questions

QUESTION ONE-30 MARKS-COMPUSORY

a) Form the PDE by eliminating the constants a and b from the equation
z   x  a    y  b
2 2
(5 Marks)
b) Solve the equation defined by p  3q  5 z  tan  y  3 x  . (5 Marks)
c) Verify that the equation  x z  y  dx  3xy dy  x dz  0 is integrable (5 Marks)
2 3 2 3

dx dy dz
d) Find the integral surfaces of the equation   2 (5 Marks)
x yz x z
u u
e) Solve the following PDE by separation of variables method 3 x  2 y  0 ,
u  x,0   4e  x (5 marks)
2 2

f) Form a Quasi-linear equation whose solution is given by  x  y  z , xyz  0
2

(5 marks)

QUESTION TWO: 20 MARKS:

u  2u
a) Solve the heat equation ,   0 by the method of separation of
t x 2
variables, for u (0, t )  u ( 4, t )  0 and u ( x,0)  x  4 .
(10 Marks
 2u  2u
b) Solve  4 , using Laplace transforms given the boundary and initial
t 2 x 2
u  0, t   0 u  x,0   0
conditions (10 Marks)
u  l , t   0 u t  x,0   sin x

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QUESTION THREE: 20 MARKS:
a) Solve the given equations;
dx dy dz
i)  2  (5 Marks)
xy y zxy  2x 2
dx dy dz
 2 3  2 3
x  y  z  y z  x  z x  y3 
ii) 2 3 3 3 (5 Marks)
b) Obtain the partial differential equation whose solutions is given by F  u, v   0 ,
where u and v are functions of x, y and z, while z is a function of x and y. (10
Marks)

QUESTION FOUR: 20 MARKS:

p1 dx  Q1 dy  R1 dt  0
a) Show that the simultaneous equations: Can be reduced to take
p 2 dx  Q2 dy  R2 dt  0
dx dy dz dx dy dt
the form of: p  Q  R Hence solve: x  z  y  z  y 2 (10 Marks)
b) Find the Orthogonal Trajectories of the surface x 2  y 2  z 2  a 2 , with its intersection
with the family of surface xy  cz . (10 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE: 20 MARKS:
dx dy dz
a) Find the integral curves of the equation  
y  x  y   az x x  y   az  x  y  z
(10 marks)
b) Find the integral surface of the equation x y  z  p  y  x  z  q   x  y 2  z which
2 2 2

contains the straight line x  y  0 and z  1 (10 marks)

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