Department of Mathematics and Philosophy of Engineering

MPZ4230-Engineering Mathematics II
Assignments NO 02

Due Date: 11 -05 -2016

Academic Year 2015/2016

1. (a) A Projectile of mass m = 0.11kg shoot vertically upward with initial velocity
v(0) = 8ms1 is slowed due to the force of gravity Fg = mg and due to air
resistance Fr = kv 2 , where g = 9.8ms2 and k = 0.002kgm1 The differential
equation for the velocity is given by: mv 0 = mg kv 2 .
i. Find the velocity after 0.1s, 0.2s using the Taylor method of order four.
ii. The nearest tenth of a second, determine when the projectile reaches its
maximum height and begin falling. Use the Taylors method of order four.

2. Use Eulers method with h = 0.025 and the Runge- Kutta fourth order method with
h = 0.1 for find y(0.1) the problem y 0 = t + y, 0 t 2, y(0) = 1.
2
3. Given y 0 = y + t2 et , 1 t 2, y(1) = 0, with exact solution y(t) = t2 (et e). Find
t
y(1.04) and y(0.95)
(a) by using Eulers method,
(b) by using modified Eulers method,
(c) by using Taylor method,

(d) by using Runge- Kutta method.

Find exact value of y(1.04) and y(0.95) .
4. Using finite difference method, find the values of u(x, y) satisfying the Laplace equation
2u
2u
+
= 2(x2 + y 2 ), 0 < x, y < 1 at the pivotal points of a square region
x2
y 2
0 x 1, 0 y 1 with boundary values u(x, 0) = 1, u(x, 1) = 2, 0 x 1,
u(0, y) = 1 + y 2 , u(1, y) = 0, 0 y 1.
5. Use the forward difference method to approximate the solution to the partial differential
equation ut (x, t) uxx (x, t) = 0 for 0 < x < 2 and 0 < t;
with the initial condition u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0, 0 t and u(x, 0) = sin 2x = 0,
0 x 2 step size on x axis h = 0.2 and y axis k = 0.1 respectively.
Hence compute the approximation u(x, t) for the given region.
Answer should be at least six decimal places.
6. Using finite difference method, solve the wave equation utt (x, t) = uxx (x, t) for
0 x 1 and 0 t with the boundary conditions u(0, t) = 0 and u(1, t) = 0 for 0 t
u(x, 0) = sin 2x 0 x 1
ut (x, 0) = sin x 0 x 1
step size on x axis h = 0.1 and y axis k = 0.1 respectively.
Hence compute the approximation u(x, t) for the given region.
Answer should be at least six decimal places.
Please send the answer script of your assignment to the following address and note
that your assignment must be REACHED to the department on or before the due
date scheduled in the activity diary
Coordinator - MPZ4230,
Department of Mathematics and Philosophy of Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering Technology,
The Open University of Sri Lanka,
Nawala, Nugegoda.