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THE WAVE EQUATION 1. Longitudinal Vibrations We describe the ...

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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>WAVE</strong> <strong>EQUATION</strong> 7with <strong>the</strong> eigenfunctions given by (12). Once again, this can be represented in <strong>the</strong> form(5) for an appropriate family of operators {S(t) : t ≥ 0}.Exercise <strong>1.</strong> Suppose <strong>the</strong> rod (0, l) is elastic and that we account for <strong>the</strong> inertia of lateralextension. Set α 2 = k and ρβ2 = r 2 P , where P is Poisson’s ratio and r is <strong>the</strong> averageradius of a cross section as above. Assume <strong>the</strong>re are no internal forces, i.e., f(x, t) = 0,and that both ends of <strong>the</strong> rod are fixed. The initial displacement and velocity are givenby u 0 (x) and v 0 (x), respectively. The initial-boundary-value problem is(13a)(13b)(13c)u tt (x, t) = α 2 u xx (x, t) + β 2 u xxtt (x, t), 0 < x < l, t > 0,u(0, t) = 0, u(l, t) = 0, t > 0,u(x, 0) = u 0 (x), u t (x, 0) = v 0 (x), 0 < x < l.Find <strong>the</strong> solution by separation of variables. Find <strong>the</strong> family of operators {S(t) : t ≥ 0}for which this can be represented in <strong>the</strong> form (5).Department of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 - 4605E-mail address: show@math.oregonstate.edu

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