402 Chapter 6
6.23. Boundaries x = 1, y = 0 are held at fixed temperature 0, boundary y = 1 is insulated,
and boundary x = 0 is losing heat by convection into a surrounding medium at 0
temperature, k = 1/10, β = 1/5:
u
x
(0,y,t)−u(0,y,t)= 0 and u(1,y,t)= 0
u(x, 0,t)= 0 and u
y
(x, 1,t)= 0
Initial condition:
f(x, y) =
−
2x
2
3
+
x
3
+
1
3
y
1 −
y
2
6.24. Boundaries y = 0, y = 1 are held at fixed temperature 0, boundary x = 0 is insulated,
and boundary x = 1 is losing heat by convection into a surrounding medium at 0
temperature, k = 1/10, β = 1/5:
u
x
(0,y,t)= 0 and u
x
(1,y,t)+u(1,y,t)= 0
u(x, 0,t)= 0 and u(x, 1,t)= 0
Initial condition:
f(x, y) =
1 −
x
2
3
y(1 −y)
6.25. Boundaries x = 0, x = 1 are held at fixed temperature 0, boundary y = 1 is insulated,
and boundary y = 0 is losing heat by convection into a surrounding medium at 0
temperature, k = 1/10, β = 1/5:
u(0,y,t)= 0 and u(1,y,t)= 0
u
y
(x, 0,t)−u(x, 0,t)= 0 and u
y
(x, 1,t)= 0
Initial condition:
f(x, y) = x(1 −x)
1 −
(y −1)
2
3
Two Dimensions, Cylindrical Coordinates
We now seek the temperature distribution in a thin, circular plate over the two-dimensional
domain D ={(r, θ) |0 <r<1, 0 <θ<b} whose lateral surfaces are insulated. The