Part A - (20 x 2 = 40 marks)

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6HA - Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering

April-1999
Part A - (20 x 2 = 40 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
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Convert y = axb into linear form.

For which type of equation the points (x, y) plotted in a semi-log graph sheet will lie on a straight line?
Write the normal equations to fit y = a + bx by the method of least squares.
If p and q are the relative errors in x and y respectively, what is the relative error in the quotient x/y?
If a : 2b : 3c = 3 : 2 : 1, find (a - b) : (b - c).
If y = nx and S = R(c - x)/y, find y when S = 4R, n = 0.25 and c = 0.2.
A chemical substance disintegrates at a rate proportional to the amount then present at any instant. Write the differential equation governing this law.
Solve rdq + 2qdr = 0.
Solve dy/dx = y/x + ey/x .
If y is a function of x and z = log(x), express xdy/dx in terms of y and z.
If y = 2 when x = -2 and y = 8 when x = 1, find y when x = 0 using linear interpolation.
Find D 3 (x2) taking h = 1.
What is hybrid computer?
Express the binary number 1100 in octal.
Express 0.001728 in floating-point.
What is a data?
What is an algorithm?
Write a FORTRAN statement to convert Fahrenheit (F) into Celsius (C).
Write the solution of u/ t = a 2 2u/ x2 such that u is finite when t is tending to infinity.
State Laplace equation.
Part B - (5 x 12 = 60 marks)
Answer (a) or (b) in each question.

21. (a) The heat capacity c of a material (in calories per gram per degree Celsius) could increase with temperature T (in degree Celsius) according to a relationship
of the form c = aT2 + bT + k. Determine the constants a, b and k by the method of least squares from the following data:
T 0
c

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100

0.13200

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200

0.14046

0.15024

0.16134

0.17376

(b) Fit a least square exponential curve y = aebx to the following data:
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14
73

23

197

1194

22. (a) In a chemical reaction involving two substances, the velocity of transformation dx/dt at any time t is known to be equal to the product (0.9 - x), (0.4 - x).
Express x in terms of t, given that when t = 300, x = 0.3.
(b) A tank of volume 0.5 m3 is filled with brine containing 40 kg of dissolved salt. Water runs into the tank at the rate of 1.5 x 10-4 m3/sec and the mixture, kept
uniform by stirring, runs out at the same rate. How much salt is in the tank after two hours?
23. (a) Find the value of c when T = 40 from the following data:
T

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0.125

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10

0.128

70
0.134

0.144

(b) Using Runge-Kutta method of fourth order find y(1), y(2) and y(3) given that dy/dx = 4e0.8x - 0.5y,

y(0) = 2.

24. (a) Use the Newton-Raphson method to estimate the root of e-x = x employing an initial guess of x0 = 0 correct to six decimal places.
(b) Write a FORTRAN program for the problem given in question 24 (a).
25. (a) A bar of length 30 cm has end temperatures 0o C and 100o C until steady state conditions prevail. Suddenly the temperature at the first end is raised to 50o C
from 0o C and thereafter maintained. Find the temperature distribution at any point of the bar at any subsequent time.
(b) Write a FORTRAN program for the problem given in the question 23 (b).

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