Applications for 2nd order ODE

Home work (3)

By: Murtada Rawhdan (‫)مرتضى روضان‬
-Suspension Bridge or Suspended Wire

horizontally ⟹ |𝑇𝑃| = |𝑇𝑄 | cos(𝜃 ) … … … . 𝑒𝑞(1)

vertically ⟹ 𝑤𝑠 = |𝑇𝑄 | sin(𝜃 ) … … … . 𝑒𝑞(2)

𝑤𝑠
dividing eq (2) by eq (1), it yields ⟹ |𝑇𝑃| = tan(𝜃 )
𝑤
to simplify the equation let 𝑎 = |𝑇𝑃|

𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑠
⟹ tan(𝜃 ) = = = 𝑎𝑠 … … 𝑒𝑞(3)
𝑑𝑥 |𝑇𝑃|
Remember that ⟹ 𝑑𝑠 2 = 𝑑𝑥 2 + 𝑑𝑦 2

Differentiating eq(3) with respect to x, it yields

 𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑠 √𝑑𝑥 2 + 𝑑𝑦 2
=𝑎 =𝑎
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
After simplifying the above equation, it yields

𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
= 𝑎 √1 + ( )2 … … . . 𝑒𝑞(4)
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥

𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢 𝑑2 𝑦
Let 𝑢 = ⇒ =
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 2
𝑑𝑢
So eq(5) can written as⟹ = 𝑎√1 + 𝑢2
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑢
Separating the variables ⟹ ∫ = 𝑎 ∫ 𝑑𝑥
√1+𝑢2

Integrating both sides⟹ 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ−1 (𝑢) = 𝑎(𝑥 + 𝑐1)

𝑑𝑦
B.C : at the midpoint x=0 since u= then u=0
𝑑𝑥

So, 𝑠𝑖𝑛ℎ −1 (0) = 𝑎(0) + 𝑐1 ⇒ 𝑐1 = 0

𝑑𝑦
Then 𝑢 = sinh(𝑎𝑥 ) ⟹ = sinh(𝑎𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥

⟹ ∫ 𝑑𝑦 = ∫ sinh(𝑎𝑥)𝑑𝑥

1
⟹𝑦= cosh(𝑎𝑥 ) + 𝑐2
𝑎
1
B.C : at the midpoint x=0 ,y=h⟹ ℎ = cosh(0) + 𝑐2
𝑎

1 |𝑇𝑃|
𝑐2 = ℎ − =ℎ−
𝑎 𝑤
|𝑇𝑃| 𝑤𝑥
∴𝑦= [cosh ( ) − 1] + ℎ
𝑤 |𝑇𝑃|