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QUESTION BANK
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UNIT- I (ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS)
PART A
1. Explain Gauss Elimination method?
2. Solve the system of equations by Gauss elimination method 11x + 3y = 17, 2x + 7y = 16.
3. WhatistheadvantagesofGaussSeidelmethodoverJacobimethod?
4. Whatisthelimitationofpowermethod?
5. State the two difference between direct and iterative methods for solving system of
evaluation?
6. Explain the term pivoting?
7. Define partial pivoting?
8. Define Complete Pivoting?
9. Define round off error?
10. State the principle uses in Gauss- Jordan method?
11. For solving a linear system, compare Gauss elimination method and Gauss Jordan
method?
12. Define tridiagonal Matrix?
13. Gauss Seidal method is better than Gauss Jacobi method. Why?
14. Write down formula for SOR iterative method?
15. Write the Iterative Formula of Newton Raphson method?
16. Obtain an iterative formula to find the square root of a natural number N using Newtons
method.
17. What is the rate of convergance in NR method?
18. If g(x) is continuous in [a,b] then under what condition the iterative method x= g(x)
has a unique
19. What type of eigen value can be obtained using power method?
20. If the eigen values at a are -3,3,1 then the dominant eigen value of A is ------- ?
21. How will you find the smallest eigen value of a square matrix A?
22. Determine the largest eigen value and the corresponding eigen vector of the matrix
1 1
correct to two decimal places using power method?
1 1
23. Explain power method to find the dominant eigen value of a square matrix?
24. Write down formula for the Faddev Levertier method?

PART B
1. Solve using Gauss Elimination
2x1 + x2 = 1
x1+2x2+x3 = 2
x2 + x3 =4
2. Solve using gauss Jordan elimination
x y +2z = -8
x + y + z = -2
2x-2y+3z = -20
3. Solving the system of equation
4x1 + x2 + x3 = 2
x1 + 5x2 + 2x3 = -6
x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = -4
using jacobi method
4. Using SOR method solve
2x1 - x2 = 7
-x1 + 2x2 x3 = 1
-x2 +2x3 = 1
with W =1.17
5. Solve the system of equation
4x +2y+z = 14
x + 5y - z = 10
x + y +8z = 10
using Gauss Seidal iteration method
6. Find a real of equation x3 + x2 - 1 = 0 by iteration
7. Solve
i 3x1 + 2x2 = 12
2x1+3x2+2x3 =17
2x2+3x3+2x4 = 14
2x3 + 3x4 =7
ii. 2.04x1 - 2x2 = 40.8
-x1+2.04x2-x3 =0.8
-x2+2.04x3-x4 = 0.8

-x3 + 2.04x4 =200.8

Using Thomas algorithm
8. Find the root of x4 = x +10, correct to three decimal places using NM
9. Find the largest eigen value in modulus and the corresponding eigen vector
of the matrix
15
4
3
10
12 6
20
4 2
10. Find the smallest eigen value in magnitude of the matrix
2
1 0
A= 1 2
1
0
1 2
Using inverse power method
A=

11. Obtain the characteristic polynomial of the matrix

0
2 3
A = 10
1 2
2
4 7
Using Faddev Leverrier method.

12. Use Faddeevs method to find the eigenvalues of the matrix

A=

2
1
1

1 1
2 1 and hence find its inverse.
1 2

13. Solvethesystemofequationsx+y+z=6,3x+3y+4z=20,2x+y+3z=13.UsingtheGausselimination
method.

2
1 0
14. Findthesmallesteigenvalueinmagnitudeofthematrix 1 2
1 usingfour
0
1 2
iterationsoftheinversepowermethod.
5 0. +
15. Findazeroofthesystemofnonlinearequation +10
1 0.byfixedpointiterationmethod.
10
16. SolvethetrididagonalsystembyThomasmethod2xy=1,x+2yz=0,y+2zw=0,z+2w=1.

