VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Topic: Assignment (Laplace Transforms) MAL-201, B. Tech., III-Semester(2014).

1. Find Laplace transform of the following functions:

√ √ 3 √ tn−1
(i) cos t (ii) t ± √1t (iii) sin t (iv) 1−e −t (v) e2t sin4 t
´t ´t ´t ´ t −4u
(vi) 0 1−eu du (vii) 0 sinu u du (viii) 0 ue−u sin 4u du (ix) 0 e usin 3u du
−u

1
e− s
2. If L{f (t)} = s
, find L{e−t f (3t)} .
√ √
π 1
n
cos
√ o 1
√ t
pπ
3. Given that L{sin t} = −
3 e 4s , prove that L
t
= s
e− 4s .
2s 2

4. Evaluate the following integrals

´ using Laplace transforms:
∞ ∞ ∞
(i) 0 t2 e−4t sin 2t dt (ii) 0 e−2t sin3 t dt (iii) 0 cos 6t−cos 4t
´ ´
dt
´ ∞ e−t sin2 t ´ ∞ e−2t (2 sin t−2 sinh t) ´ ∞t´ t e−t sin u π
(iv) 0 t
dt (v) 0 t
dt (vi) 0 0 u
dudt = 4
.
5. Find the Laplace Transform by expressing f (t) in unit step functions

 1, 0 < t < 1,
2, 0 < t < π,


 
2, 1 < t < 2π
(i) f (t) = 0, π < t < 2π (ii) Staircase function f (t) =

sin t, 3, 2<t<3
t ≥ 2π 

........


6. Find the Laplace transform of the following periodic functions:

(i) Half wave rectifier
( (ii) Sawtooth wave (iii) Full wave rectification of | sin ωt|
1, 0≤t≤2
(iv) andf (t) = and f (t + 4) = f (t) for all t ≥ 0
−1, 2 ≤ t ≤ 4,
(
cos t, 0 ≤ t ≤ π
(v) f (t) = and f (t + 2π) = f (t) for all t ≥ 0.
−1, π ≤ t ≤ 2π,

7. Find inverse Laplace transform of the following functions:

− √1 1
(i) 1s e s (ii) 1s e− s (iii) 1s sin 1s (iv) 81s464−256 (v) √3 8s−271 s+1
(vi) (s2 +2s+2) 2
−1 s+a

−1 2

´ ∞ u u

´ ∞ −1 2


(vii) cot b
(viii) tan s 2 (ix) s 2
u +a 2 − 2
u +b 2 du (x) s
tan u 2 du
1 1 e −s 2+5s 1 e −3s
(xi) (s2 +a2 )2 (xii) s3 (s+1) (xiii) √s+1 (xiv) s2 e4s (xv) s2 −e−as (xvi) (s−4)2
1 3 2 2 3 2
(xvii) s+e−s
(xviii) s +6s +14s
(s+2)4
s +2s+3
(xix) (s2 +2s+2)(s 2 +2s+5) (xx) s(s−3s +6s−4
2 −2s+2)2

n 1
o √ n a
o √
8. If L−1 √1s e− s = cos√2πt t , show that L−1 √1s e− s = cos√2πt at , a > 0.
n o n o
s2 −1 9s2 −1
9. If L−1 (s2 +1)2
= t cos t , show that L−1 (9s2 +1)2
= 9t cos 3t .

10. Use convolution theorem to find inverse Laplace transform of the following functions:
16 1 1
(i) (s−2)(s+2)
(ii) s(s+1)(s+2)
(iii) (s2 +4)(s+1)2

11. Solve the following differential equations by using Laplace transforms:

(i) y ′′ + 2y ′ + 5y = e−t sin t; y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 1
(ii) y ′′′ − 3y ′′ + 3y ′ − y = t2 et ; y(0) = 1, y ′(0) = 0, y ′′(0) = −2

1
 ´t
(iii)y ′ − 4y + 3 0 y(τ )dτ = 1; y(0) = 1
´t
(iv) y ′ − y − 6 0 y(τ )dτ = sin t; y(0) = 2(
0, 0 ≤ t ≤ π2
(v) y ′ + y = f (t), y(0) = 2 where f (t) =
cos t, t ≥ π2
(vi) y ′′ + 2y ′ + 5y = δ(t − 2), y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 0
(vii) y ′′ + 2y ′ + 10y = 6δ(t − 2) − 3δ(t − 3), y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 0
(viii)ty ′′ + 2ty ′ + 2y = 2, y(0) = 1, y ′(0) = c ,
(ix) y ′′ + 3y ′ + 2y = e−t , y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = −1.
12. Using convolution theorem, solve
t ´t
f (τ )eτ dτ .
´
(i) f (t) + 0
f (τ ) cos(t − τ )dτ = e−t (ii) f (t) = cos t + e−t 0

13. Find the solution of the following IVPs:

(i) y ′′ + 8y ′ + 17y = f (t), y(0) = 0, y ′(0)
( =0,
1, 0 ≤ t ≤ π
where f (t) is periodic function f (t) = and f (t + 2π) = f (t) for all t ≥ 0
0, π < t < 2π;
(ii) y ′′ + 9y = f (t), y(0) = 1, y ′(0) = 0,(
cos t, 0 ≤ t ≤ π
where f (t) is periodic function f (t) = and f (t + 2π) = f (t) for all t ≥ 0
0, π < t < 2π;
(iii) y ′′ + 9y = f (t), y(0) = 1, y ′(0) =(0,
0, 0 ≤ t ≤ π
where f (t) is periodic function f (t) = and f (t+2π) = f (t) for all t ≥ 0
sin t, π < t < 2π;
´t
(iv) Find solution of the integro differential equation  y ′
+ 5y + 4 0
y(τ )dτ = f (t), y(0) = 2,
0, 0 ≤ t < a

where f (t) is a rectangular pulse given by f (t) = k, a ≤ t ≤ b .

0, t > b

14. The differential equation governing the flow of current i(t) in an LR series circuit is given by
di
L + iR = E(t). Find the current i(t) if the current is initially zero and
dt ( (
0, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 sin t, 0 ≤ t < π2
(i)E(t) = (ii)E(t) =
5, t ≥ 2 0, t ≥ π2

15. Prove that,

2
(i) Laplace transform of the function et does not exist
(ii) cos s can’t be Laplace transform of any function.
16. Let f (t) be a periodic function on [0, ∞) with fundamental period T .
´ (n+1)T ´T
Show that nT
e−st f (t)dt = e−nsT 0
e−st f (t)dt for all n ∈ N.