SEC.128 Rectangular Membrane. Double Fourier Series sn portion times the acceleration @?u/@1?; here p is the mass of the undeflected membrane per unit area, and AA = Ax Ay is the area ofthat portion when itis undeflected. Thus Pu pax by Sa = Tay [uals + x, yx) ~ nabs 993] + TAK [uylsy, y+ Ay) — ye, 9) where the derivative on the left is evaluated at some suitable point (¥, 3) corresponding to that portion. Division by p Ax Ay gives Pu _ Tf mle + Ae wy — ule ye) | tlt y + Ay) — tlt») ar p Ax dy If we let Ax and Ay approach zero, we obtain the PDE of the model (+43) ar” ay? ‘This PDE is called the two-dimensional wave equation. The express is the Laplacian Vu of u (See. 10.8). Hence (3) ean be written, eu eB) eT etu Solutions of the wave equation (3) will be obtained and discussed in the next section, 12.8 Rectangular Membrane. Double Fourier Series ‘The model of the vibrating membrane for obtaining the displacement u(x, y.1) of a point (%,) of the membrane from rest (u = 0) at time 1 is ® (2% 22) @ = 0 on the boundary Ga) ux, ¥, 0) = Fx, ») Gb) uel Yr 0) = BG YD. Here (1) is the twoxdimensianal wave equation with c® = Tip just derived, (2) isthe boundary condition (membrane Fixed along the boundary inthe xy-plane forall times 1 0) and (3) are the initial conditions at ¢ = 0, consisting of the given intial displacement (intial shape) fx, y) andthe given inital velocity gx, y), where u, ~ dud. ‘We see that these conditions are quite similar to those forthe string in Sec. 12.2