University of Florida/Egm4313/s12.team14.report2
Problem 1
Given
Find
Find the non-homogeneous L2-ODE-CC in standard form and the solution in terms of the initial conditions and the general excitation
Consider no excitation:
Plot the solution.
Solution
Characteristic equation:
Substituting into :
Non-homogeneous solution:
Homogeneous solution:
Overall solution:
No excitation:
From intitial conditions:
Solving for and :
and
So, the final solution is:

Problem 2
Given
Find
Find and plot the solution for
Solution
Due to no excitation, becomes:
Substituting into :
Factoring, and solving for :
Since is a double root, the general solution:
From intitial conditions:
Solving for and :
and
So, the final solution is:

Problem 3
Given
(a)
(b)
Find
General solution to the differential equation
Solution
(a)
Characteristic equation:
Using the quadratic equation:
where:
Place values into quadratic equation:
(b)
Characteristic equation:
Using the quadratic equation:
where:
Place values into quadratic equation:
Problem 4
Given
(5)
(6)
h
Find
For both (5) and (6), find a general solution. Then, check answers by substitution.
Solution
(5)
To obtain the general solution for (Eq. 1), we let
This yields:
Therefore, we have:
Where is a solution to the characteristic equation
We can see that
- and
- .
Next, we must examine the quadratic formula to determine whether the system is over-, under-, or critically-damped. The discriminant is:
Therefore, the equation is critically-damped.
The general solution is therefore represented by:
Where .
We can determine the value of by again using the quadratic equation, this time in full:
for which we find that .
Therefore, the general solution to the equation is:
Verification by substitution:
Plugging into Eq. 1 and combining terms, it is found:
All the terms cancel, so the statement is true, and the solution is verified.
(6)
To obtain the general solution for (Eq. 2), let
So then, we have
as a solution to the characteristic equation. All terms must be divided by 10, to put the equation in standard form:
Examining the discriminant, we find that
Therefore, the equation is critically-damped.
The general solution is represented by:
and .
To determine the value of , we set:
for which we find that .
Therefore, the general solution to the equation is:
Verification by substitution:
Plugging into Eq. 1 and combining terms, it is found:
All the terms cancel, so the statement is true, and the solution is verified.
Problem 5
Given
Given the basis:
(a)
(b)
Find
For the given Information above, Find an ODE for both (a) and (b)
Solution
(a)The general solution can be written as:
The characteristic equation can be written in the following way:
Giving the ODE:
(b) The general solution can be written as:
The characteristic equation can be written in the following way:
Giving the ODE:
Problem 6
Given

Spring-dashpot equation of motion from sec 1-5
Find
Spring-dashpot-mass system in series. Find the values for the parameters k,c,m with a double real root of
Solution
Consider the double real root
Characteristic equation is
Recall
Thus
Solve for c
Therefore
Problem 7
Given
Taylor Series at t=0
Find
Develop the MacLaurin Series for
Solution
Taylor series is defined as
The MacLaurin series occurs when t=0
Development of MacLaurin series for
Final Answer
Explicit form can be written as
Development of MacLaurin series for
Final Answer
Explicit form can be written as
Development of MacLaurin series for
Final Answer
Explicit form can be written as
Problem 8
Given
(8)
(15)
Find
Solution
(8)
Assume that the solution is of the form
And
Substituting equations 2, 3, and 4 into equation 1a yields
Since
We must use the quadratic formula to obtain values for lambda
Where
In order to verify solution, we must evaluate it's first and second derivative, then plug them into the equation
Let
Plugging into Eq. 1 and collecting terms gives
Therefore the solution holds for any values of
(15)
Assume that the solution is of the form
And
Substituting equations 2, 3, and 4 into equation 1b yields
Since
We must use the quadratic formula to obtain values for lambda
Where
In order to verify solution, we must evaluate it's first and second derivative, then plug them into the equation
Let
Plugging into Eq. 1 and collecting terms gives
Therefore the solution holds for any values of
Problem 9
Given
Find
Solution
Problem 10
Given
Differential equation, initial conditions, and forcing function as shown:
Find
Find
The solution to Eq. 1
Solution
Substituting Equations 2, 3, and 4 into Equation 1 yields
To solve for the constants:
Solving Equations 6-9 yields
The homogeneous solution:
The total solution:
Setting yields
Solving for yields
Finding yields
Setting yields
Solving for yields
Therefore, the total solution is
Team Member Tasks
Name | Responsibilities | Checked by |
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Bo Turano | Problem R2. | -- |
David Parsons | Problem R2.4 | -- |
Dean Pickett | Problem R2.8 | -- |
Giacomo Savardi | Problem R2. | -- |
Isaac Kimiagarov | Problem R2.3 | -- |
Kyle Steiner | Problem R2. | -- |
Tony Han | Problem R2.6, R2.7 | -- |
All team members contributed to the coding of this page.