Acosta, Timothy John S.

2007-16445
ES 201

Problem 1
Find the inverse Laplace transform of the function:

s2 + 3s + 1
s6 + 4s5 + 4s4 + 4s3 + 3s2
s2 + 3s + 1
= 2 4
s (s + 4s3 + 4s2 + 4s1 + 3)
s2 + 3s + 1
= 2
s (s + 1)(s2 )(s + 3)
s(s + 3)
1
= 2 2
+
s (s + 1)(s + 1)(s + 3) s2 (s2 + 1)(s + 1)(s + 3)
1
1
= 2 2
+ 2 2
s (s + 1)(s + 1) s (s + 1)(s + 1)(s + 3)

F (s)

Double Convolution of first term:

1
s
f (t) = 1

1
+1
H(t) = sint

F (s) =

H(s) =

ZZ
=
Z

1
s+1
G(t) = et

G(s) =

s2

(1)(sin(t )d et+ d2

0
t

(1 cost)et+ d2
Z t
cos et+ d
= et+
=

u = et+
du = e

dv = cos d

t+

t+

v = sin
Z

+ et+ cos d ]
t

1
t+
t+ 
= e
+ (sin + cos )e

2
0
1
1 t
t
= [1 + (sint + cost)] [e + e ]
2
2
= e

sin e

t+

[e

t+

Double Convolution of second term:

F (s) =

1
s+1
H(t) = et

1
s+3
G(t) = e3t

H(s) =

s2 (s2

+ 1)
f (t) = t sint
=

RR

G(s) =

( sin )et+ d1 e3t+3 d2

R t+
e
sin et+ d

u=

dv = et+

u = sin

dv = et+ d

du = d

v = et+

du = cos d

v = et+

et+ et+ sin et+ +

1

cos et+ d

(1)
(2)

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dv = et+

u = cos

v = et+

du = sin d
et+ et+ sin et+ + [cos et+ +
et+ et+

sin et+ d ]

sin cos t+ t

e

2
R

1
sint cost
] [0 + ]
= [t 1 (
2
2
Rt
3 sint cost 3t+3
= 0 [t
]e
d
2
2
Rt
1
1
3
= 0 e3t+3 e3t+3 sin e3t+3 + cos e3t+3 d
2
2
2
=A+B+C +D
Z
A = e3t+3 d
dv = e3t+3

u=
du = d

v=

e3t+3
3

1 3t+3 1 3t+3
e
e
9
Z3
3 3t+3
B =
e
d
2
e3t+3
B =
Z 2
1
C =
sin e3t+3 d
2
A =

dv = e3t+3

u = sin
du = cos d

v=

1
1
sin e3t+3
3
3

e3t+3
3

cos e3t+3 d
dv = e3t+3

u = cos
du = sin d

v=

e3t+3
3

1 1
1
1
sin e3t+3 [ cos e3t+3 +
3
3 3
3

sin e3t+3 d ]

simplifying:
Z

9
sin
cos
sin e3t+3 d = [e3t+3 (

)]
8
3
9
C =
C =

1 9 3t+3 sin
cos
( [e
(

)])
2 8
3
9
9 3t+3 sin
cos
[e
(

)]
16
3
9

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Z
D=

cos 3t+3
e
d
2
dv = e3t+3

u = cos
du = sin d

v=

cos 3t+3 1
e
+
3
3

e3t+3
3

sin e3t+3 d

dv = e3t+3

u = sin
du = cos d

v=

e3t+3
3

simplifying:
Z

9 3t+3 sin
cos
[e
(
+
)]
10
9
3
1 9 cos
sin 3t+3
D= [ (
+
)e
]
2 10 3
9

cos e3t+3 d =

Adding all parts:

A+B+C+D
= e

3t+3


e3t+3
9e3t+3 sin
cos
9e3t+3 sin
cos t
e3t+3

)+
(
+
)

