DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION
BSc and BED. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, BSc and BED. CIVIL
ENGINEERING & BSc. MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
SMA 3144 : PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

DATE: 24th November, 2020 TIME: 8.30am-10.30am

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO

QUESTIONS

QUESTION ONE-30 MARKS-COMPUSORY NOVEMBER, 2020

a) Define a P.D.E. and state two methods of its formation. (2 Mark)

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b) Formulate the PDE from the function F x  y , x  z  0
3 3 2 2
 (4 Marks)
c) Find the equation of the tangent to the sphere whose equation is given by
f  x, y, z   x 2  y 2  z 2  9  0 at the point p2,1,2  . (5 Marks)
dx dy dz
d) Find the integral surfaces of the equation   2 (5 Marks)
x yz x z
e) Use a suitable substitution to solve the homogeneous differential equation
     
y 2  yz dx  xz  z 2 dy  y 2  xy dz  0 . (5 Marks)
f) Solve the equation defined by y zp  x zq  x y  0 .
2 2 2
(5 Marks)
U  2U
g) Determine the Laplace transform of  0 (4 marks)
t x 2

QUESTION TWO: 20 MARKS:

 2u  2u
a) Solve 2  4 2 , using Laplace transforms given the boundary and initial
t x
u 0, t   0 u  x,0  0
conditions (10 Marks)
u l , t   0 u t  x,0  sin x
dx dy dz
b) Find the integral curves of the equation  
y  x  y   az x x  y   az  x  y z
(10 marks)

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QUESTION THREE: 20 MARKS:
a) Find the Orthogonal Trajectories of the surface x 2  y 2  z 2  a 2 , with its intersection
with the family of surface xy  cz . (10 Marks)
p dx  Q1 dy  R1 dt  0
b) Show that the simultaneous equations: 1 Can be reduced to take
p 2 dx  Q2 dy  R2 dt  0
dx dy dz dx dy dt
the form of:   Hence solve:   (10 Marks)
p Q R xz y z  y2

QUESTION FOUR: 20 MARKS:

u  2u
a) Solve the heat equation ,   2  0 by the method of separation of variables, for
t x
u (0, t )  u (4, t )  0 and u ( x,0)  x  4 . (14 Marks)
b) Show that ydx  xdy  2 zdz  0 , is integrable hence solve by a suitable substitution.
(6 Marks)

QUESTION FIVE: 20 MARKS:

a) Obtain the partial differential equation whose solutions is given by F u , v   0 , where

u and v are functions of x, y and z, while z is a function of x and y. (10 Marks)
b) Solve the given equations;
dx dy dz
i)  2  (5 Marks)
xy y zxy  2x 2
dx dy dz
 2 3  2 3
x  y  z  y z  x  z x  y 3 
ii) 2 3 3 3
(5 Marks)

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