Ph.D.

Course work under faculty of Engineering

700003-A: Mathematics for Engineering Research

Date: 3rd Dec 2018

Assignment on Unit 16
Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations

Taylor’s series method, Euler’s method, Modified Euler’s method, Runge’s method,
Runge Kutta method, Predictor corrector method, simultaneous first order differential
equations, Applications to Engineering problems.

Reference Books:
1. Numerical methods for Engineers, S.C Chapra, R.P.Canale 3rd Edition Mc
Graw Hill Publishers.
2. Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis - S.S Sastry Prentice-Hall of
India, Private Limited, New Delhi- 110 001
3. Numerical Methods, Balguruswamy, Tata. Mc Graw Hill
4. Numerical Methods in Engineering & Science, Dr. B. S. Grewal, Khanna
Publishers
5. Numerical Methods, M. K. Jain
6. Schaum's Outline Series Numerical Analysis, Murry R.Spiegel, Mc-Graw Hill

Solve the following Differential equations:

dy
1. Obtain by Taylor’s series the numerical solution of = 2 y + 3e x , at x = 0.4
dx
with h = 0.1 and x0 = 0, y0 = 1. Compare the result with analytical solution.
dy
2. Using Taylor’s series method, solve the equation = 1+ xy; y(0) = 2 to
dx
tabulate solution for x = 0(0.1) 0.5
dy y 1
3. Using Modified-Euler’s method solves the equation + = ; y (1) = 1 to
dx x x 2
find y at x = 1.2 correct to three decimal places taking h = 0.1.
dy
4. Solve by Modified Euler’s Method = log ( x + y ) ; y (0) = 2 at x = 1.2 and
dx
1.4 with h = 0.2 .
dy
5. Given − xy = 2, y(1) = 1 . Find the value of y(1.2) in steps of 0.1using
dx
Modified-Euler’s methods.
dy
6. Using Modified-Euler’s method solves the equation = 1 + xy ; y (0) = 1 to
dx
find y at x = 0.2 correcting to three decimal places taking h = 0.1
dy
7. Use Runge–Kutta method of fourth order to solve = x + y ; y (0) = 1 and
dx
find y at x = 0.2 taking step size h = 0.1 .
dy y 1
8. Use Runge–Kutta method of fourth order to solve + = ; y (1) = 1 to
dx x x 2
find y at x = 1.2 taking h = 0.1 .

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 dy y − x
9. Use Runge–Kutta method of fourth order to solve = ; y (0) = 1 to find
dx y + x
y at x = 0.2, x = 0.4 taking h = 0.2 .
10. Compute y(0.1) and y(0.2) by Runge-Kutta method of fourth order for the
dy x 2 + y 2
differential equation = , y(0) = 1 with h = 0.1
dx 10
dy
11. Find y(0.2) with h = 0.1 from = 1+ y 2 ; y(0) = 0 by Runge–Kutta method
dx
of fourth order.
12. Use Runge–Kutta method of fourth order to obtain the numerical solution of
dy
= x 2 + y 2 ; y (1) = 1.5 in the interval (1 , 1.2) with h = 0.1 .
dx
dy 1
13. Numerical solution of the differential equation = ( x + y ) is tabulated as
dx 2

X 0 0.5 1 1.5
Y 2 2.636 3.595 4.968
Find y at x = 2 by Miline’s Predictor-corrector method .
dy 1
14. Given = and y(0) = 2, y(0.2) = 2.09, y(0.4)= 2.17, y(0.6)= 2.24 .
dx x + y
Evaluate y(0.8) by Miline’s predictor-corrector method.
dy
15. Given = 2 e x − y and
dx
y(0.1) = 2, y (0.2) = 2.0310, y (0.3) = 2.0825, y (0.4) = 2.1548 . Evaluate y (0.5)
by Miline’s predictor-corrector method.
16. Using Runge Kutta method of fourth order, find the values of x and y at
dx dy
t = 0.2 for the following system = 2 x + y, = x − 3 y given t = 0,
dt dt
x = 1, y = 0.5 taking h = 0.1
17. Solve the system of differential equation by fourth order Runge Kutta Method
dx dy
= y −t , = x + t , with x = 1 , y = 1 when t = 0 taking h = 0.1
dt dt

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