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UNIT II(ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS)
PART A
1. What is single step methods
2. Write down the Runge-Kutta formula of fourth order .
3. Whenasinglestepmethodisappliedtothetestequationu=
aconditinsforabsolutelystableandrelativelystable?
4. WhenwillyousaythatasystemofODEoftheform
isstiff?
u=f(t, ,
,,
, ,
,
5. State the special advantage of Runge-kutta method.
6. Write down Adams-Bashforth predictor formula.
7. Write down Adams-Bashforth corrector formula.
8. Define Stiff
9. Give example of Stiff ODE equation.
10. What is IVP
11. What is multistep methods
12. What is BVP
13. What is meant by Stability analysis.
14. Define Shooting Method.
15. What are the steps involved in the shooting method?
16. Write first four derivatives of finite difference method
17. Define collocation
18. What is meant by orthogonal collocation.
19. Define FEM.
20. What is Gobal Matrix.
21. What is meant by Galerkin method
22. Define orthogonal collocation in Galerkin Method.
23. Write down Uses of FEM
24. State advantage of Orthognal collocation.

, whatarethe

PART B
2

1. Solvetheinitialvalueproblem u = -2tu
u(0) = 1 With h = 0.2 on the interval [0, 0.4]
using R. K method.
2. Using Runge-kutta method of fourth order, find y(0.8) correct to 4 decimal places if
y= y x2, y(0.6)=1.7379

3. Solvethesystemofequationu = 3u +2v
the interval [0, 0.4] using R.K method

4. Given

u(0)= 0 v = 3u - 4v , v(0) =0.5with h = 0.2 on

= x2(1+y) at y(1) =1 y(1.1) = 1.233, y(1.2) = 1.548, y(1.3) = 1.979Find y(1.4)

by Adams - Bashforth method.

5. UsingtheshootingmethodsolvetheBVPy(x)=y(x),y(0)=0andy(1)=1.17

6. SolvethefollowingBVPusingshootingmethod
y+y+x=0,y(0)=y(1)=0

.
7. UsingShootingmethodsolvetheequationy2y=8x(9x).y(0)=0,y(9)=0.
8. UsingShootingmethod,solvetheBVPy+y+x=0,o<x<1,y(0)=0y(1)=e1

9. Using the finite difference method find y(0.25), y(0.5) at y(0.75) satisfying the
differential equation
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

+y =x subject to the boundary condition y(0)= 0, y(1) =2

Solve by orthogonal collocation method y(x) = y(x) y(0)=y(1)=0.

Solvebyorthogonalcollocationmethody+(1+x2)y+1=0 With y(-1) = y(1) = 0.
ExplainBVPforsolvingwithFiniteDifferencemethod.
SolvethefollowingBVPu+ux=0,u(0)=0u(1)=0.UsingFEMfortwoandthreeelements
ofequallength
Writeshortnotesonocwithexample.
ExplainGalerkinFemwithexample.
WriteshortnotesonFEM.
Solvethedifferentialequationy+y+x=0,o<x<1,y(0)=0y(1)=1UsingGalerkinFEM.
UsetheGalerkinmethodapproximatethesolutionofequationy+y+x=0,subjecttothe
boundaryconditiony(0)=0y(1)=0
SolvethefollowingBVPy+2yx=0,y(0)=1y(1)=2.UsingFEMfortwoandfourelementsof
equallength

20. Solve

.Usetheboundaryvalues

21. SolvetheBVP

and

withy(0)=0andy(2)=3.627byfinitedifferencemethod.(Take

h=0.5)
22. SolvetheIVPy=t+yy(0)=1byclassicalfourthorderRungeKuttamethodwithh=0.1to
gety=0.1.
23. Given =1+

wherey=0whenx=0y(0.2)=0.2027,y(0.4)=0.4228y(0.6)=

0.6841.Computey(0.8)byAdamsBashforthmultistepmethod.
0.
methodto
24. ConsidertheBVPu+(1+ )u+1=0.U=( 1
determinethecoefficientsoftheapproximatesolutionw(x)= 1+ ) 1
4

)+

where

andrespectively.

aretheunknownsolutionvaluesatthenodes0

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UNIT III(FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD FOR TIME DEPENDENT PARTIAL
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION )

PART A
1.
2.
3.
4.

