Assignment 10 (bonus 0.

1; to get the bonus, please deliver your solution not later

than at 23.55 on March 27th, 2017).

Consider a semi-infinite string at the interval < x 0 . The end of the string is
(1)
attached to a dashpot with the damping coefficient cdp . Additionally, at x = 3L , the
( 2)
string is supported by another dashpot with the damping coefficient cdp .
Assume that an incident pulse propagates towards the end of the string. The string
deflection in this pulse is given as

0, x ct < 6 L

( x, t )t < L c = w0 , 6 L < x ct < 4 L
0, 4 L < x ct

where c is the wave speed in the string. Thus, the situation at t = 0 is as shown in the
figure below

w
w0
c

( )
2 ()1
cdp cdp

x
7L 6L 5L 4L 3L 2L L 0

Question.

Derive an expression for and plot the string deflection w ( x, t ) at t = 12L c assuming that
(1)
cdp ( 2)
= T c , cdp = T ( 2c ) where T is the tension in the string.

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