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Laplace Transformation Problem.

1. Solve for y(s, the Laplace Transform of the solution y(t) to the given initial value problem
y"+y'-y=t3;y(0)=0, y'(0)=0?
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docbrown | 2 years, 6 months ago
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Taking the L-transform of each term in equation yields:

L(y'') + L(y') - L(y) = 3*L(t)

I'll put braces around each transform substitution:

{s^2*Y(s) - s*y(0) - y'(0)} + {s*Y(s) - y(0)} - {Y(s)} = 3*{1/s^2}

Substituting in initial value conditions:

{s^2*Y(s) - s*0 - 0} + {s*Y(s) - 0} - {Y(s)} = 3/s^2

Simplifying:

{s^2*Y(s)} + {s*Y(s)} - {Y(s)} = 3/s^2

Getting rid of the braces and factoring Y(s) from each term on the left:

Y(s) * (s^2 + s - 1) = 3/s^2

Solving for Y(s) by dividing out polynomial on left:

Y(s) = 3/{s^2 * (s^2 + s - 1)}

I put the braces around the denominator on the right to make it clear that the whole polynomial lies in the denominator.

This answers your question. If you wanted to compute y(t) from here you would either need partial fraction decomposition or some sort of algebraic gymnastic to form fit the right side into something you would see in the LaPlace transform table.

Good luck!

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m_ahmed | 2 years, 6 months ago Report

Hi Thanks for answering but you misinterpret my question as y'' + y' -y = 3*t instead of y"+y'-y=t3 (this is cube and not multiplication). Please help me to solve by taking it as a cube

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docbrown | 2 years, 6 months ago Report

Sorry about that. This is an easy fix. Instead of 3*t being L-transformed into 3/s^2 it will be transformed into 3!/s^4 = 6/s^4.

None of the algebra changes, so we can substitute this directly into the final answer:

Y(s) = 6/{s^4*(s^2 + s -1)}

I can see why the question asked you to stop here now. Trying partial fractions on this would be much more tedious and there is no obvious shift to simplify the expression on the right.

Hope this helps!

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m_ahmed | 2 years, 6 months ago Report

Hi Thanks for answering but you misinterpret my question as y'' + y' -y = 3*t instead of y"+y'-y=t^3 (this is cube and not multiplication). Please help me to solve by taking it as a cube

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