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M.Tech Assignment
I Semester Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations #3
Instructor: Ravi Kiran Maddali

Instructions to the students

(a) Since some problems, especially in applications section involves large number of
iterations, the students are advised and encouraged to automate the process of
computations / plotting by using Microsoft excel or technical computing languages like
MATLAB or MATHEMATICA.
(b) Provide solutions correct up to 3 decimal places.
(c) If method is not mentioned, you can choose the best method for obtaining the solution.
(d) Mention the formulas whenever necessary and write each and every step CLEARLY.
(e) Use plain A4 sheets to answer the questions and mention your roll no, name and
assignment details on the cover page. Also use proper margins.
(f) Try all the problems on your own and dont copy from others. In case of any doubts, the
student can approach the faculty for clarifications/hints.


Answer All Questions

(1) If water is drained from a vertical cylinder tank by opening a valve at the base, the water
will flow fast when the tank is full and slow down as it continues to drain. As it turns out,
the rate at which the water level drops is given by

where k is a constant
depending on the shape of the hole and the cross sectional area of the tank and drain hole.
The depth of the water y is measured in feet and the time, t, in minutes. If k=0.1,
determine how long it takes the tank to drain if the fluid level is initially 9 ft. Solve by
applying Eulers method.

(2) Consider the thin rod of length l moving in the x-y plane as shown in the following
figure. The rod is fixed with a pin on one end and a mass at the other.



Note that g=9.81m/s
2
and l=0.5 m. The system can be solved by using

Let
()

() Tabulate and plot angle vs time values for t=0 to 1.

2

(3) A skydiver of mass m in a vertical free fall experiences an aerodynamic drag force

where y is measured downward from the start of the fall. The differential
equation describing the fall is

. Determine the approximate time of a 5m

fall. Use

and m=80kg.

(4) A mass balance for a chemical in a completely mixed reactor can be mathematically
modeled as

where (

) ,
(

) (), Q=flow rate (1 m

3
/min)
and k=a second order reaction rate (0.1 m3/g/min). If c(0)=0,Solve the ODE until the
concentration reaches a stable level. (Hint: Take h=0.5 and proceed with appropriate
method).

(5) An non isothermal batch reactor can be described by the following reactions:

)
( ), where C is the concentration of
the reactant and T is the temperature of the reactor. Initially, the reactor is at

and
has a concentration of reactant C of 1.0 gmol/L. Find the concentration and temperature
of the reactor at t=0.2.

(6) Population growth dynamics are important in variety of planning studies for areas such as
transportation and water resource engineering. One of the simplest models of such
growth incorporates the assumption that the rate of change of the population p is
proportional to the existing population at any time t:

, where G = a growth rate (per year). This model makes intuitive sense because
the greater the population, the greater the number of potential parents. At time t=0, an
island has a population of 5000 people. If G=0.07 per year, using any of the known
methods predict the population at t=5 years using the step size 0.5 year.

(7) A projectile of mass m =0.11 kg shot vertically upward with initial velocity v(0)=8 m/s is
slowed down due to the force of gravity

and due to air resistance

, where g=9.8 m/s

2
and k=.002 kg/m. The differential equation for the
velocity v is given by

. Find the velocity in the interval [0 1]

seconds by taking h=0.1.

(8) The irreversible chemical reaction in which two molecules of sodium potassium
dichromate (K
2
Cr
2
O
7
), two molecules of water (H
2
O), and three atoms of solid sulfur (S)
combine to yield three molecules of the gas sulfur dioxide (SO
2
), four molecules of solid
potassium hydroxide(KOH), and two molecules of solid chromic oxide (Cr
2
O
3
) can be
represented symbolically by the stoichiometric equation:

2K
2
Cr
2
O
7
+2H
2
O+3S 4KOH+2 Cr
2
O
3
+3SO
2

If n
1
molecules of K
2
Cr
2
O
7,
n
2
molecules of H
2
O, and n
3
molecules of S are originally
available, the following differential equation describes the amount x(t) of KOH after time
t :

3

))

))

))

where k is the velocity constant of the

reaction. If k= 6.22 x 10
-19
, n
1
=n
2
=2 x 10
3
, and n
3
=3 x 10
3
, how many units of potassium
hydroxide will have been formed after 0.2 s.

(9) The van der pol equation is a model of an electronic circuit that arose back in the days of
vacuum tubes:

. Given initial conditions, y(0)=y(0)=1, solve this equation

from t=0 to t=1 with a step size of 0.25 using Euler and modified Eulers methods.

(10) Solve the pair of ODEs over the interval from t=0 to 0.4 using a step size of 0.1. The
initial conditions are y(0)=2 and z(0)=4. Obtain your solution(s) with the fourth order
Runge-Kutta method:

(11) Tabulate the values of y at x=0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 given that

() using
Taylors series method.

(12) Use Picards method to find values of () () given

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M.Tech Assignment
I Semester System of Linear Algebraic Equations #4
Instructor: Ravi Kiran Maddali


(1) Solve the system *


+ *

+ *


+

(2) Five reactors linked by pipes are shown in the figure given below. The rate of mass flow
through each pipe is computed as the product of flow Q and concentration c. At steady
state, the mass flow into and out of each reactor must be equal. For example, for the first
reactor, a mass balance can be written as Q
01
c
01
+Q
31
c
3
=Q
15
c
1
+Q
12
c
1
.

Write the mass balance equations for the remaining reactors from the given figure and
solve the resultant system of equations.

Five reactors linked by pipes
(3) Apply Cholesky decomposition on the following system:

[



] {

} {

}

(4) Solve the following system of equations by Gauss elimination with partial pivoting




(5) The following equations defines the concentrations of three reactants


5

If the initial conditions (at t=0) are

&

, find all the

concentrations for the times from 0 to 3 seconds by Eulers method.

(6) Solve the following system of equations by Gauss-Seidel & Gauss Jacobi iteration
schemes


(7) Solve the equation

for square mesh given u=0 on the four

boundaries dividing the square into 16-sub squares of length one unit.

(8) Find the solution of

subject to ( ) ( ) ( )
using Bender-Schmidt method.

(9) Solve

with the conditions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) taking

h=1 and employing the Bender-Schmidt recurrence equation. Continue the solution
through ten time steps.

(10) Obtain the numerical solution to solve

under the
conditions ( ) ( ) ( ) {

( )


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