FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

COURSE NUMBER SECTIONS

TRANSFORM CALCULUS AND PARTIAL ENGR 311 T-X-Y
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

EXAMINATION DATE TIME # of pages (including

Final Exam Dec. 12, 2017 9:00 – 12:00 title page) 8

PROFESSOR(s) Dr. P.Q. Gauthier, Dr. Chandra B. Asthana, Dr. M. Eshagi

MATERIALS ALLOWED - None
CALCULATORS ALLOWED - YES (Faculty
approved calculators TOTAL MARKS 100

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 It is a closed-Notes and closed-book exam.
 Questions carry marks as indicated.
 Please do not write in red (color used for correction)
 No questions will be entertained during the exam. If the questions are not clear
state any assumptions that you think are appropriate and proceed
 Do not write on the left page of the exam booklet
 Anything not readable will NOT be corrected
 You must show your steps leading to the solution(s)

PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE EXAM AND RETURN IT WITH YOUR EXAM
BOOKLET

Name ___________________________________ I.D.: ____________________________

Surname, Given Names

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Question 1 [20 Marks]

a) Find the following:

−t
 L{e t cos(2 t )}

 L−1
{ e−3 s
s3 (s−1) }
b) Use the Laplace transform to solve the following differential equation:

y +y= sqrt {2} Sin sqrt {2} where y ’(0)=0 and y(0)=10

c) Solve for h(t) where h(t) is the convolution of the functions f(t) and g(t) i.e. h(t) = f(t) * g(t)

¿ ¿ ¿and
¿¿¿ ¿ g(t) =

f (t) = ¿
Question 2 [20 Marks]

Consider the following function

1−2 x , 0< x <3

f (x )=
−5 , 3≤x < 4

a) Find the Fourier Cosine Series of f (x ) and sketch it on the interval [−12,12].
b) To what values will this series converge at x = 0, x = 4 and x = -12?
c) WITHOUT FINDING THE SERIES sketch the Fourier Sine Series, on a separate
graph, also on the interval [−12,12 ].

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Question 3 [20 Marks]

(a) Find the Fourier series of the function f(x) on the given interval.

(b) Show that the given set of functions is orthogonal on the indicated interval. Find the
norm of each function in part (a). Construct an orthonormal set.

Question 4 [20 Marks]

Find the steady-state temperature distribution on a 7 mm by 7 mm square aluminum plate, by

solving:
2 2
∂ u ∂ u
+ =0
∂ x2 ∂ y2
with the following boundary conditions:

u(0 , y )=u(7 , y )=u (x , 0)=0

and u( x ,7 )=x (7−x ) .

Question 5 [20 Marks]

Solve, using the method of separation of variables, the following Wave equation
2 2
∂u ∂ u
2
= 2
∂t ∂ x
with fixed boundary conditions: u(0 , t )=u(1 , t )=0
1 ∂u( x ,0 )
u( x ,0 )=3 sin(3 πx )− sin (7 πx ) =5sin(5πx )
and initial conditions: 2 and ∂t

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 [For problems 4 and 5 you DO NOT have to go through all 3 possible cases for the
Separation Constant, simply use the appropriate value for this constant in your solution]

Orthogonal Sets:

On the interval [a,b], the set of {φ0(x), φ1(x), φ2(x), …} is orthogonal if,

b
(ϕ m , ϕ n ) = ∫ a ϕ m (x ) . ϕ n ( x). dx = 0 ; m≠n

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Fourier Series for function period (-p to p):

a0   n n 
f ( x)     a n cos x  bn sin x 
2 n 1  p p 

Where,

1 p 1 p n 1 p n
a0  
p p
f ( x ) dx, a n  
p p
f ( x ) cos
p
xdx bn 
p p
f ( x) sin
p
xdx
,

Fourier sine and cosine series:

p p

( )
a0 ∞ nπx 2 2 nπx
f cosine ( x )= + ∑ an cos where a0= ∫ f ( x ) dx an= ∫ f ( x ) cos dx
2 n=1 p p0 p0 p
p

( )
∞
nπx 2 nπx
f sine ( x )=∑ b n sin where bn= ∫ f ( x ) sin dx
n=1 p p0 p

sin ( 2 nπ +θ ) =sinθ

cos ( 2 nπ +θ )=cos θ

2 sin A cos A = sin 2A

Solutions of Linear Ordinary Differential Equations:

Linear Equation General Solution

' −αx
y +αy=0 y ( x ) =c 1 e

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y + α y=0, α >0
'' 2
y ( x ) =c 1 cos αx+c 2 sin αx

Linear Equation General Solution

y −α y=0, α >0
'' 2 −αx αx
y ( x ) =c 1 e +c 2 e , or
y ( x ) =c 1 cosh αx+ c2 sinh αx

' −α
xy + αy=0 y ( x ) =c 1 x

y ' + P ( x ) y=f ( x )

Or

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