This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the course AE 602A Mathematics for Aerospace Engineers. It consists of 9 questions assessing various mathematical and engineering concepts. Students are instructed to show all steps, avoid plagiarism, and submit handwritten solutions by the deadline of September 7th between 10:30am and 12:30pm to Room 301 of the ESB2 building.
This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the course AE 602A Mathematics for Aerospace Engineers. It consists of 9 questions assessing various mathematical and engineering concepts. Students are instructed to show all steps, avoid plagiarism, and submit handwritten solutions by the deadline of September 7th between 10:30am and 12:30pm to Room 301 of the ESB2 building.
This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the course AE 602A Mathematics for Aerospace Engineers. It consists of 9 questions assessing various mathematical and engineering concepts. Students are instructed to show all steps, avoid plagiarism, and submit handwritten solutions by the deadline of September 7th between 10:30am and 12:30pm to Room 301 of the ESB2 building.
This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the course AE 602A Mathematics for Aerospace Engineers. It consists of 9 questions assessing various mathematical and engineering concepts. Students are instructed to show all steps, avoid plagiarism, and submit handwritten solutions by the deadline of September 7th between 10:30am and 12:30pm to Room 301 of the ESB2 building.
Assignment 1 AE 602A Mathematics for Aerospace Engineers page 1 of 2
Instructions:
• This assignment is of 100 marks and has 15 percent weightage overall.
• Show all the steps for deriving the solution. • Plagiarism is not allowed.
• Submission deadline is 7th Sept 2023. Submit handwritten solutions to the TAs at Room No 301, ESB2 building between 10:30am - 12:30 pm.
Q 1. Consider the system given below and find the position of the system (x, y) at the time, t = 5sec with the initial position as (1, 2). Using Method of Decoupling. (5+10 marks)
(a) x′ = x − y y ′ = 2x + 4y
(b) x′′ = −5x + 2y y ′′ = 2x − 2y Q 2. Solve the following Differential Equations using Method of Power Series. (5+5 marks) (i) y ′ = 3x2 y
(ii) y ′′ = 9y
Q 3. Solve the system y′′ + 5y′ + 30y = 0 for solution y(t). First, solve in the conventional manner you wish to. Then solve it using Eigen Vector and Eigen Value after state transformation. Assume intial position y(t = 0) = 1 m and initial Velocity y ′ (t = 0) = 10 m/s. (10 marks)
Q 4. Linearize the system around the equilibrium point using Taylor Series Expansion and discuss the stability around each equilibrium point. (10 marks)
u′ = u(v − 1)
v ′ = 4 − v 2 − u2
Q 5. Find the equation of motion in state variable form for the system shown in the figure. Comment on the stability using the Eigen Value approach. Consider m1 = m2 = 2kg and k1 = k2 = 4N/m (see fig 1).
Find the solutions x1 (t), x2 (t) with the initial conditions x1 (t = 0) = 0, x2 (t = 0) = 2 and the initial velocity of both the masses be zero. (15 marks)
Q 6. Solve the following non-homogeneous ODE. (5 marks)
3y ′′ + 2y ′ − 8y = e−2t + 10cos5t
y(t = 0) = 5 Assignment 1 AE 602A Mathematics for Aerospace Engineers page 2 of 2
Figure 1: 2 DOF spring mass system
y ′ (t = 0) = 0.5
Q 7. For the following nonlinear system of equations,
ẋ = −x + zx
ż = −x2 + z 2
(a) Find the valid equilibrium points.
(b) Find the general Jacobian matrix. (c) Plot the phase portrait of the same in MATLAB for all possible cases. (Hint: use ODE45 to solve the equations for a node. Use ’quiver’ command to plot the phase portraits.)
(d) Comment on the nature of the nodes and their stability in each case. (15 marks) Q 8. Analyze the stability around equilibrium points for a pendulum when considering the presence of air resistance (see fig 2). Assume the air resistance has a linear relationship with velocity of the point mass. (15 marks)
Figure 2: Pendulum with air resistance
Q 9. Find the shortest distance from point B= [1,0,2] to the plane P defined as P: x+y-z = 1. (5 marks)
