332 Chapter 5
We partition the boundary conditions in the following manner so as to give a set of
homogeneous boundary conditions for each problem
u1(0,y)= g(y) and u1(1,y)= 0 and u1(x, 0) = 0 and u1(x, 1) = 0
and
u2(0,y)= 0 and u2(1,y)= 0 and u2(x, 0) = 0 and u2(x, 1) = f(x)
The solution for u1(x,y), for a specific g(y), has been evaluated in Exercise 5.7, and the
solution for u2(x,y), for a specific f(x), has been evaluated in Exercise 5.10. Thus, the sum of
these two solutions gives the answer to our original problem.
The following exercises require the solution to be partitioned as a superposition of two
solutions u1(x,y) and u2(x,y). The problems are such that they can be resolved into two
problems, each of which has already been solved in Exercises 5.1 through 5.16. Seek those
preceding solutions, and write the general solution as a superposition.
5.17. We seek the steady-state temperature distribution in a thin plate over the rectangular
domain D ={(x,y) |0 <x<1, 0 <y<1} whose lateral surface is insulated. The side
x
= 1 is insulated, the side y = 0 is at a fixed temperature of zero, and the sides x = 0
and y = 1 have given temperature distributions. The boundary conditions are
u(0,y)= y(1 −y) and u
x
(1,y)= 0
u(x, 0) = 0 and u(x, 1) = x
1 −
x
2
Develop the graphics for the three-dimensional temperature surface showing the
isotherms.
5.18. We seek the steady-state temperature distribution in a thin plate over the rectangular
domain D ={(x,y) |0 <x<1, 0 <y<1} whose lateral surface is insulated. The side
y = 0 is insulated, the side x = 0 is at a fixed temperature of zero, and the sides x = 1
and y = 1 have given temperature distributions. The boundary conditions are
u(0,y)= 0 and u(1,y)= 1 −y
2
u
y
(x, 0) = 0 and u(x, 1) = x(1 −x)
Develop the graphics for the three-dimensional temperature surface showing the
isotherms.
5.19. We seek the steady-state temperature distribution in a thin plate over the rectangular
domain D ={(x,y) |0 <x<1, 0 <y<1} whose lateral surface is insulated. The side
y = 1 is at a fixed temperature of zero, the side x = 1 is losing heat by convection into a