B.E./B.Tech.

DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009

Third Semester

MA2211 TRANSFORMS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

(Regulation 2008)
Time : Three hours

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Civil Engineering

Maximum : 100 marks

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PART A (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

1. State the sufficient condition for a function f ( x ) to be expressed as a Fourier series.

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2. Obtain the first term of the Fourier series for the function f ( x ) x 2 , x .

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3. Find the Fourier transform of f ( x )
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0, x a and x b
4. Find the Fourier sine transform of

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5. Find the partial differential equation of all planes cutting equal intercepts from the x and y axes.

6. Solve D3 2 D2 D z 0 .

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7. Classify the partial differential equation 4

2 u u

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8. Write down all possible solutions of one dimensional wave equation.

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9. If F ( z )

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1
1
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z 2 z 4 z 4

, find f (0) .

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10. Find the Z transform of x( n) n !

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PART B (5 x 16 = 80 marks)
11. (a) (i) Obtain the Fourier series of the periodic function defined by

x 0
1 1
1
2
. Deduce that 2 2 2 ...
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1 3 5
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f ( x)
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(ii) Compute upto first harmonics of the Fourier series of f ( x ) given by the following

T/6

T/3

T/2

f ( x)

1.98 1.30 1.05 1.30

2T/3

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(b) (i) Expand f ( x ) x x 2 as a Fourier series in L x L and using this series find the
root mean square value of f ( x ) in the interval.

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(ii) Find the complex form of the Fourier series of f ( x ) e x in 1 x 1 .

1 x if x 1
and hence find the value of
if x 1
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12. (a) (i) Find the Fourier transform of f ( x )

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sin 4 t
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(ii) Evaluate

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4 x 25 x using transform methods.

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(b) (i) Find the Fourier cosine transform of e .

(ii) Prove that

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is self reciprocal under Fourier sine and cosine transforms.

13. (a) A tightly stretched string with fixed end points x 0 and x is initially at rest in its
equilibrium position. If it is set vibrating giving each point a initial velocity 3 x( x ) , find the
displacement.
Or

(b) A rod, 30 cm long has its ends A and B kept at 20C and 80C respectively, until steady state
conditions prevail. The temperature at each end is then suddenly reduced to 0C and kept so.
Find the resulting temperature function is a regular function u( x, t ) taking x 0 at A.

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(b) (i) Using convolution theorem, find the Z 1 of

15. (a) (i) Solve z px qy p 2 q 2 .

z2

z 4 z 3

z 3 20 z
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(ii) Solve D2 2 DD D 2 z sinh( x y ) e x 2 y .

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(b) (i) Solve ( y xz ) p ( yz x )q ( x y )( x y ) .

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(ii) Solve D2 D 2 3 D 3 D z xy 7 .

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z 2 z 4

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(ii) Find the inverse Z transform of

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(ii) Solve the equation un 2 6un 1 9un 2n given u0 u1 0 .

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14. (a) (i) Find the inverse Z transform of