Giveanexampleofaparabolicequation
StateSchmidtssexplicitformulaforsolvingheatflowequation
BenderSchmidtrecurrenceschemeisusefultosolve_________equation.
Whatistheclassificationofonedimensionalheatflowequation.

5. WhatisthesignificanceofNeumannboundaryconditionsoftheLaplaceequation
0?
6. Verifybydirectsubstitutionthatu(x,t)=sin(n
. cos 2
isasolutiontothewave
equation
,
4
, .Foreachpositiveintegersn=1,2..
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Whatisweightedresidual
DefineFinitedifferencemethods
WriteformulaforFinitedifferencemethods
Whatisnumericalstability
StateCrankNicholsondifferenceschemetosolveparabolicequation.Alsowritethesimplified
formulawhenk=ah2.
12. WritedowntheCrankNicolsonformulatosolveuxx=ut

13. When explicit method is stable only if ?

14. What is the condition for stability of the solution for hyperbolic equations?
15. Write the formula For Implicit formula.
16. Write difference between Implicit and explicit methods.
17. Write equation for 2 dimensional heat flow equation
18. Write formula for 2 dimensional heat flow equation
19. Write ADI method formula.
20. Define Dirichlets condition
21. Define Neumann Condition.
22. Write Characteristics of PDE.
23. Writeanoteonthestabilityandconvergenceofthesolutionofthedifferenceequation
2
correspodingtothehyperbolicequationutt=a uxx.
24. Statetheexplicitschemeformulaforthesolutionofthewaveequation.
25. Writedownthegeneralandsimplestformsofthedifferenceequationcorrespondingtothe
2
hyperbolicequationutt=a uxx.

PARTB
1. ExplainExplicitmethod.
2. Solvetheparabolicequationut=uxxsubjectu(0,t)=0,u(1,t)=0u(x,0)=0
12, 0
12withboundaryandinitialcondition
3. Solvetheequationut=1/2uxx0
u(x,0)=
15
0
12u(0,t)=0,U(12,t)=9, 0
12.UsingSchmidtrelation

4. Solvebyimplicitmethodut= uxxo<x<1t>0,u(x,0)=0=u(0,t)U(1,t)=100t.Computeufor
onestepwithh=
5. Solveut=uxxsubjectu(0,t)=0,u(1,t)=0u(x,0)=sinxo<x<1UsingBenderschmiditMethod.

6. Findthesolutionofthetwodimensionalheatconductionequationut=uxx+uyySubjecttothe
initial condition u(x,y,0) = sinxsiny. 0
,
1 and the boundary condition for t 0 Using
ADIMethod.Assume

h= andintegrateforonetimestep.

7. WriteprocedureforADIMehod.

8. DiscussADImethodtosolvetwodimensionalparabolicequations.

9. SolvethefirstorderhyperbolicPDE

10. Solveut=uxx0<x<2,t>0u(0,t)=u(2,t)=0t>0u(x,0)=sin 0
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
16.

,0
2using =0.5 =0.25

fortwotimesstepsbyImplicitmethod
ExplainImplicitmethod

Solveuxx=uttuptot=0.5withaspacingof0.1subject toy(0,t)=0y(1,t)= 0yt(x,0)=0 and

y(x,0)=10+x(1x).

Solveut=uxxsubjectu(0,t)=0,u(1,t)=0u(x,0)=sinxo<x<1UsingBenderschmiditMethod.

