BE Civil Engineering (IOE, TU) Engineering Mathematics III (IOE, SH 501) Question Paper 2079 Nepal
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Section A: Long Answer Questions
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State Green's theorem in the plane. Using Green's theorem, evaluate the line integral
where is the boundary of the region bounded by the parabola and the line , traversed in the positive (counter-clockwise) sense.
Green's theorem. If is a positively oriented, piecewise-smooth, simple closed curve in the plane bounding a region , and , have continuous first partial derivatives on , then
Identify P and Q.
Region of integration. The curves and meet where . For the line lies above the parabola, so the region is
y
| y = x
| /
| / .· y = x^2
| / .·
| /.·
|___/_____________ x
0 1
Set up and evaluate the double integral.
Final answer.
State the Gauss divergence theorem. Verify it for the vector field
taken over the cube bounded by , , , , , .
Gauss divergence theorem. For a vector field with continuous partial derivatives over a closed region bounded by the surface with outward unit normal ,
LHS — Volume integral.
RHS — Surface integral over the 6 faces. Outward normals and flux on each face:
| Face | Normal | on face | Flux |
|---|---|---|---|
Each face has area . Summing the fluxes:
Conclusion. LHS RHS, so the divergence theorem is verified.
Using the Laplace transform method, solve the initial value problem
Apply the Laplace transform. Let . Using
With , :
The factor cancels.
Partial fractions.
. At : . At : .
Inverse transform. Using :
Check initial conditions. ✓. , so ✓.
Final answer.
State Cauchy's residue theorem. Hence evaluate
where is the circle described in the positive sense.
Cauchy's residue theorem. If is analytic inside and on a simple closed contour except at a finite number of isolated singular points interior to , then
Locate singularities. and . Both are simple poles. Since and , both poles lie inside .
Residue at .
Residue at .
Apply the theorem.
Final answer.
A tightly stretched string of length with fixed ends satisfies the one-dimensional wave equation
The string is released from rest with initial displacement . Using separation of variables, find the displacement .
Boundary and initial conditions.
- , (fixed ends),
- (released from rest),
- .
Separation of variables. Let . Substituting gives , hence
Spatial solution with fixed ends. gives , with ,
Temporal solution (rest start). gives . The rest condition forces , so .
General solution.
Match the initial displacement. At :
Write , which is the mode. By comparing modes:
- : ,
- : ,
- all other .
Final solution.
(The frequencies follow from : for , ; for , .)
Section B: Short Answer Questions
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Show that the vector field is irrotational, and find a scalar potential such that .
Test for irrotationality: compute the curl.
With , , :
- component:
- component:
- component:
Hence is irrotational (conservative).
Find the potential . We need , i.e.
Integrate the first w.r.t. :
Differentiate w.r.t. :
Differentiate w.r.t. :
Scalar potential.
Find the Laplace transform of , stating the properties used.
Properties used.
- Basic transform: .
- First shifting theorem: where .
- Power rule: .
Term 1: .
Apply the shift :
Term 2: .
Apply the shift :
Combine (linearity).
Valid for (intersection of regions of convergence and ).
Find the Fourier cosine transform of for , , where the cosine transform is defined by .
Set up the integral.
Evaluate the standard integral. Use
Derivation (integration by parts twice, or real part of ):
Taking the real part gives .
Result.
Check. At , , which equals ✓.
Show that the function is harmonic, and find the harmonic conjugate so that is analytic.
Check harmonicity (Laplace's equation ).
So is harmonic.
Find using the Cauchy–Riemann equations and .
From , integrate w.r.t. :
Differentiate w.r.t. : . The CR equation gives
Harmonic conjugate.
Resulting analytic function. With ,
Evaluate the double integral where is the region in the first quadrant bounded by the line , the line , and the -axis.
Describe the region. The region in the first quadrant is bounded below by (the -axis), above by , on the right by . It is the triangle with vertices , , .
y
| (2,2)
| /|
| / |
| / |
| / |
|___/____|____ x
(0,0) (2,0)
Set up limits. For , runs from to :
Inner integral (w.r.t. ).
Outer integral (w.r.t. ).
Final answer.
Form the partial differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants and from the relation .
Given relation.
There are two arbitrary constants and , so we expect a first-order PDE obtained by differentiating w.r.t. and .
Partial derivatives. Let and .
Eliminate the constants. From (2): . From (3): .
Substitute both into (1):
Required PDE.
Check. Multiplying (2) and (3): , confirming ✓.
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