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VibratingString
Thiswillbethefinalpartialdifferentialequationthatwellbesolvinginthischapter.Inthissectionwellbesolvingthe1Dwaveequationto
determinethedisplacementofavibratingstring.Therereallyisntmuchinthewayofintroductiontodoheresoletsjustjumpstraightintothe
example.
Example1Findasolutiontothefollowingpartialdifferentialequation.
Solution
Oneofthemaindifferencesherethatweregoingtohavetodealwithisthefactthatwevenowgottwoinitialconditions.Thatisnotsomething
weveseentothispoint,butwillnotbeallthatdifficulttodealwithwhenthetimerollsaround.
Wevealreadydonetheseparationofvariablesforthisproblem,butletsgoaheadandredoitheresowecansaywevegotanotherproblem
almostcompletelyworkedout.
So,letsstartoffwiththeproductsolution.
Pluggingthisintothetwoboundaryconditionsgives,
Pluggingtheproductsolutionintothedifferentialequation,separatingandintroducingaseparationconstantgives,
Thetwoordinarydifferentialequationswegetfromseparationofvariablesarethen,
WesolvedtheboundaryvalueproblemaboveinExample1oftheSolvingtheHeatEquationsectionofthischapterandsotheeigenvaluesand
eigenfunctionsforthisproblemare,
Thefirstordinarydifferentialequationisnow,
andbecausethecoefficientofthehisclearlypositivethesolutiontothisis,
Becausethereisnoreasontothinkthateitherofthecoefficientsabovearezerowethengettwoproductsolutions,
Thesolutionisthen,
Now,inordertoapplythesecondinitialconditionwellneedtodifferentiatethiswithrespecttotso,
Ifwenowapplytheinitialconditionsweget,
BothoftheseareFouriersineseries.Thefirstisfor on whilethesecondisfor on withaslightlymessycoefficient.
Asinthelastfewsectionswerefacedwiththechoiceofeitherusingtheorthogonalityofthesinestoderiveformulasfor and orwecould
reuseformulafrompreviouswork.
ItseasiertoreuseformulassousingtheformulasformtheFouriersineseriessectionweget,
Uponsolvingthesecondoneweget,
So,thereisthesolutiontothe1Dwaveequationandwiththatwevesolvedthefinalpartialdifferentialequationinthischapter.
DifferentialEquations(Notes)/PartialDifferentialEquations(Notes)/VibratingString[Notes]
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