B.E./B.Tech.

DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009

Third Semester

Civil Engineering

MA2211 – TRANSFORMS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

(Common to all branches)

(Regulation 2008)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions

PART A – (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

1. State the sufficient condition for a function f ( x ) to be expressed as a Fourier series.

2. Obtain the first term of the Fourier series for the function f ( x )  x 2 ,    x   .

 e ikx , a  x  b
3. Find the Fourier transform of f ( x )   .
 0, x  a and x  b

1
4. Find the Fourier sine transform of .
x

5. Find the partial differential equation of all planes cutting equal intercepts from the x and y axes.

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6. Solve D3  2 D2 D z  0 .

 2 u u
7. Classify the partial differential equation 4  .
x 2 t

8. Write down all possible solutions of one dimensional wave equation.

z2
9. If F ( z )  , find f (0) .
 1  1  3
 z  2  z  4  z  4 
   

 an
 for n  0
10. Find the Z – transform of x( n)   n ! .
 0 otherwise

 PART B – (5 x 16 = 80 marks)

11. (a) (i) Obtain the Fourier series of the periodic function defined by
    x  0 1 1 1 2
f ( x)   . Deduce that 2  2  2  ...    .
x 0 x 1 3 5 8

(ii) Compute upto first harmonics of the Fourier series of f ( x ) given by the following
table

x 0 T/6 T/3 T/2 2T/3 5T/6 T

f ( x) 1.98 1.30 1.05 1.30 – 0.88 – 0.25 1.98

Or

(b) (i) Expand f ( x )  x  x 2 as a Fourier series in  L  x  L and using this series find the

root mean square value of f ( x ) in the interval.

(ii) Find the complex form of the Fourier series of f ( x )  e  x in 1  x  1 .

1  x if x  1
12. (a) (i) Find the Fourier transform of f ( x )   and hence find the value of
 0 if x  1

sin 4 t
0 t 4 dt .

dx
(ii) Evaluate   4  x  25  x  using transform methods.
0
2 2

Or

x 2
(b) (i) Find the Fourier cosine transform of e .

1
(ii) Prove that is self reciprocal under Fourier sine and cosine transforms.
x

13. (a) A tightly stretched string with fixed end points x  0 and x  is initially at rest in its
equilibrium position. If it is set vibrating giving each point a initial velocity 3 x(  x ) , find the
displacement.

Or
 (b) A rod, 30 cm long has its ends A and B kept at 20⁰C and 80⁰C respectively, until steady state
conditions prevail. The temperature at each end is then suddenly reduced to 0⁰C and kept so.
Find the resulting temperature function is a regular function u( x, t ) taking x  0 at A.

10 z
14. (a) (i) Find the inverse Z – transform of .
z  3z  2
2

(ii) Solve the equation un  2  6un 1  9un  2n given u0  u1  0 .

Or

z2
(b) (i) Using convolution theorem, find the Z 1 of .
 z  4 z  3
z 3  20 z
(ii) Find the inverse Z – transform of .
 z  2  z  4
3

15. (a) (i) Solve z  px  qy  p 2 q 2 .

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(ii) Solve D2  2 DD  D 2 z  sinh( x  y )  e x  2 y .

Or

(b) (i) Solve ( y  xz ) p  ( yz  x )q  ( x  y )( x  y ) .

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(ii) Solve D2  D 2  3 D  3 D z  xy  7 .