ASSIGNMENT-1 (AM5450)

Q1. The approximate solution is as follows:

a) 1st order Poly= 0

b) 2nd order Poly= 4.5 2 + 4.5 2
c) 3rd order poly = exact solution= 3
(i) Plot of solution Vs x

(ii) Residual function Vs x:

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(iii)

Error/Residual Norm
20

15

10
error norm
5

0
0 1 2 3
Order of Polynomial

Comment on graph (ii)

The residual function starts moving towards the zero as we increase the order of
polynomial. The residual function may be initially on one side of the zero line i.e
positive or negative region, then as the degree of trial function increases the line
starts tending towards zero line or Residual = 0

Comment on graph (iii)

The magnitude of error tends to decrease drastically as we increase the order of trial
function as per the highest order of the DE. As we see here the highest order of DE is
2. For the 0-order and 1-order polynomial function error norm is 18. For the 2-order
polynomial this value is 9 and for 3-order polynomial it is 0.

Q3. For the given beam problem:

(i) Exact Solution is :

() = ( 4 2 3 + )
24

Assuming the trial function as sinusoidal = ()

2
(ii) Point collocation at pt (1/4) results in value of trial solution as = sin()
4
1
Point collocation at pt (1/2) results in value of trial solution as =
4
sin()

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4
(iii) Least Square method results in : sin()
5
4
(iv) Galerkin solution is: sin()
5

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