MA2006, Tutorials

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
MA2006, Engineering Mathematics

Tutorials 11 (Laplace Transform)

Basic transforms and inverse transforms

Find the Laplace transforms of:
1. 2t + 6 2. sin πt 3. ea −bt 4. sin(ωt + δ) ; ω and δ are constants.
5. 6.

Find the inverse transforms of:

0.1s + 0.9 − s − 10
7. 8.
s 2 + 3.24 s2 − s − 2
2
9. Find L(cos 2 t ) by (a) L(sin 2 t ) = ( f ′) sL( f ) − f (0) , (c) expressing cos 2 t in
, (b) L=
s ( s + 4)
2

terms of cos 2t .

s-shifting
Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions by s-shifting theorem:
10. t 2 e −3t 11. 5e 2t sinh 2t
Find the inverse transforms of the following functions by s-shifting theorem:
1 3
12. 13.
( s + 1) 2 s + 6 s + 18
2

14. Obtain partial fractions for

1 3s s + 13
(a) (b) (c)
( s − 4)( s − 1) s + 2s − 8
2
s + 2 s + 10
2

s 2 − 6s + 4 s2 + s − 2 s 2 + 2s
(d) (e) (f)
s 3 − 3s 2 + 2 s ( s + 1)3 ( s 2 + 2 s + 2) 2

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Tutorials 12 (Laplace Transform)

Derivatives and solve ODE

Solve the following IVPs by the Laplace Transform:
y′ + 3 y 10sin=
15. = t , y (0) 0
16. y′′ + ay′ − 2a=
2
= 6, y′(0)
y 0, y (0) = 0
17. y′′ − 4 y′ + 3 y =6t − 8, y (0) =0, y′(0) =0

Find the inverse transforms of the following functions by LT of Integrals:

1 1
18. 19. ; ω is a constant
s + 4s
2
s ( s + ω2 )
2

20. Solve the IVP y1′ =− y1 + y2 , y2′ =− y1 − y2 ; y1 (0) = 1 , y2 (0) = 0

t-shifting and unit step function

Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions by t-shifting theorem:
21. (t − 1)u (t − 1) 22. t 2u (t − 1)

Sketch the given function f(t) and find the Laplace transform
sin wt ; 0 < t < π / w e t ; 0 < t < 1
23. f (t ) =  24. f (t ) = 
0; otherwise 0; otherwise
Find the inverse transforms of the following functions by t-shifting theorem:
25. e−3s / s 3 26. 3(1 − e−πs ) /( s 2 + 9)

27. Solve the IVP y′′ + 9 y =

8sin t , if 0 < t < π , and 0 if t > π ; y (0) = 0 , y′(0) = 4

Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions by differentiation of LT:

28. tet 29. t 2 cosh πt
30. t cos ωt 31. te − t sin t

Find the inverse transforms of the following functions by differentiation of LT:

s2 + 1
32. ln
( s − 1) 2

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LAPLACE TRANSFORM TABLE

f ( t ) = L−1 { F ( s )} F ( s ) = L{ f ( t )} f ( t ) = L−1 { F ( s )} F ( s ) = L{ f ( t )}

1 sinh at 1
1
s a s − a2
2

t n −1 1 s
, ( n = 1, 2,) cosh at
( n − 1)! sn s − a2
2

t n −1e at 1 e − as
, ( n = 1, 2,) u ( t − a ) , Unit step function
( n − 1)! ( s − a )n s
sin ωt 1
δ ( t − a ) , Unit impulse function e − as
ω s + ω2
2

s
cos ωt
s + ω2
2

LAPLACE TRANSFORM FORMULAE

f ( t ) = L−1 { F ( s )} F ( s ) = L{ f ( t )} Remarks

f ( n ) (t ) s n F ( s ) − s n −1 f (0) −  − f ( n −1) (0) Differentiation of function

t
∫0 f ( t)d t F (s) s Integration of function

e at f ( t ) F (s − a) Shift on s-axis

u (t − a ) f (t − a ) e − as F ( s ) Shift on t-axis

tf ( t ) − F '( s ) =
− dF / ds Differentiation of transform

t n f (t ) ( −1) n F ( n ) ( s ) Differentiation of transform

∞
f (t ) t ∫s F ( s ) ds Integration of transform
t
∫0 f (t − t) g ( t)d t
t
L( f * g ) = L( f ) L( g ) Convolution
= ∫0 f ( t) g (t − t)d t
p − st
f (=
t ) f (t + p ) ∫0 e f ( t ) dt (1 − e − sp ) f ( t ) is periodic with period p

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Answers

2 6 π ea ω cos δ + s sin δ 1 e− s − 1
1. + 2. 3. 4. 5. +
s2 s s + π2
2
s+b s 2 + ω2 s s2
 1 − e − sc 
6. k 
 s 
s2 + 2
7. 0.1cos1.8t + 0.5sin1.8t 8. 3e − t − 4e 2t 9.
s ( s 2 + 4)
2 10
10. 11. 12. te − t 13. e −3t sin 3t
( s + 3)3 ( s − 2) 2 − 22
1 1 1  2 1 s 13
14. (a)  −  (b) + (c) +
3  s − 4 s −1  s+4 s−2 ( s + 1) + 3 ( s + 1) 2 + 32
2 2

2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
(d) − + (e) − − (f) 2 − 2
s s − 2 s −1 s + 1 ( s + 1) ( s + 1)
2 3
s + 2 s + 2 ( s + 2 s + 2) 2
15. − cos t + 3sin t + e −3t 16. 2e −2 at + 4e at 17. 2t − e3t + et
1
18. (1 − e −4t ) / 4 19. (1 − cos ωt ) 20. y1 = e − t cos t , y2 = −e − t sin t
ω2
21. e − s / s 2
 2 2 1 ω 1
22. e − s  3 + 2 +  23. (1 + e −πs / ω ) 24. (1 − e1− s )
s s s s +ω
2 2
s −1

(t − 3) 2
25. u (t − 3) 26. sin 3t[1 + u (t − π)]
2
1 
27. sin t + sin 3t +  sin 3t − sin t  u (t − π)
3 
1 2 s 3 + 6π 2 s
28. 29.
( s − 1) 2 ( s 2 − π 2 )3
s 2 − ω2 2( s + 1) 2 t
30. 31. 32. (e − cos t )
( s 2 + ω2 ) 2 [( s + 1) 2 + 1]2 t