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AY 2012/2013 Autumn Semester Main-round Exam [51301F/L4] FT

H o n g K o n g I n s t i t u t e
o f
V o c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n






HD in Civil Engineering

(51301F)




A d v a n c e d
C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g
M a t h e m a t i c s

( C B E 2 0 2 6 )



Notes :
1. Answer ALL questions in Section A and any
FOUR (4) questions in Section B. AY 2012/13
2. Section A is worth a total of FORTY (40) marks Autumn Semester
and each question in Section B is worth Main-round Examination
FIFTEEN (15) marks.
3. All works must be clearly shown.
4. This question paper has SEVEN (7) pages. 15 January 2013
5. This question paper contains EIGHT (8) 1:30 pm 4:30 pm
questions in Section A and FIVE (5) questions in
Section B.



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You are required to answer ALL questions in Section A and any FOUR questions in
Section B.

Section A (40 marks)
You are required to answer ALL questions in this section.

A.1 State the relationship between m and n. It is given that
= (
0 4 6
1 3 2
7 5 2
) and |
1
| = |

|. (4 marks)

A.2 Solve that following equation by using inverse matrix method.
7 + 11 = 177
13 +15 = 269 (5 marks)

A.3 Show that =

satisfies the differential equation

=

2

. (5 marks)

A.4 A series of three resistors are connected in parallel, its equivalent
resistance can be presented by =

++
, find the percent
change in R if x, y, and z increase by 1 , 0 and -2 , and
3 , 2 , 1 , , z y x . (5 marks)

A.5 Find the general solution of the following differential equation

=
+
2

2
(5 marks)

A.6 Find the particular solution of the following differential equation.
a

2
+4

7 = 0 with conditions u(0) = 1 and

(0) = 1.
Where a is a constant. (5 marks)

A.7 Find the double integral of a function (, ) =
4
over the
plane region R bounded by the x-axis and the curve =

with 0

2
. (6 marks)

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A.8 Apply Newton-Raphson method to find the root of the equation
= sin near to t = 2. Give your answer to 5 decimal places. (5 marks)





































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Section B (60 marks)
You are required to answer any FOUR questions in this section
Each question is worth FIFTEEN marks.

B.9 (a) The height of an object thrown into the air is known to be
given by a quadratic function of time t. If the object is at height
of
23
4
, 7 and 2 are 0.5, 1 and 2 respectively, determine the
coefficients of them. (7 marks)

(b) Find the range of value(s) of a for the following system of
linear equation which has an unique solution.
+ + =
2 +( + 3) +( 1) = 0
3 +
2
+(4 +1) = (4 marks)

(c) Find the the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix
(


). (4 marks)


B.10 A meteorologist uses the following formula to find the lowest
pressure (in hPa) of cyclone into hurricane Katrina by introducing
Cartesian Plane.
(, ) = 7570
3

4

You should correct your answer to 6 decimal places if necessary
unless otherwise specified.

(a) Find the critical centre of the pressure. (13 marks)

(b) Hence determine the pressure of cyclone. Correct your answer
to the nearest hPa. (2 marks)







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B.11 (a) (i) In a coal investigation, four points are positioned to find
the depth of the stratum. Based on the information from
surveyor, these points are (1, 4), (2, 15) and (4, 85) and
(0,1) in Cartesian Plane from origin respectively. The
outcrop pattern has been determined as approximate as a
cubic function. Find the equation of the function. (5 marks)

(ii) After approximating function, they would like to find the
volume of the coal. By using Simpsons Rule, estimate the
volume of it with 16 strips. It is known that the thickness
and length of the coal are 2 km and 10 km respectively.
And x and y 0. (5 marks)

(b) Find the general solution of the following differential equation.
(

)
2
( + 1)

+ ( 1) = 0 (5 marks)


















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B.12

The figure on above shows three tanks A, B and C. Water is
circulated among the three tanks. Let x, y and z (in litres) be
the volume of water contained in tanks A, B and C respectively
at time t (in hours). At t = 0, tank A contains 1000 litres of
water, while tanks B and C are empty. Water flows from tank
A to B at a rate of 5x litres per hour and from tank B to C
at a rate of 3y litres per hour. At the same time, water is pumped from
tank C back to B through another pipe at rate of z litres per
hour.

(a) Find x in terms of t, (2 marks)

(b) Set up two simultaneous differential equation for y and z.
Hence
(i) show that

2
+4

= 15000
5
.
(ii) find z in terms of t. (10 marks)

(c) Describe the long term behaviour of the amount of water in
each of three tanks A, B and C. (3 marks)








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B.13 A lamina, which is bounded by =
3
, = 0 and = 5, is
located into Cartesian Plane. The density of the plate, = (
2
+1).
Determine the following:

(a) the mass of the lamina. (3 marks)

(b) the location of the centroid of the lamina from the x axis and
y axis and ; (6 marks)

(c) the moment of inertia, I
xx
and I
yy
of the lamina. (6 marks)





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