Solve utt = uxx subject u(0,t) =0, u(1,t) = 0 ut (x.o) = 0 u(x,0) = sinx o<x<1 Using finite
differencemethod
Solve4uxx=uttu(0,t)=0y(4,t)=0
ut(x,0)=0andu(x,0)=x(4x).
Usetheexplicitdifferencescheme(Schmidtscheme)todeterminethenumericalsolutiontothe
IBVP.
.0
1 0,
1,
0,
0.
, U(x,o)=sin

17. Findthesolutionof
0 subjecttotheinitialcondition
U(x,0)=0,x<0
=x,0
1
=2x,1
2
=0,x>2andr=.Computeuptotwotimestops.

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UNIT IV(FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS FOR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS)
PART A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

ThenumberofconditionsrequiredtosolvetheLaplaceequationis
Defineadifferencequotient.
StateLiebmannsiterationprocessformulae.
StatethegeneralformofPoissonsequationinpartialderivatives.
IfusatisfiesLaplaceequationandu=100ontheboundaryofsquarewhatwillbethevalueof
uataninteriorgird

6. Forwhatvalueofr,theexmplicitforward,differenceequation ,
1
,
, isstable?
7. Tosolve
0 intherectangleRwhichisdividedinto10by10squares,
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

WritethediagonalfivepointformulatosolvetheLaplaceequation.
Writedownthefinitedifferenceformoftheequation
, .
WhatisthepurposeofLiebmannsiterativeformula?
0.letususe
Tosolve
Thesolutionoftheellipticequation
0.isgivenby
Statethedifferenceequationthatapproximateellipticequation.
StateDirichletsconditionstosolveLaplaceequations.
WritedownthefivepointfinitedifferenceschemetosolveLaplaceequations.
WritethedifferenceschemeforsolvingtheLaplacesequation.
WhatisdifferencebetweenLaplacesandpoissonequations.
Writedowntheshortnoteonboundarycurvedusingsquaremesh.
Whatisforwardfinitedifferencemethod.
Writetheformulaforbackwardfinitedifferencemethod.
Writetheformulaforcentralfinitedifferencemethod.

22. Define Dirichlets condition

23. Define Neumann Condition.
24. WritedowntheformulaforpolarformofLaplaceequation.
25. WritetheformulaforFinitedifferencemethodPoissonequationusingpolarcoordinates

PART B
1. Byiterationmethod,SolvetheLaplaceequation

=0overthesquareregionsatisfying

theboundaryconditioni.u(0,y)=0o
3.Ii.u(3,y)=9+yo
3.
iii.u(x,0)=3xo
3.Ivu(x,3)=4xo
3
2. SolvethePoissonequation
10
+10)subjecttotheconditionu=0atx=0
andx=3u=3u=0aty=0andu=1aty=3foro<x<3.Findthesolutiontakingh=1witha
square.
3. Obtainafinitedifferenceschemetosolvethe
0
inthe
squareshownfittedwithsquaremesh.UseLiebmanns.

1000
1000
10001000

4.
5.

6.

7.

1000
500 0
0

ExplainsolutionofLaplacesEquation.
SolvethePoissonequation
36
+5)subjecttotheconditionu=0atx=0
andx=3u=3u=0aty=0andu=1aty=3foro<x<3.Findthesolutiontakingh=1witha
square.
ExplainsolutionofpoissonEquation.

SolvetheLaplaceequationattheinteriorpointsofthesquareregiongivenbelow.

5000

10000

10000

10000

5000

8. SolvetheLaplaceequationattheinteriorpointsofthesquareregiongivenbelow.

500

1000

1000

1000

500

9. SolvethePoissonsequation
+
=81xyo<x<10<y<1giventhatu(0,y)=0u(x,0)=0
u(1,y)=100u(x,1)=100andh=1/3.
10. Solvethepoissonsequation
+
=8
forthesquaremeshofthegivenfigurewaith
u(x,y)=0ontheboundaryandmeshlength=1
+
=0o
,
1, withu(0,y)=10=u(1,y)andu(x,0)=20=u(x,1).Takeh=0.25
11. Solve
andapplyLiebmannmethodto3deciamalaccuracy.
12. Solvetheheatequation
consideringtheregion
betweentheunitsquare,
thecirclewithcentreat(0.5,0.5)andradius0.33whichformtheboundary ,
, ,
0
1
0 on x y 1
andtheinitialconditionu(x,y,0)=0.
13. ExplainFinitedifferencemethodforPoissonequationusingpolarcoordinates.

