Civil Engineering
GATE CE topic:partial-differential-equations PYQs
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Questions 11–19 of 19. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 11
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The function
satisfies the Laplace equation
on a circular domain of radius
with its center at point
with coordinates
. The value of this function on the circular boundary of this domain is equal to 3.The numerical value of
is:Your answerChoose one option.
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The Fourier cosine series of a function is given by:
For
, the numerical value of
is ______. (round off to three decimal places)Log in to check the answer
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The concentration
of pollutants in a one-dimensional reservoir at position
and time
satisfies the diffusion equation
on the domain
, where
is the diffusion coefficient of the pollutants. The initial condition
is defined by the step-function shown in the figure.The boundary conditions of the problem are given by
at the boundary points
and
at all times. Consider
,
, and
. The steady-state concentration
at the center
of the reservoir (in
) is ________. (in integer) 
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In the following partial differential equation,
is a function of
and
, and
and
are functions of
The above equation is
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The following partial differential equation is defined for
The set of auxiliary conditions necessary to solve the equation uniquely, is
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The Fourier series to represent
for
is given by
The value of
(round off to two decimal places), isLog in to check the answer
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A one-dimensional domain is discretised into
sub-domains of width
with node numbers
. If the time scale is discretised in steps of
, the forward-time and centered-space finite difference approximation at
node and
time step, for the partial differential equation
isYour answerChoose one option.
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The solution at
,
of the partial differential equation
subject to initial conditions of
and
isYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider the following partial differential equation:
For this equation to be classified as parabolic, the value of
must be ____________Log in to check the answer
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