Laplace Transforms, Exercises
Sofiane Soussi
and William Lee
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http://www.ul.ie/wlee/ma4005.html
November 15, 2010
Exercises
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Exercises
Question 1 Calculate the Laplace transform of the following functions
directly from the definig formula.
(i) 2t2
(ii) 3 sin(2t)
(iii) 3et
Question 2 Using the tables write down the transforms of the following
functions/
(i) t2 3t + 4
(ii) 2 cos t + 3 sin 2t
(iii) 4et e2t
(iv) (t2 3)2
(v) 2 cos2 t
(vi) et (e2t + 2et )2
(vii) 4 sin t cos t
(viii) 1 4 sin t
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Question 3 Use the tables to find the inverse transforms of the following
functions.
(i)
1
s2
(ii)
2
s1
(iii)
3s
s2 +4
(iv)
(s+2)2
s4
(v)
4
s2 1
(vi)
s+6
s2 +9
(vii)
3
s2
(viii)
13s
s2 +2
2
s2 +2
Question 4 Using the first shifting theorem, determine the transform of
the following functions.
(i) et sin 4t
(ii) tet
(iii) et cosh t
Question 5 Sketch these functions.
(i) g(t) = U1 (t)t2
(ii) h(t) = U2 (t)et
(iii) k(t) = U (t) cos 2t
In each case, find the Laplace transform of the function.
Question 6 Find the inverse transform of the following functions.
(i)
es
s2 +1
(ii)
e2s
s3
(iii)
e3s
(s1)2 +1
Question 7 Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions.
(i)
1
s2 +2s+1
(ii)
2
s3 s2 +s1
(iii)
2s+4
(s+1)(s2 2)
(iv)
1
s((s1)2 +4)
(v)
2s1
4s2 +3s1
(vi)
3s2 +7s+10
s3 +2s2 +5s
(vii)
(viii)
es (s2 +5)
s3 +2s2 s2
4s2
s3 +6s2 +11s+6
Question 8 Use Laplace transforms to find the solutions to the following
first order differential equations.
(i) y + 4y = 2 sin 2t, y(0) = 1.
(ii) 2y y = 2e2t , y(0) = 3.
(iii) y + y = 2t2 1, y(0) = 1.
Question 9 Solve these second order differential equations by applying the
Laplace transform.
(i) 6y 5y y = 0, y(0) = 2, y (0) = 1.
(ii) 4y 12y + 9y = 0, y(0) = 0, y (0) = 1.
(iii) y + 4y = sin 2t, y(0) = 1, y (0) = 0.