Practical Applications of Odes
Practical Applications of Odes
Practical Applications of Odes
magnetic fields are generated and altered by each other and by charges and currents .
ELECTRODYNAMICS
APPLICATION 2: PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEMS
Music produced from a piano and that from a synthesizer playing the flute sound different although they are playing the same
notes.
Using partial differentiation in all musical acoustics,
The Fourier law of heat conduction states that the heat flux vector is proportional to the negative vector gradient of temperature. It
follows that for isotropic materials:
qi=−k∂T/∂xi
Applying Fourier's law of heat conduction permits determining temperature distributions within the nuclear fuel rods. In contrast,
convective cooling occurs on the rod surface. The coolant, cladding, and fuel temperature distributions through a reactor are determined.
Besides heat transfer in the reactor core, some power plants employ heat exchangers to generate steam that is fed to a turbine-generator
to produce electricity. As a consequence of the second law of thermodynamics, thermal power plants reject condenser heat to the
environment through mechanisms such as cooling towers.
APPLICATION 6: NEWTONS LAW OF COOLING.
This states that the rate at which an object cools is proportional to the difference in temperature between the object and its
surroundings.
Mathematically the rate of cooling is directly proportional to the change in temperature. This can also be expressed as an equation :
dT/dt = -k(T – Ta) where T is the temperature of the object and Ta is the temperature of the surroundings. Where if T>Ta, then
dT/dt <0
So the temperature is a decreasing function of t and the body is cooling. But if T<Ta, then dT/dt<0 so that T is increasing.
APPLICATION 7: INFLOW AND OUTFLOW RATE OF A
LIQUID.
Consider a liquid entering and leaving a tank. A substance is then dissolved in the liquid.
If Q(t) gives the amount of substance dissolved in the liquid in the tank at any time, t. A differential equation is then developed
which when solved gives a Q(t).
The equation is given by ;
rate of change of Q(t) = rate of which Q(t) enter the tank – Rate at which Q(t)
exists the tank
Where; Rate of change Q(t)= dQ/dt
Rate at which Q(t) enters the tank= (flow rate of liquid entering) x (concentration of substance liquid entering)
Rate at which Q(t) exists the tank= (flow rate of liquid exiting) x (concentration of substance in liquid entering)
APPLICATION 8: EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF POPULATION.
dY∕dt=ky , In│y│=kt+c
Y=y℮ⁿ, where n=kt, y is the isotope present at t=0
APPLICATION 10 : FALLING OBJECTS
An object is dropped from a height at time t = 0. If h(t) is the height of the object at time t, a(t) the acceleration and v(t) the
velocity. The relationships between a, v and h are as follows:
a(t) = , v(t) =
For a falling object, a(t) is constant and is equal to g = -9.8 m/s.
Combining the above differential equations, we can easily deduce the following equation
=g
Integrate both sides of the above equation to obtain
= g t + v0
Integrate one more time to obtain
h(t) = (1/2) g