COEP Technological University Pune
(A Public University of Government of Maharashtra, Pune-411005)
     (MA-23008) Differential Equations and Complex Algebra
F.Y. B.Tech. Spring Semester 2024-25 (E and TC, Electrical, Instru )
                              Tutorial 5
      Topic : Applications of Ordinary Differential Equations 2
                  Co-ordinator : Dr. Kiran Dalvi
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  1. A capacitor C = 0.2 f arads in series with a resistor R = 20 ohms
  is charged from a source E0 = 24 volts. Find the voltage v(t) on the
  capacitor, assuming that at t = 0 the capacitor is completely uncharged.
  (Ans : 24 (1 − e−0.025t ))
                                             dQ Q
  2. Consider the RC circuit equation R          +     = E(t). Determine the
                                             dt      C
  charge and current at time t > 0 if R = 10 ohms, C = 2 × 10−4 f arads,
  and E(t) = 100 volts. Given that Q(0) = 0.
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  (Ans : Q(t) = 50 (1 − e−500t ), I(t) = 10 e−500t )
  3. The charge Q on the plate of a condenser of capacity C charged through
  a resistance R by a steady voltage V satisfies the differential  equation
                                                         
                                                                  t 
     dQ Q                                                      −
  R     + = V . If Q = 0 at t = 0, show that Q = CV        −    RC 
                                                         
                                                          1   e
                                                                    
                                                                    . Find
     dt C                                                
                                                                                t
  the current flowing into the plate at any time t. (Ans : i(t) =     V
                                                                      R     e− RC )
  4. A decaying e.m.f.E = 200 e−5t is connected in series with a 20 ohm
  resistor and 0.01 f arad capacitor. Find the charge and current at any time
  assuming Q = 0 at t = 0. Show that the charge reaches a maximum,
  calculate it and find the time when it is reached.
  (Ans : t = 15 , max .of Q = 0.74)
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5. In a circuit containing inductance L, resistance R and voltage E, the
                                   dI
current I is given by E = RI + L      . Given L = 640H, R = 250 ohm
                                   dt
and E = 500 volts. I being zero when t = 0. Find the time that elapses,
before it reaches 90% of its maximum value. (Ans : t = 64
                                                        25 ln 10)
6. Show that the current in RL circuit when a constant e.m.f. E0 is
                                           L
applied reaches 63% of its final value in     seconds. Further if L = 10
                                           R
henries, determine the value of R so that the current will reach 99% of its
final value at t = 1 seconds ? (Ans : R = 46.06)
7. Find the current I(t) in the RC circuit with E = 100 volts,
C = 0.25 f arads, R is variable according to
R = (200 − t) ohms, 0 ≤ t ≤ 200 sec
   = 0,                   t > 200 sec
and I(0) = 1 amp.        (Ans : I = (200)−3 (200 − t)3 and 0 )
8. Find the time when the capacitor in an RC circuit with no external
e.m.f. has lost 99% of its initial charge of Q0 Coulomb.
(Ans : t = 4.605 RC)
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I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set
two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a
mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for
proof that every doubt becomes impossible. - Carl Friedrich
Gauss