14. Findthesolutionofthe2Dheatconductionequation
subjecttothe
initialconditionu(x,y0)=sin(
,=sin(
,0
,
1andtheboundaryconditionsu
=0ontheboundaryfor
0usingthePeacemanRachfordADImethod.Assumeh=
.
15. Solve
0
,
, 0
0.5,0
0.5 with
theboundaryconditionsu(0,y)=0(x,0)=0u(x,0.5)=200xu(0.5,y)=200y.usingLiebmanns
iterativemethod.

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UNIT V(FINITE ELEMENT METHOD)
PART A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Whatismeantbyfiniteelements?
DefineFEM
WriteformulaforGalerkinFiniteelementmethod.
Whatismeantbyorthogonalcollocation.
Whatisweightedresidualmethod.

6. Whatdoyoumeanbycollcationmethod
7. Defineconformingelements.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.

DefineIVP.
DefineBVP.
Whatisleastsquaremethod.
Whatisstiffness matrix.
Whatistrialsolution.
WhatisdifferencebetweenODEandPDEFEM.
WritedowntheadvantageofOrthogonalCollocationFEM.
WhatisdifferencebetweenODEandPDEinOC.
WhatisGalerkinFiniteelementmethod.
Whatisonedimensionalfiniteelement.
Whatistriangularfiniteelement
Writeformulafortriangularfiniteelement
Writeformulafortetrahedralfiniteelement
WriteusesofFEM
WritemeritofOC.
WhatisdifferencebetweenOCandFEM

PART B
1. Solve( + )=x.o
,
1, withu=0ontheboundarycoftheregionsUsing
OrthogonalcollocationFEM.
2. Solve(
+
)=2.o
,
1, withtheconditionontheboundaryofsquareo
1
o
1usingFEM.
3. Solvebyorthogonalcollocationmethod(
+
)=2.o
,
1,
+
)=k.o
,
1, withu=0ontheboundarycoftheregionsUsing
4. Solve(
OrthogonalcollocationFEM.
5. Solve(
+
)=2x.o
,
1, withu=0ontheboundarycoftheregionsUsingGalerkin
FEM.
6. Solve(
+
)=3.o
,
1, withtheconditionontheboundaryofsquareo
1
o
1usingFEM.
7. Solvebyorthogonalcollocationmethod(
+
)=1.O
,
1,
+
)=x.o
,
1, withu=0ontheboundarycoftheregionsUsingGalerkin
8. Solve(
FEM.
9. Solvethepoissonequation
2,
, 1, withthconditionu=oonthe
boundaryofthesquareO
1,O
1,usingFEM.
10. SolvetheBVP
1, | | 1| | 1andu=0on| | 1| | 1.UsingtheGalerkin
FEMtodeterminethesolutionvaluesatthenode(0,0),(0.5,0)and(0.5,0.5)

11. Writeshortnotesonocwithexample.
12. ExplainGalerkinFemwithexample.
13. WriteshortnotesonFEM.

14. SolvethemixedBVPequation
00
,
1
1
,
0
1
,
0,0
1
1
,
0,
2
,
1,0
1
1 0
1
0.
15. SolvebytheFEMtheBVPu+(1+
16. UsetheFiniteelementGalerkinmethodtoderivethedifferenceschemesfortheBVP
uku=1,u(1)=0wherek>0isassumedconstant.Alsoobtainthecharacteristicequation
ofdifferenceschemes.