5-Assignment (Application Laplace)
5-Assignment (Application Laplace)
5-Assignment (Application Laplace)
13. A beam which is coincident with the x-axis is simply supported at its end x = 0 and
is clamped at the other end at x = l. Let a vertical load W act transversely on the
W
beam at x = l/4. The ODE for deflection at any point is given by y iv = EI δ(x−l/4),
where EI is the flexural rigidity of the beam. Find the deflection at any point. (Hint:
Since the beam is simply supported at x = 0, we have y(0) = y 00 (0) = 0. Also it is
given that the beam is clamped at x = l, which means that y(l) = y 0 (l) = 0.)
14. The coordinate (x, y) of a particle moving along a plane curve at any time t, is given
by y 0 + 2x = sin 2t, x0 − 2y = cos t; (t > 0). If at t = 0, x = l and y = 0, show by
Laplace transform that the particle move along the curve 4x2 + 4xy + 5y 2 = 4.
Answers:
5. y(t) = g(t − π)uπ (t) − g(2π − t)u2π (t); where g(t) = 21 (sin t − t cos(t)).
6. y(t) = u0 (t)g(t) − 2uπ (t)g(t − π) + u2π (t)g(t − 2π), where g(t) = 51 [1 − e−2t (cos(t) +
2 sin(t))]
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7. y(t) = 2n2
{sin nt cos α − nt cos(nt + α)}.
8. y(t) = 21 (1 + 2t ) sin t.
9. y(t) = 2 + cte−4t .