Name of the Candidate: Reg.

No:
21SE110
M.E. DEGREE – NOVEMBER 2022 - EXAMINATIONS
BRANCH: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Duration: 3 Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer All Questions
PART – A (30 marks) CO Marks

A1. Evaluate Fourier sine and cosine transform method for . CO1 (6)
A2. CO2 (6)
Compute the extremizing function for J[z(x,y)] = 
D
+ +

2 −2 ( , ) where f(x,y) is a known function.

A3. Compute the characteristic polynomial and inverse for CO3 (6)
2 −1 1
= −1 2 1 using Faddeev Leverrier Method.
1 −1 2

A4. Evaluate the integral ∫ ( + 1) by using Gauss three-point formula in one CO4 (6)
dimension.
A5. Show that the random process X(t) = cos( + ) is wide-sense stationary CO5 (6)
if A and are constants and is a uniformly distributed random variable in
(0, 2 ) .
PART – B(70 marks) CO Marks

B1. Compute the displacement u(x,t) of an infinite string using the method of CO1 (11)
Fourier transform given that the string is initially at rest and that the initial
displacement is f(x), -∞ < x <∞ .
(OR)
B2. Solve the following boundary value problem in the half-plane y > 0, CO1 (11)
described by uxx + uyy = 0, -∞ < x <∞ , y> 0 using boundary conditions
u(x,0) = f(x), -∞ < x <∞, u is bounded as y →∞; u and both vanish as
|x| →∞.
B3. a. Compute extremum for the functional I[y(x)] = − , y(0) =
0, y(π/2) = 1. (4) CO2 (19)
b. Compute the curve joining given points A and B which is traversed by a
particle moving under gravity from A to B in the shortest time. (15)
(OR)
B4. a. Compute the curve with fixed boundary points such that its rotation
about the axis of abscissae give rise to a surface of revolution of
minimum surface area. CO2 (19)
(7)
b. Solve: − + = 0, y(0) = 0, y(1) = 1 using Rayleigh-Ritz Method.
(12)
CONT…….
B5. Compute the inverse for the following matrix and calculate the dominant CO3 (10)
eigen value of
3 −1 0
= −1 2 −1
0 −1 3
by power method with initial approximation X 0 = [1 0 0]T.

(OR)
B6. 3 −1 0
For the stress matrix, = −1 2 −1 assuming highest principal stress as
0 −1 3 CO3 (10)
4 and the eigen vectors is [1 -1 1]T, compute the other principal stresses
and their directions.
B7. a. Calculate ∫ /
by using the two point Gaussian Quadrature
(4)
CO4 (11)
b. Solve ∫ ∫ ( − 1) ( − 1) by using Gaussian quadrature three
point for x, y & z. (7)
(OR)
B8. Solve ∫ ∫ ∫ ( ) by using Gaussian quadrature and two terms CO4 (11)
for x, y & z.
B9. a. The process {X(t)} whose probability distribution under certain
( )
, = 1,2, . . .
conditions is given by { ( ) = }= ( )
Prove that is CO5 (19)
, = 0
not stationary. (9)
b. Given a random variable Ω with density f( ) and another random
variable uniformly distributed in (- , ) and independent of Ω and X(t)
= a cos(Ω t + φ), prove that {X(t)} is a wide-sense stationary process.
(10)
(OR)
B10 a. If {X(t)} is a wide-sense stationary process with autocorrelation
function ( ) and Y(t) = X(t+a) – X(t-a) then show that ( )=
2 ( ) − ( +2 −) ( −2 ). (9)
b. The auto correlation function of the random telegraph signal process is CO5 (19)
given by R( )= | |
. Compute the power density spectrum of the
random telegraph signal. (10)

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