Applied Mathematics Department

Teamwork Project
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Problem 1) Suppose that we have a horizontal cylinder tank given in the figure below:

Here, r, h, L are respective the radius of the tank, the depth of the liquid and the length of the
tank.

a) Explain in details that the volume of the liquid in the tank is:
   
2 r−h p
2
V = r arccos − (r − h) 2rh − h L.
r

b) Let V = 8(m3 ), L = 5(m), r = 2(m), determine h by the bisection and the secant methods
with error less than 10−5 .(Guess the isolated interval containing root).

c) Propose a way to find h with the data given in the previous question by the fixed point
method(that is, you give the equation to the equivalent form x = g(x), where g(x) is a
function that makes the fixed point method workable). If it is possible, determine h with
priori error less than 10−5 .(h0 is chosen arbitrarily).

d) With the Newton-Raphson’s method, choosing h0 suitably, determine h with error less
than 10−5 .

Problem 2) a) Write a function to factorize a matrix A into A=LU with Doolitle’s method(not use the
existed command in Matlab or Python), use your function to solve the next problem.

b) An electrical engineer supervises the production of three types of electrical components.

Three kinds of material—metal,plastic, and rubber—are required for production. The
amounts needed to produce each component are:

Metal, Plastic, Rubber,

Component
g/component g/component g/component
1 15 0.30 1.0
2 17 0.40 1.2
3 19 0.55 1.5

If totals of 3.89, 0.095, and 0.282 kg of metal, plastic, and rubber, respectively, are available
each day, how many components can be produced per day?(The following results must be
displayed: Matrix L, the solution of the system Ly = B, Matrix U, the solution of the
system U x = y).

Problem 3) Given a football in the figure:

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The diameter is measured at some points and given in the table:

z (in) 0 1.5 3 4.5 6 7

d (in) 0.0 2.9 4.8 5.8 6.2 6.7

a) Express the formula in integral form with respect to d, z, L to estimate the surface area and
the volume of the football.

b) Using the composite trapezoidal and the composite Simson’s methods to find the surface
area and the volume of the football.