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ECI 212A Winter 2025 Homework 3

Homework 3 for ECI 212A is due on February 2, 2025, and includes several boundary-value problems requiring derivation of weak forms and solutions. The problems involve deriving strong forms, potential energy functionals, and numerical solutions using Rayleigh-Ritz approximations. Additionally, students are tasked with solving specific problems from the textbook.

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ECI 212A Winter 2025 Homework 3

Homework 3 for ECI 212A is due on February 2, 2025, and includes several boundary-value problems requiring derivation of weak forms and solutions. The problems involve deriving strong forms, potential energy functionals, and numerical solutions using Rayleigh-Ritz approximations. Additionally, students are tasked with solving specific problems from the textbook.

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Homework 3

Course: ECI 212A (Winter 2025)


Dated: January 22, 2025
 
Due Date: February 2, 2025 (11:59 p.m.)
 

Instructions
The homeworks can be handwritten on engineering/A4-letter paper (use only one side)
or on your iPad or typeset using MS-Word or LATEX. Please upload your solution on
canvas (single PDF file).

Problem 1
Consider the following boundary-value problem:
 
d du
(1 + x) = 0, 0 < x < 1 (1a)
dx dx
u(0) = 0, u(1) = 1. (1b)

(a) Derive the weak form. In stating the weak form, clearly indicate the space of func-
tions that the trial and test functions belong to.

(b) Show that the weak form is equivalent to the strong form. To show this, start with
the weak form and present the steps and arguments that enable you to recover the
strong form (governing equation and boundary conditions). The steps are similar
to deriving the strong form from the variational form (given Π[u], and proceeding
with δΠ = 0), which was asked in the previous homework.

Problem 2
Consider the following boundary-value problem:
 
d 2 du
(1 + 2x ) − u + x2 = 0, 0<x<1 (2a)
dx dx

du
u(0) = 0, = 2. (2b)
dx x=1
Winter 2025 ECI 212A Instructor: N. Sukumar

(a) Derive the weak form.

(b) Show that the weak form is equivalent to the strong form.

Problem 3
A one-dimensional bar of length L is clamped at the left end (u(0) = 0) and is subjected
to a displacement g at the the right end (u(L) = g). The body force per unit length
that acts along the bar is b(x) = 1. The Young’s modulus E and cross-sectional area A
of the bar are constants.

(a) Write down the strong form of the boundary-value problem (governing equations
and boundary conditions).

(b) Derive the exact solution for this problem.

(c) Write down the potential energy functional Π[u].

(d) Starting with a quadratic Rayleigh-Ritz approximation of the form uh (x) = c0 +


c1 x + c2 x2 , first ensure kinematic admissibility of uh (x), and then use the theorem of
minimum potential energy to find the numerical solution.

(e) If Π[u] is the potential energy of the exact solution and Π[uh ] is the potential energy
associated with the numerical solution uh (x) in (d), then how are Π[u] and Π[uh ]
related?

Problem 4
Solve Problem 3.15 from the textbook (Fish and Belytschko).

Problem 5
Solve Problem 3.6 from the textbook (Fish and Belytschko).

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