CHAPTERV1
1.1 WeVwillVillustrateVtwoVdifferentVmethodsVforVsolvingVthisVproblem:V(1)VseparationVofVvariabl
es,VandV(2)VLaplaceVtransform.
dvV
=VgV−V
cV
vVdt m
SeparationVofVvariables:VSeparationVofVvariablesVgives
V
1
c
V
dvV=V VdtV
gV−V Vv
m
TheVintegralsVcanVbeVevaluatedVas
V cV
lnV gV−V vV
mV
−
V
=VtV+
VCVcV/Vm
whereVCV=VaVconstantVofVintegration,VwhichVcanVbeVevaluatedVbyVapplyingVtheVinitialVconditionVtoVyield
V cV
lnV gV−V v(0)V
m
CV = − V
cV/Vm
whichVcanVbeVsubstitutedVbackVintoVtheVsolution
V cV V cV
lnV gV−V vV lnV gV−V v(0)V
mV m
− V =VtV−
cV/Vm cV/Vm
ThisVresultVcanVbeVrearrangedValgebraicallyVtoVsolveVforVv,
vV=Vv(0)e−(c/Vm)tV +V
c
VmgV
(1−Ve −(cV/Vm)tV
)
whereVtheVfirstVpartVisVtheVgeneralVsolutionVandVtheVsecondVpartVisVtheVparticularVsolutionVforVth
eVconstantVforcingVfunctionVdueVtoVgravity.VForVtheVcaseVwhere,Vv(0)V=V0,VtheVsolutionVreducesV
toVEq.V(1.10)
vV = V
c
(
VmgV
1−Ve−(c/m)tV )
LaplaceVtransformVsolution:VAnValternativeVsolutionVisVprovidedVbyVapplyingVLaplaceVtransform
VtoVtheVdifferentialVequationVtoVgive
gV cV
sVV(s)V−Vv(0)V=V −V VV(s)
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s m
SolveValgebraicallyVforVtheVtransformedVvelocity
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VV(s)V = v(0) V
+
g (1)
sV+VcV/Vms(sV+VcV/Vm)
TheVsecondVtermVonVtheVrightVofVtheVequalVsignVcanVbeVexpandedVwithVpartialVfractions
g AV B
=V + (2)
A(sV+VcV/Vm)V+VBs
=V
s(sV+VcV/Vm) s sV+VcV/Vm s(sV+VcV/Vm)
ByVequatingVlikeVtermsVinVtheVnumerator,VtheVfollowingVmustVhold
g V = V AV 0V=V AsV+VBs
c
m
TheVfirstVequationVcanVbeVsolvedVforVAV=Vmg/c.VAccordingVtoVtheVsecondVequation,VBV=V–
A,VsoVBV=V–mg/c.VSubstitutingVtheseVbackVintoV(2)Vgives
g V=V
mgV/VcVV mgV/Vc
−V
s(sV+VcV/Vm) s sV+VcV/Vm
ThisVcanVbeVsubstitutedVintoVEq.V1VtoVgive
v(0) mgV/VcV mgV/Vc
VV(s)V = +V −V
sV+VcV/Vm s sV+VcV/Vm
TakingVinverseVLaplaceVtransformsVyields
mgV mgV −(cV/Vm)t
v(t)V =Vv(0)e−(c/Vm)tV +V +V e
c c
orVcollectingVterms
VmgV
v(t)V =Vv(0)e−(c/m)tV +V
c
(1−Ve −(c/Vm)tV
)
1.2 AtVtV=V8Vs,VtheVanalyticalVsolutionVisV41.137V(ExampleV1.1).VTheVrelativeVerrorVcanVbeVcalculatedVwith
analyticalV−Vnumerica
absoluteVrelativeVerr = 100%
l
or
analytical
TheVnumericalVresultsVare:
absolute
V Vstep
V V V Vv(8)
V V V V V V V V V r
elativeV error
2 44.8700 9.074%
1 42.8931 4.268%
0.5 41.9901 2.073%
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TheVerrorVversusVstepVsizeVcanVthenVbeVplottedVas
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