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Telegraph Equation
Problems and Solutions
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D’Alembert’s principle
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Wave Equation
Telegraph Equation
∂2φ 2
2∂ φ
= c (1)
∂t 2 ∂x 2
General Solution
To obtain the solution of the Initial Value Problem (1) and (2),
we consider the general solution of the (1)
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by using the first condition in equation (2).
General Solution
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by using the second condition in equation (2).
General Solution
Solving for f (x) and k(x) using (4) and (7) we get,
Z x
1 1 1
f (x) = h(x) − k(s)ds − [g(a) − f (a)] (8)beamer-tu-lo
2 2c a 2
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General Solution
And
Z x
1 1 1
g(x) = h(x) + k(s)ds + [g(a) − f (a)] (9)
2 2c a 2
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General Solution
General Solution
General Solution
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Practice Exercise
Q. Substitute
Z x
1 1
φ(x) = f (x) − g(ξ)dξ (15)
2 2c x0
Z x
1 1
ψ(x) = f (x) + g(ξ)dξ (16)
2 2c x0
into
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u(x, t) = φ(x − ct) + ψ(x + ct) (17)
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to get the D’Alembert’s solution.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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