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Advanced Civil Engineering Mathematics Examination Paper

This document is an exam for an Advanced Civil Engineering Mathematics course. It contains two sections - Section A with 8 multiple choice questions worth 40 marks total, and Section B with 5 long-form questions worth 15 marks each for a total of 60 marks. Students must answer all questions in Section A and 4 out of the 5 questions in Section B. The questions cover topics like matrices, differential equations, integration, and engineering applications.

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Advanced Civil Engineering Mathematics Examination Paper

This document is an exam for an Advanced Civil Engineering Mathematics course. It contains two sections - Section A with 8 multiple choice questions worth 40 marks total, and Section B with 5 long-form questions worth 15 marks each for a total of 60 marks. Students must answer all questions in Section A and 4 out of the 5 questions in Section B. The questions cover topics like matrices, differential equations, integration, and engineering applications.

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Hong Kong Institute

of
Vocational Education

香 港 專 業 教 育 學 院

HD in Civil Engineering

(51301F)

Advanced
Civil Engineering
Mathematics

(CBE2026)

Notes :
1. Answer ALL questions in Section A and any
FOUR (4) questions in Section B. AY 2012/13
2. Section A is worth a total of FORTY (40) marks Autumn Semester
and each question in Section B is worth Main-round Examination
FIFTEEN (15) marks.
3. All works must be clearly shown.
4. This question paper has FIVE(5) pages. 15 January 2013
5. This question paper contains EIGHT (8) 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
questions in Section A and FIVE (5) questions in
Section B.

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AY 2012/2013 Autumn Semester Main-round Exam [51301F/L4] FT
You are required to answer ALL questions in Section A and any FOUR questions in
Section B.

Section A (40 marks)


You are required to answer ALL questions in this section.

2 10 7
A.1 If 𝐴=(4 5 −3), evaluate the determinant of the matrix. (4 marks)
−9 11 8

A.2 State an necessary condition of a system of linear equation which have


non-trivial solution. Hence find that value of a in term of b, c, d of the
system of linear equation. Where a, b, c, d are non-zero constants.
10ac𝑥 + 16(𝑎𝑐𝑑 − 1)𝑦 = 19
5𝑏𝑑𝑥 + 2𝑎𝑑𝑦 = 34 (5 marks)

A.3 Show that 𝑤 = 𝑓(2𝑥 + 3𝑦) + 𝑔(2𝑥 − 3𝑦) satisfies the differential
9 𝜕2 𝑤 𝜕2 𝑤
equation − 𝜕𝑦 2 = 0. (5 marks)
4 𝜕𝑥 2

A.4 Suppose that 𝑙𝑛 𝑤 = 𝑥𝑦𝑧 , 𝑥 = 𝑒 𝑡 , 𝑦 = 7𝑡 2 , 𝑧 = 5𝑡 4 ,


𝑑𝑤
evaluate by using the chain rule. (6 marks)
𝑑𝑡

A.5 Find the particular solution of the following differential equation


𝜋+10
with y( ) = 1.
6

𝑑𝑦
= 𝑎𝑏𝑦 cos(3𝑥 − 5), where a, b are constants. (5 marks)
𝑑𝑥

A.6 Find the particular solution of the following differential equation.


𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦
− 4 𝑑𝑥 + 8 = 0 with the condition y(0) = 1 and (0) = 0. (5 marks)
𝑑𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥

A.7 Find the double integral of a function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 over the
plane region R bounded by the x-axis and the curve 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥
𝜋
with 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2 . (5 marks)

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A.8 Apply Newton-Raphson method to find the root of the equation
(ln w)2 + 2 ln 𝑤 − 1 = 0 near to w = 2. Give your answer to
5 decimal places. (5 marks)

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Section B (60 marks)
You are required to answer any FOUR questions in this section
Each question is worth FIFTEEN marks.

B.9 (a) (i) Prove that (𝐴 + 𝐼)3 = 𝐴3 + 3𝐴2 + 3𝐴 + 𝐼, where I is an


unit matrix. (2 marks)

1 −1 2
(ii) It is given that 𝐴 = (−2 3 0), evaluate (𝐴 + 𝐼)3 . (4 marks)
−4 −2 1

(iii) Hence, by introducing Cartesian coordinate system, solve


(A + I)3 by inverse matrix with Gaussian Elimination
with condition 𝒃𝑻 = (170 146 152). (5 marks)

(b) Find the characteristic equation and the eigenvalues of the


𝑎 𝑏
matrix ( ). (4 marks)
𝑐 𝑑

B.10 Determine the dimension of an opening rectangular box with volume


of 32 m2 and the least (outer) surface area. (15 marks)

B.11 (a) In Civil Engineering Mathematics, Lagrange Interpolation may


adopted to find the function value of the function in sometimes.
The formula to determine the function is in below :
(𝑥−𝑏)(𝑥−𝑐)(𝑥−𝑑) (𝑥−𝑎)(𝑥−𝑐)(𝑥−𝑑)
𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑎−𝑏)(𝑎−𝑐)(𝑎−𝑑) 𝑓(𝑎) + (𝑏−𝑎)(𝑏−𝑐)(𝑏−𝑑) 𝑓(𝑏) + ⋯ , where

a, b, c, d are some constants.

(i) if f(−2) = −15 , f(−1) = −5 , f(1) = 3 , f(2) = 13,


5
find 𝑓(𝑥). Hence estimate ∫1 f(x) dx by using trapezoidal

rule with 6 subintervals. (6 marks)

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(ii) Along with the development of Mathematics, Trapezoidal
Rule was going to be replaced by Simpson’s Rule. The
formula to find the value of function is in below.
𝑏 𝑏−𝑎
∫𝑎 𝑦𝑑𝑥 = 3𝑛
(𝑦𝑜 + 4𝑦1 + 2𝑦2 + ⋯ + 4𝑦𝑛−1 + 𝑦𝑛 )

Estimate the value of the function in (i) with the same


strips. (5 marks)

(b) In 1669, Newton’s Method (Former name of Newton-Raphson


Method) had been issued by Issac Newton, this method can find
the exact root of the equation. By using the method, find the
exact root of 𝑓(𝑥) = 0 and it will iterate three times. (4 marks)

B.12 A block of mass 1 kg is attached to a spring with force constant


6.25 N/m. It is pulled 0.3 m from its equilibrium position and released
from rest. If this spring-block apparatus is submerged in a viscous
fluid medium which exerts a damping force of – 4 v (where v is the
instantaneous velocity of the block), sketch the curve that describes
the position of the block as a function of time. (15 marks)

[Hint: Use Governing differential equation of damped motion -


𝑑2 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑚 + 𝑐 𝑑𝑡 + 𝑘𝑥 = 0]
𝑑𝑡

B.13 A plate which bounded by x = y 2 and y = 5 is located into Cartesian


Plane. The density of the plate, 𝜌 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥. Determine the following:

(a) the mass of the plate. (3 marks)

(b) the location of the centroid of the plate from the x – axis and
y – axis and ; (6 marks)

(c) the moment of inertia, Ixx and Iyy of the plate. (6 marks)

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