9
2
16
3
9
20
9
3 0

t
1 1
9 sin
cos
9 cos
sin
e3t e3t 9e3t 1
9
1
(

)+ (
+
) [0

( )] + (e3t ) ]
3 9 2 16 3
9
20 3
9
9
2
16
9
20
3

t
11 17
11
287 3t

+ cost sint +
e
3
8
80
80
720

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Problem 2
Find the solution to the differential equation given below. The initial conditions are x(0) = 0 ,
x0 (0) = 0
d2 x
+ 4x = (t 2)e84t
dt2
d2 x
+ 4x = e8 (t 2)e4t
dt2
2
1

s2 X sx(0) x0 (0) + 4x = e8 [
]
2
(s + 4)
s+4
1 2(s + 4)
X(s2 + 4) = e8 [
]
(s + 4)2
2s + 7
X = e8
(s + 4)2 (s2 + 4)
Using Partial Fractions:
2s + 7
A
B
Cs + D
=
+
+ 2
2
2
2
(s + 4) (s + 4)
s + 4 s + 4)
s +4

A+C = 0
4A + B + 8C + D = 0
4A + 16C + 8D = 2
16A + 4B + 16D = 7
A=

1
2
37
2
,B =
,C =
,D =
25
20
20
100

Substituting...
2
1
1
1
2
s
37
1

+
]
2
2
2
25 (s + 4) 20 (s + 4)
25 (s + 4) 100 (s + 4)
2
1
2
37
x(t) = e8 [ e4t e4t cos2t +
sin2t]
25
20
25
200
X = e8 [

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Problem 3
Derive the temperature profile for the 1D Conduction along the length of the rod using Laplace
transformation.
2u
x2
2u
sU u(x, 0) = 4 2
x
2u
sU 20 = 4 2
x
dl2 U
s
U = 5
dx2
4
u
t

= 4

We have a 2nd order non-homogenous differential equation. We will have a complementary and
particular soln:
U (x, s) = Uc (x, s) + Up (x, s)
Solving for the particular solution using Method of Undetermined Coefficients:
Up (x, s) = A
Up00 (x, s) = 0
s
0 A = 5
4
20
A=
s
Now we solve for the complementary solution:
dl2 U
s
U
2
dx
4

= 0

This gives us the characteristic equation:

s
=0
4r
s
m=
4

m2

s
s
x

x
Uc (x, s) = C1 e 4 + C2 e 4
s
s
s
s
x

x
20
U (x, s) = C1 e 4 + C2 e 4 +
s
s

Boundary Conditions:
u(0, t) = 20
u(1, t) = 100

u(0, t) = 0
x

U (0, s) = 0
x

100
s
After transforming the boundary conditions, we use U (0, s) = 0
r
r
s

s
s s (0)
(0)
4
4
U (0, s) = C1
e
+ C2
e
+0
x
4
4
r
r
s
s
0 = C1
C2
4
4
C1 = C2
U (1, s) =

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Next we use U (1, s) =

100
to solve for the constant
s
s
s
x

x
20
4
4
U (x, s) = C1 (e
+e
)+
s
s
s
s
s
(1)

(1)
20
U (1, s) = C1 (e 4 + e 4 ) +
s
s
s
s
s
(1)

(1)
100
20
= C1 (e 4 + e 4 ) +
s
s
1
80

C1 =
s e 4s + e 4s
s
s
80 e 4 x + e 4 x
20
s ] +
U (x, s) =
[ s
s e 4 + e 4
s
s

note that we can write this in power series form:

X
1
=
(1)n un
1+u

f or|u| < 1

n=0

[e

s
4

(1x)

+e

(1+x)

s
(1)n e2n 4

n=0

(1)n [e

s
4

(2n+1)(1x)

+ e

s
4

(2n+1)(1+x)

n=0

Substituting...
U (x, s) =

s
s
20 80 X
+
(1)n [e 4 (2n+1)(1x) + e 4 (2n+1)(1+x) ]
s
s
n=0

note to perform the inverse Laplace transformation we need the error function given below:
Z t
2
2

erf (t) =
eu du
0
Z
2
2
eu du
erf c(t) =
t
erf c(t) = 1 erf (t)

k
1
L [erf c( )](s) = ek s
s
2 t
Therefore the solution is:
u(x, t) = 20 + 80

(1)

n=0




(2n + 1) + x
(2n + 1) x

+ erf c
erf c
2 4t
2 4t