Homework #5

Due 10/08/08
ABE 6986
Ramin Shamshiri
UFID # 90213353
Heat conduction in a solid conductor.
For the heat conduction system described by

=0
2

0<<1

Eq. (1)

, 0 = 1
=0

0, = 0

=1

1, = 0

We obtained the solution

4
, =

=0

Ramin Shamshiri

1 ()
2 2 ()
2

ABE 6986, HW #5

Eq. (2)

Due 10/08/08

1. Show that Eq. (2) satisfies Eq. (1).

Answer:
In order for Equation 2 to satisfy Equation 1, it should be the solution to Eq. (1). In a simply case, if
ax+b=0, then x=-b/a is the answer to this simple equation if substituting (-b/a) with x in the original
equation leads to zero.
Using this argument;
If , =

4
=

2

1 ( )

=0
2

=1

2 2 () is the answer to

2
2

= 0, then:

1 ()
2 2 ( ( ]
2

(1)

4
1 ()
2 2 (2 2 ( ]
2 =
2

=0

(2)

4
=

(3)

=0

1 ()
[ 2 2 ( 2 2 )]()
2

Rearranging (2) & (3) reveals that they are the same thing with different signs which vanish each
other away;
2
4

=
2

(2 2 )
=0

1 ()
2 2 (
2

2 2
=0

1 ()
2 2 () = 0
2

Ramin Shamshiri

ABE 6986, HW #5

Due 10/08/08

2. Show that Eq. (2) reduces to

. , =
Answer:

4
, =

0.5,0 =

[ + + ]

1 ()
2 2 ()
2

=0

Eq. (3)

=0

(2)

1 ()
2 2 0 0.5
2

4
=

=0

1 ()
((0.5))
2

= 0 =>

4 1 (0)
0

= 1 =>

4 1 ()
0.5

= 2 =>

4 1 (2)
2 0.5

4
0 =

= 3 =>

4 1 (3)
3 0.5

4 1

. [1] =

= 4 =>

4 1 (4)
4 0.5

4
0 =

= 5 =>

4 1 (5)
5 0.5

10

4 1

. [+1] =
5

= 6 =>

4 1 (6)
6 0.5

12

4
0 =

= 7 =>

4 1 (7)
7 0.5

14

4 1

. [1] =

= 8 =>

4 1 (8)
8 0.5

16

4
0 =

. , = +

=0
=

+ + + + (

)+

+ +

[ + + + + + + ]

Ramin Shamshiri

ABE 6986, HW #5

Due 10/08/08

3. Show by adding terms in Eq. (3) whether it appears to converge to 1.

Answer:
For the first 36 terms, the series becomes equal to 0.9912, therefore, Yes, it appears to converge to
one.

. , =

+ +
+

+

= 0.9912

4. Discuss the rate of convergence of Eq. (3).

Answer:
The general sequence of the above series can be written as below:

. , =
+ + =

For the first 6 terms, we will have:

+ +
= .

From the previous results, we found out that after 36 terms, the series value become 0.9912. It can be
seen from this result that the speed at which the above series converges is fast in the first terms but then it
becomes slow. This might be due to the oscillation behavior of the series which was originally resulted
from the positive and negative signs of Sine and Cosine functions that add and subtract terms in order to
converge to 1. This behavior is shown in the general sequence of the series through (-1)n .

Ramin Shamshiri

ABE 6986, HW #5

Due 10/08/08