EXERCISES 231
5.27. Show that, for a > b, (5.121) can be written as
+its-
UOa+b a-io(z+ z2-c2) +ebo(z - )
a+b a-b
Show further that, if there is a circulation r around the aerofoil, so that
0 + jib = Uxze-i° + (it/27r) logz + 0(1) as jzj --> oo, then the term
it
log
I z
+
z2 --C2
27r
e
must be added to this formula. By considering dw/d(, show that, in the
limit b -+ 0 and c -> a, dw/dzI,,_, is finite if r = 27W, ccoef0 sin a.
5.28. Suppose we try to solve the biharmonic equation V4u = 0 in 0 < x < 1,
0 < y < 1, with u = Ou/Ox = 0 on x = 0,1, and u and Ou/8y prescribed on
y = 0, 1. Separate the variables to show that candidate solutions are
u(x, y) _ ((Ax + B) cos kx + (Cx + D) sin kx)e±k",
as are such functions multiplied by y, where A, B, C and D are constants, and
k is a complex root of k = f sink. Are these functions mutually orthogonal
for different k?
s 5.29. Consider the crack problem of §5.9.3. Show that the boundary values of the
function
On au
W(z) _
ax - lay
satisfy
Ou Ou
8x
(-8y
-r
=0
on the whole real axis except at x = ±c, and deduce that 3'((W(z)-ir)2) = 0
there. Use Schwarz reflection to show that W(z) can be extended to an
analytic function with singularities only at z = ±c and z = cc. Use symmetry
and the behaviour of u at infinity to show that the least singular possibility
for W(z) is
-T Z
(W(Z) - iT)2 =
z2 - r2'
and hence retrieve (5.149).101
* 5.30. By considering the limit R -> oo. show that
( d(
CI=R>c
(2 - c2 (- x
J
= 27ri,
where x is real and -c < x < c, and the branch cut is taken along the
interval (-c, c) of the real line. Deform the contour to one wrapped around
2 2
101 We are indebted to Dr A. K. Head for this remark.