CEE511 – Structural Dynamics

Fall Semester 2013-2014

Homework #1
(Due September 18, 2013)

1 - Trigonometry (Assume A and B are constants)

a) sin( A  B )  ?
b) cos( A  B )  ?
c) Show cos Ax sin Bx  0.5(sin[( A  B ) x ]  sin[( A  B ) x ])
d) Show cos Ax cos Bx  0.5(cos[( A  B ) x ]  cos[( A  B ) x ])
e) State Euler’s Formula: etj = ?

2 - Differentiation (Assume k is a constant integer)

a) d
dx
 
xe kx  ?
b) d
sin kx cos kx   ?
dx
c) d  sin kx 
 ?
dx  x 
d) ln(sin x )
lim ?
x 0 ln(sin x )

3 - Integration (Assume A, B, C and k are constant integers)

a) 

 A sin( kx)dx  ?

b)
 x sin( kx)dx  ?
c)
 x cos( kx)dx  ?
d)
 sin( Ax ) sin[ B(C  x)]dx  ?
e) 

 sin( Ax ) cos( Bx )dx  ?


4 - Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE)
a) Solve:
d2y dy
m 2
c  ky  0
dx dx
Assume c=0.5, k=0.5, m=0.5, y(0)=1,
dy
0  0
dx

b) Solve:
d2y dy
m 2
c  ky  sin 2 x
dx dx

Assume c=0.5, k=0.5, m=0.5, y(0)=1,

dy
0  0
dx

5 - Linear Algebra
a) 1 0.5 1   1
 3 0 .2 2   0   ?
  
 2 0.2 3  1 
b) 1 0.5 1   1
0  1 13 0.2 2  0   ?
 2 0.2 3  1 
c) Fill in the vectors:
1 0.5 1   1      
 3 0.2 2  0   1     
      0   1 
 2 0.2 3  1  





 
 


d) Solve for x, y and z:
 1 0 .5 1   1   1
 3 0 .2 2   x   z  0 
    
 
 2 0.2 3  y  1
 
e) Provide an expression for the determinate of:
x 0 y
1 3 2 
 
 2 2 7 
6 - Solve the following using MATLAB (Please provide your MATLAB code – points
reduction will be experienced without your MATLAB script)

Given:
1 5 4  1 0 0 
A   2 7 8  B  0 4 2 C  1 3 3 D  4 7 9 3 12 11 2 8 8
 
 3 2 5  0 2 9 

a) Compute the mean of D

b) Compute the inverse of A and of B
c) Compute the transpose of [A+B]
d) Compute the determinate of A
e) Plot 3.5 sin(1.6 x )
Show your solution in a plot frame with a domain of (-5,5) and range of (-4,4)