By: Shoaib Ahmed

ME07 – A, B & C

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 Consider two dimensional heat equation
u   2
u  2 
u
 c  u  c  2  2 
2 2 2
t  x y 
 For steady problems u t  0
 2
u  2
u
 u  2  2 0
2
x y

2
 Apply the separation of variables method and seek a
solution u(x, y) = X(x)Y(y)
u xx  u yy
X   Y   X  Y 
X  Y 
   
X Y
X   X  0, Y   Y  0
 Left and right boundary conditions:
X 0  0, and X a  0.
 This gives   k 2  n a 2
 nx 
X n x   d n sin  
 a 
3
 The ODE for Y(y) becomes
d Y  n 
2 2
  Y 0
 a 
2
dy
 Having solution
n y  n y
Y  y   Yn  y   Ane a  Bne a

 Boundary conditions: on the lower side u0  0  Yn 0  0

Yn 0  An  Bn  0  Bn   An
 n y a  n y   n 
Yn  y   An  e e a   2 An sinh  y
   a 

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 The eigen-functions of the problem is:
 n   n 
un x, y   X n x   Yn  y   An sin 
*
x  sinh  y
 a   a 
where An*  2 An d n
 These solutions satisfy the boundary condition u  0 on
the left, right and lower side. To get a solution also
satisfying the boundary condition ux, b  f x on the
upper side.
 
 n   n 
u x, y    un x, y    An* sin  x  sinh  y
n 1 n 1  a   a 

 n   n b 
 u x, b   f x    An* sin  x  sinh  
n 1  a   a 
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 
  n b   n 
f  x     An* sinh   sin  x
n 1   a   a 
 n b  2  n
a

 An sinh     f  x sin  x dx
*

 a  a0  a 
 The solution of our problem is
 
 n   n 
u  x, y    u n  x, y    An sin 
*
x  sinh  y
n 1 n 1  a   a 
 n 
a
f  x sin 
2
where An   x dx
*
a sinh n b a  0  a 