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Root Finding Methods in Engineering

This document contains 10 problems involving finding roots of equations using numerical methods like the bisection method, Regula-Falsi method, and Newton-Raphson method. The problems cover finding roots of various functions in given intervals, determining the temperature corresponding to a given resistance based on a resistance-temperature relationship for a detector, and calculating the maximum deflection of a beam under a distributed load.

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Root Finding Methods in Engineering

This document contains 10 problems involving finding roots of equations using numerical methods like the bisection method, Regula-Falsi method, and Newton-Raphson method. The problems cover finding roots of various functions in given intervals, determining the temperature corresponding to a given resistance based on a resistance-temperature relationship for a detector, and calculating the maximum deflection of a beam under a distributed load.

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Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering


Department of Mechanical Engineering

Work sheet-3: Roots of Equations (Root finding)

Instruction: Write your answer to six decimal places (use the rounding method for the remaining
decimal places).

1. Use the Bisection method to compute the root of 𝑒𝑥 - 3𝑥 = 0 in the interval (1.5, 1.6).
2. Use the Bisection method to find a solution for 𝑥 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 in the interval (4.4,4.6).
3. Use the Bisection method to determine a root of the equation 𝑥 log10 𝑥 = 1.2 Interval (2, 3).
4. Use the method of Regula-Falsi/False Position to find solution for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 - cos
𝑥 in the interval (0, 𝜋/2).
5. Use the method of Regula-Falsi/False Position to solve the equation 𝑥𝑒𝑥 - 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 0 in the
interval (0, 1).
6. A root of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥3 - 10𝑥2 + 5 lies close to 𝑥 = 0.7. Determine the root with the Newton-
Raphson method.
x2 x3
7. A positive root of the equation ex = 1 + x + + 𝑒 0.3𝑥 lies in the interval (2, 3). Use
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Newton Raphson method to find this root.


8. Use the Newton-Raphson method to estimate the root of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒−𝑥 − 𝑥 with an initial guess
of 𝑥0 = 0.
9. The operation of Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) is based on the fact that the
electrical resistance of the detector material changes with temperature. For Nickel which is
sometimes used in such detectors, the resistance, 𝑅𝑇, at temperature 𝑇(°𝐶) as a function of
temperature is given by:
𝑅𝑇 = 𝑅0(1 + 𝐴𝑇 + 𝐵𝑇2 + 𝐶𝑇4 + 𝐷𝑇6)
Where: 𝑅0 is the resistance of the detector at 0°𝐶 and
𝐴 = 5.485 × 10-3, 𝐵 = 6.65 × 10-6 , 𝐶 = 2.805 × 10-11 , and 𝐷 = -2 × 10-17 are constants.
Consider a detector with 𝑅0 = 100𝛺 and determine the temperature when its resistance is
300𝛺.
10. A simply supported I-beam is loaded with a distributed load. The deflection, 𝑦, of the center
line of the beam as a function of the position, 𝑥, is given by the equation:

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where 𝐿 = 4 𝑚 is the length, 𝐸 = 70 𝐺𝑃𝑎 is the elastic modulus, 𝐼 = 52.9 × 10-6 𝑚4 is the

moment of inertia, and 𝑤0 = 20 𝑘𝑁/𝑚. Find the position 𝑥 where the deflection of the beam

is maximum, and determine the deflection at this point. (The maximum deflection is at the
point where 𝑑𝑦/𝑑𝑥 = 0 ).

Figure: Schematic diagram of the beam structure

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