Assignment 2

Foundation Degree in Electrical Power Systems Management Foundation Degree in Electrical Power Engineering Level One: Engineering Mathematics Assignment 2 Module Title Date Set Submission Date Engineering Mathematics 2nd December 2011 10th January 2012

Answer ALL Questions

Instruction to candidates

1. Normal Aston University regulation apply 2. All questions carry equal mark of 20 3. The maximum mark for this assignment is 100
4. The marks for questions are shown in brackets 5. Show all working and explain your reasoning at all times

Set By
Name: Date: Signature Issue Dr. I. Farhan/Joe Hayes 2nd December 2011

Ismail Farhan
1

Internal Verifier
Name: Date: Signature Dr. M. Al-asadi 2nd December 2011

M. al-asadi

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Q1:

(a) Find the rate of change of v with t, at t=1 i.

(4 Marks)

1 t (4 2t )

3 e -4t - 5t e -3t

ii. v=t3e2t-tsin0.2tt+t+2 iii. v=sint-cost3tsin2t+cos24t+10t+5

(7 Marks) (4 Marks)

(b) The current, in an electrical circuit is defined as the rate of change of the charge, Q, flowing in the circuit. In a particular circuit the charge flowing at any time is given by:

t2 Q t - 9 3t 120 2
3

Find a. The current after 4 second b. The maximum charge

(3 Marks) (2 Marks)

(Total marks 20)

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Q2: (a) An electrical voltage E is given by E=30sin40 t+50cos40 t+5, where t is the time in seconds. Determine the maximum value of voltage.
(4 Marks)

b.

Find the area between i. ii. the line y=x and y =x2 the line y=0 and y=sin x between 0 x and (4 Marks) (4 Marks)

c.

A closed cylinder container has a surface area of 6 2. The base cm radius is r cm and the height is h cm. i. Show that the volume, V cm3, of the cylinder is given by
(4 Marks)

V = 3r r 3
ii. Calculate the maximum possible volume of the container.
(4 Marks) (Total marks 20)

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Q3:

(a) The voltage across the plates of a capacitor at any time t in seconds is given by v=Ve-tCR, where V, C and R are constants. Given V=120 volts, C=0.15 F and R=3.0106 find (a) the initial rate of change of voltage, and (b) the rate of change of voltage after 0.3 s.
(2 Marks) (4 Marks)

(b) The voltage, v volts, of an electric circuit at time t seconds after closing a switch, is given by

v 100[1 - e -30t ]
(i) (ii) (iii) Determine the value of the voltage at the moment the switch is closed (2 Marks) Determine the time in seconds for the voltage to drop to 40 volts, giving your answer to three significant figures. (3 Marks) Calculate the rate of change of the voltage after exactly 1 seconds from the switch being closed, giving your answer to two significant figures. State clearly the units in your answer. (3 Marks)

(c) A microwave oven includes an element with a non-linear resistance R . The current. I A, and the resistance, R, are thought to be related by I=VRk k is a constant. Take natural logarithms of both sides of this equation. Hence extend your table so that you can plot a straight line graph. From your graph find the value of k. R I 2 5.80 4 15.70 6 30.00
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8 45.50

10 62.80

12 84.00

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(6 Marks)
(Total marks 20)

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Q4:

(a) Evaluate the following: i. v=0.51.5(sint++23t+4+e-t)dt ii. (4 Marks) (4 Marks)

v = (sin 3 t + cos t + 2t 2 +
0

0.5

1 )dt t+4

iii. (4 Marks)

6t + 5 3t + 5t + 8
2

dt

iv. (4

(3t 2t 16t + 20)dt t2 4 4

3

Marks)

(b) A circuit consists of a resistor R in series with an inductor L. When subject to a step input voltage V at time t=0 the differential equation for the system is

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di R V + i= dt L L
What i2 a. c. the solution for the differential equation, the steady state current ?

(2 Marks) (2 Marks)

(Total marks 20)

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Q5:

(a)
Show

sin 2 cos + sin cos 2 = sin 3

(3 Marks)

(b)
Solve the following equation between -2 2

2tan+4cos-2cos=cos
(5 Marks)

119tan

(c) Two voltages V1=4cos2t , V2=-3sin2t are inputs to an analogue circuit. Determine an expression for the output voltage, adding the two waves, in the form of Asin2t (5 Marks)

(d). The instantaneous value of voltage in volts in an ac circuit at any time (t seconds) is given by.
t v = 4 cos( + ) 6 16

Determine: i. ii. iii. iv. The amplitude, phase angle Time displacement The voltage at t=0 The time when the voltage is 3 Volts. (Mark 1) (Mark 2) (Mark 2) (Mark 2)

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(Total marks 20)

END OF ASSIGNMENT

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