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Question Paper Code : 40786

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.

Third Semester

Civil Engineering

MA 8353 – TRANSFORMS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

(Common to : Aeronautical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering/

Agriculture Engineering/Automobile Engineering/Electrical and Electronics
Engineering/Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering/
Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering and Management/
Instrumentation and Control Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/
Marine Engineering/Material Science and Engineering/Mechanical
Engineering/Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich)/Mechanical and Automation
Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering/Production Engineering/Robotics and
Automation/Bio Technology/Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering/Chemical
and Electrochemical Engineering/Food Technology/Pharmaceutical Technology)

(Regulations 2017)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions.

PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

1. Form the partial differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants

' a' and 'b' from the relation z = a (x + y ) + b .

2. Find the complete solution of pq = xy .

π + x , − π < x < 0
3. Fourier series of a function f (x ) =  is given by
π − x , 0 < x < π
π 4  1 
+  
2 π  n =1, 3, 5,... n 2
cos nx  . What is the function represented by the same Fourier

series the interval (π , 3π ) ?

4. Find the Fourier series of a function f (x ) up to the first harmonic from the
following data n = 12 ,  f (x ) = 50.090 ,  f (x )cos x = 14.699 and

 f (x )sin x = 18.962 .

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5. Classify the partial differential equation

∂ 2u ∂ 2u 2
x2
∂x 2
− 2 xy
∂x ∂y
+ (
1 + y )
2 ∂ u

∂y 2
+
∂u
∂x
+3
∂u
∂y
− 5u = x .

6. Find the steady state temperature of a rod of length 10cm whose ends are kept
at 30°C and 40°C respectively.

7. State the exponential form of Fourier integral theorem.

8. Find the Fourier sine transform of a function f (x ) = e −2 x + 4e −3 x .

Find the Z -transform of (− 1) .

n
9.

10. State initial value theorem in Z -transforms.

PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 marks)

11. (a) (i) Find the singular solution of z = px + qy + p2 + pq + q 2 . (8)

(ii) ( )
Solve D 3 − 6 D 2 D'+12 DD '2 −8 D '3 z = e 2 x + y . (8)

Or

∂z ∂z
(b) (i) Find the general solution of (z 2 − 2 yz − y 2 ) + x (y + z ) = x (y − z ) .
∂x ∂y
(8)
(ii) ( )
Solve D 2 − 5DD ' + 6 D' 2 z = y sin x . (8)

12. (a) (i) Find the Fourier series for the function f (x ) = x , − l < x < l . Hence
find the value of 1−2 + 3−2 + 5−2 + ..... (8)
(ii) Find the half-range Fourier sine series for f (x ) = x (π − x ) in (0, π ) ,
1 1 π3
and hence show that 1 − + − .... = . (8)
33 53 32

Or

(b) (i) Find the complex form of the Fourier series of a function
f (x ) = e − ax in the interval (− l, l ) . (8)

 x, 0<x <π 2
(ii) Find the half-range cosine series for f (x ) =  .
π − x π 2 < x < π
∞
1
Hence deduce the value 
n =1 (2n − 1)
2
. (8)

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13. (a) A string is stretched and fastened to two points l apart. Motion is started
by displacing the string into the form of the curve y = x (l − x ) and also by
imparting a constant velocity ' k' to every point of the string in this
position at time t = 0 . Find the displacement function y(x , t ) . (16)

Or

(b) Find the steady state temperature distribution in a rectangular plate of

sides ' a' and ' b' which is insulated on the lateral surface and three of
whose edges x = 0 , x = a , y = b are kept at zero temperature, if the
2πx 3πx
temperature in the edge y = 0 is given by 3 sin + 2 sin . (16)
a a

1 − x 2 , − 1 < x < 1
14. (a) (i) Find the Fourier transform of f (x ) =  . Hence
 0 otherwise
∞
 sin x − x cos x  x
evaluate  
0
x 3
 cos dx .
 2
(10)

(ii) Use Fourier cosine transforms method to evaluate

∞
1
 (x
0
2
)(
+1 x2 + 4 ) dx . (6)

Or

sin ax
(b) (i) Find the Fourier transform of f (x ) = and hence find the
x
∞
sin 2 ax
value of
−∞
x2
dx , using Parseval’s identity. (8)

(ii) Find the Fourier cosine transform of e − ax . Use it to find the Fourier
−a x
transform of e cos bx . (8)

2n + 3
15. (a) (i) Find the Z -transform of . (8)
(n + 1)(n + 2)
(ii) Solve, by using Z − transform, the equation yn + 2 + 4 yn +1 + 4 yn = n ,
given that y0 = 0 and y1 = 1 . (8)

Or

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(b) (i) Find the Z − transform of f (n ) * g (n ) , where

 (1 3) , n ≥ 0
n
f (n ) =  and g (n ) = (1 2) U (n ) .
n
(8)
(1 2) , n < 0
−n

4z3
(ii) Find the inverse Z - transform of , by using the
(2z − 1)2 (z − 1)
method of partial fractions. (8)

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