Exercises

1. Find a root of the equation x4 - 8x3 + 23x2 + 16x - 50 = 0 in the vicinity of 1.0 by Iterative

Substitution.

2. Find the root of the equation x3 - 3x2 + 2x - 0.375 = 0 in the vicinity of 1.0 by Iterative

Substitution in the form x = [(x3 + 2x - 0.375)/3]1/2

3. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the range 1.0 < x < 2.0 by the Bisection

Method.

4. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the range 1.0 < x < 2.0 by the False Position

Method.

5. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the range 0.35 < x <1.0 by the Bisection

Method.

6. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the range 0.4 < x < 0.6 by the False Position

Method.

7. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Newton-Raphson

Method.

8. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Newton-Raphson

Method.

9. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Modified Newton-

Raphson Method.

10. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Modified Newton-

Raphson Method.

11. Solve the equations, x1 + x2 - x21/2 - 0.25 = 0

8x12 + 16x2 - 8x1x2 - 5 = 0

by Iterative Substitution from a starting guess x1 = x2 = 1

12. Solve the equations

2x12 - 4x1x2 - x22 = 0

2x22 + 10 x1 - x12 - 4x1x2 - 5 = 0

by the Newton- Raphson procedure starting from x1 = x2 = 1

13. Solve the equation in Exercise 12 by the Modified Newton-Raphson procedure starting from

(a) x1 = x2= 1 and (b) x1 = 0.5, x2 =0.25.

14. Solve the equations in Exercise 11 starting from x1 = 1.0, x2 = 0.1 by

(a) The Newton-Raphson procedure and

(b) The Modified Newton-Raphson procedure

15. Estimate a root of the following equations close to = 0.5 and = 0.5 using the Modified

Newton-Raphson Method

3 cos + sin = 3.1097

tan = 0.2537

16. Estimate a root of the following equations close to x = 0.5 and y = 2.5 using the Modified

Newton-Raphson Method.

x sin y + x2 cos y =0

ex + xy - 2 = 0

17. The depth of embedment d of a sheet pile wall is governed by the equation

d = (d3 + 2.87 d2 - 10.28) / 4.62

An engineer has estimated the correct depth to be d = 2.5. Use the Modified

Newton-Raphson Method to improve on this estimate.

18. An engineer has estimated the critical depth of flow down an open channel, yc, to be in

the range 4 - 5 ft. If the governing equation is given by

 2
=1
3

Where,

Q = flow rate = 520 ft3/s

g = gravity = 32.2 ft/s2

A = area of flow = (5+2yc) yc ft2

b = surface width = 5+4yc ft

Improve on this estimate, correct to one decimal place, using the False Position

Method.

19. The rate of fluid flow down a sloping channel of rectangular cross-section is given by the

Equation,
1 5
2 ()3
Q = 2
(+2)3

where

Q = flow rate (5 m3/s)

B = Channel width (20 m)

H = Depth of flow

S = Slope gradient (0.0002)

n = roughness (0.03)

An engineer has estimated that the depth of flow must lie in the range 0.6m < H < 0.9m.

Use any suitable method to estimate the actual depth of flow.

20. The Hazen-Williamss equation governing gravity flow down circular pipes is of the form:

Q = 0.281 CD2.63 S0.54

Where, assuming use of a consistent system of units

Q = Flow rate

C = pipe roughness coefficient

D = Pipe diameter

S = Pipe gradient

A particular pipe has a flow rate of 273, a roughness co-efficient of 110 and gradient

of 0.0023. The diameter of the pipe is estimated to be about 10. Perform a few

iterations of the Newton - Raphson Method to improve this estimate.

21. The vertical stress z generated at a point X in an elastic continuum under the edge of a

strip footing supporting a uniform pressure q shown in figure below is given by a

Boussinesq's formula to be:

z = { + sin cos }

 Use the modified Newton-raphson Method to estimate the value of at which the vertical

stress z will be 25% of the following stress q. Use an initial guess of = 0.4. Note that

must be expressed in radians.

22. The displacement/time function for free vibration of a simple damped oscillator is given by:

u(t) = e-4.95t [ 7.48 sin 13.23 t + 0.05 cos 13.23 t]

Use the False Position Method to estimate the time in the range 0.2 < t < 0.3 at which the

oscillator first passes through its equilibrium position at u = 0.0.

23. The depth d of submergence of solid pine sphere of radius r = 100, floating in water, is given

by the equation:

(255230 2 + 3 )
=0
3

Within what range must the required root lie? Use the Bisection Method with

appropriate initial guesses to compute d to the nearest whole number.

24. Find the root of the equation:

 2x (1 - x2 + x) ln x = x2 - 1

in the interval [ 0.1, 0.5] correct to two decimal places.