148 Chapter 2 The Heat Equation
Can you think of a physical interpretation of this problem? Note the differ-
ence between the partial differential equation in this exercise and in Exer-
cise 1. What happens ifγ=π/a?
4.State the initial value–boundary value problem satisfied by the transient
temperature distribution corresponding to Eqs. (8)–(11).
5.Find the steady-state solution of the problem
∂
∂x
(
κ∂u
∂x
)
=cρ∂u
∂t
, 0 <x<a, 0 <t,
u( 0 ,t)=T 0 , u(a,t)=T 1 , 0 <t
if the conductivity varies in a linear fashion withx:κ(x)=κ 0 +βx,where
κ 0 andβare constants.
6.Find and sketch the steady-state solution of
∂^2 u
∂x^2 =
1
k
∂u
∂t,^0 <x<a,^0 <t
together with boundary conditions
a. ∂∂ux( 0 ,t)=0, u(a,t)=T 0 ;
b. u( 0 ,t)−∂∂ux( 0 ,t)=T 0 , ∂∂xu(a,t)=0;
c. u( 0 ,t)−
∂u
∂x(^0 ,t)=T^0 , u(a,t)+
∂u
∂x(a,t)=T^1.
7.Find the steady-state solution of this problem, whereris a constant that
represents heat generation.
∂^2 u
∂x^2 +r=
1
k
∂u
∂t,^0 <x<a,^0 <t,
u( 0 ,t)=T 0 , ∂u
∂x
(a,t)= 0 , 0 <t.
8.Find the steady-state solution of
∂^2 u
∂x^2 +γ
2 (U(x)−u)=^1
k
∂u
∂t,^0 <x<a,^0 <t,
u( 0 ,t)=U 0 , ∂u
∂x
(a,t)= 0 , 0 <t,
whereU(x)=U 0 +Sx(U 0 ,Sare constants).