ME 570: Engineering Analysis I
Homework 4
due 11-09-22 (by 5pm)
1. For each of the following partial differential equations determine
the order of the equation and also determine if they are (a) linear
or nonlinear and (b) homogeneous or non-homogeneous.
(i)
∂u ∂ 3u
+ 2 − u2 = 0
∂t ∂x ∂t
(ii)
∂u ∂u
+ sin(x) − x2 = 0
∂t ∂x
(iii)
∂u ∂ 2 u
u + =0
∂x ∂y 2
2. Using the solution obtained in class, write down the solution of
the vibrating string problem governed by the 1D wave equation
if L = π, c2 = 1, the initial velocity, g(x), is zero and the initial
deflection, f (x), is
(i) sin x − 12 sin(2x)
(ii) x/π for 0 < x < π/2 and 1 − (x/π) for π/2 < x < π
Write down the first two (non-zero) terms in each case. For part
(i), also plot the shape of the string for each of the following
times, t = 0, π/2, π and 3π/2.
3. Solve the 1D heat equation in a rod of length L = π with adia-
batic boundary conditions
∂u(0, t) ∂u(π, t)
= =0
∂x ∂x
and initial condition
u(x, 0) = f (x)
4. Obtain the solution to the following non-homogeneous boundary
value problem: the following non-homogeneous 1-D heat equa-
tion
∂u ∂ 2u
= c2 2 + cos(πx)
∂t ∂x
for a bar of length 1m, with non-homogeneous boundary condi-
tions
u(0, t) = 0, u(1, t) = u1 = constant 6= 0
The initial condition is u(x, 0) = f (x).
5. In Problem 5, what is the steady state temperature distribution in
the bar, i.e. the distribution as t → ∞?
6. Verify that the expression
Z ∞Z ∞
u(x, y) = G((x, y), (x1 , y1 ))f (x1 , y1 )dx1 dy1 ,
−∞ −∞
satisfies the Poisson equation
∇2 u(x, y) = f (x, y)
in the unbounded plane.
7. Determine if the following second order linear PDEs are hyper-
bolic, elliptic or parabolic. Also determine if the type is constant
in the entire (x, y)-plane, or is different in subdomains (indicate
the subdomains in such a case).
(a)
uxx + 2yuxy + xuyy − ux + u = 0
(b)
2xyuxy + xuy + yux = 0
8. In aerodynamics, compressible irrotational fluid flow over a body
is sometimes approximated by the PDE
2
1 − M∞ ϕxx + ϕyy = 0,
where ϕ(x, y) is the velocity potential function of the flow and
M∞ is the Mach number of the approaching flow. Recalling the
definitions of subsonic, sonic and supersonic flow, state if the
type of the above PDE changes in each case.