Question
Question: What is the Laplace transform of \[t\cos at + \sin at\]?...
What is the Laplace transform of tcosat+sinat?
Solution
To find the Laplace transform of tcosat+sinat, we will use the one of the properties of Laplace transformation i.e., . Using this we will find the Laplace transformation of sinat and then using this we will find the Laplace transform of tcosat and then we will add these two results to find the Laplace transformation of tcosat+sinat.
Complete step by step answer:
We have to find the Laplace transform of tcosat+sinat. For this we will use the rule for the Laplace transform of the derivative.
Here, L[f(t)]=F(s)
Let f(t)=sinat−−−(1)
Putting t=0, we get
⇒f(0)=sin(0)
On simplification we get,
⇒f(0)=0
On differentiating f(t)=sinat, we get
⇒f1(t)=acosat
Putting t=0, we get
⇒f1(0)=acos(0)
On simplification we get,
⇒f1(0)=a
Now, on differentiating f1(t)=acosat, we get
⇒f′′(t)=−a2sinat−−−(2)
Using (1) in (2), we get
⇒f′′(t)=−a2f(t)
Taking the Laplace transformation of both the sides we get
⇒L[f′′(t)]=L[−a2f(t)]−−−(3)
We know L[f′(t)]=s2F(s)−sf(0)−f′(0) . Using this we can write (3) as
⇒s2F(s)−sf(0)−f1(0)=L[−a2f(t)]−−−(4)
As L[k×f(t)]=kL[f(t)], where k is a constant.
Therefore, we can write (4) as
⇒s2F(s)−sf(0)−f1(0)=−a2L[f(t)]
Putting the value of f(0), f1(0) and L[f(t)]=F(s), we get
⇒s2F(s)−0−a=−a2F(s)
On rearranging we get
⇒s2F(s)+a2F(s)=a
Taking F(s) common from the left hand side of the above equation, we get
⇒(s2+a2)F(s)=a
Dividing both the sides by (s2+a2), we get
⇒F(s)=(s2+a2)a
∴L[sinat]=(s2+a2)a−−−(5)
Similarly, now suppose that we let f(t)=tcosat−−−(6)
Putting t=0, we get
f(0)=(0)×cos(0)
On simplification we get
⇒f(0)=0
On differentiating f(t)=tcosat using the product rule of differentiation, we get
⇒f1(t)=(t)(−asinat)+(1)(cosat)
On simplification we get
⇒f1(t)=−atsinat+cosat
Again, on differentiating we get
⇒f′′(t)=(−at)(acosat)+(−a)(sinat)−asinat
On simplification we get
⇒f′′(t)=−a2tcosat−2asinat
Using (6), we can write
⇒f′′(t)=−a2f(t)−2asinat−−−(7)
Putting t=0, we get
⇒f′′(0)=−a2f(0)−2asin(0)
On simplification we get
⇒f′′(0)=0
On taking Laplace transformation of (7), we get
⇒L[f′′(t)]=L[−a2f(t)−2asinat]
As Laplace transform satisfy the linear property, so we can write the above equation as
⇒L[f′′(t)]=−a2L[f(t)]−2aL[sinat]
Above we have proved that L[sinat]=(s2+a2)a. Using this and putting the value of L[f′′(t)] and L[f(t)], we get
⇒s2F(s)−sf(0)−f1(0)=−a2F(s)−2a×s2+a2a
Putting the value of f(0) and f1(0), we get
⇒s2F(s)−0−1=−a2F(s)−s2+a22a2
On simplification, we get
⇒s2F(s)−1=−a2F(s)−s2+a22a2
On rearranging we get
⇒s2F(s)+a2F(s)=1−s2+a22a2
On simplification and taking common, we get
⇒F(s)(s2+a2)=s2+a2s2+a2−2a2
On further simplification we get
⇒F(s)(s2+a2)=s2+a2s2−a2
Dividing both the sides by (s2+a2) we get
⇒F(s)=(s2+a2)2s2−a2
∴L[tcosat]=(s2+a2)2s2−a2−−−(8)
Adding (5) and (8), we get
⇒L[sinat]+L[tcosat]=(s2+a2)a+(s2+a2)2s2−a2
On simplifying we get
⇒L[sinat]+L[tcosat]=(s2+a2)2a(s2+a2)+(s2−a2)
On further simplification, we get
⇒L[sinat]+L[tcosat]=(s2+a2)2as2+s2+a3−a2
On taking common,
⇒L[sinat]+L[tcosat]=(s2+a2)2s2(a+1)+a2(a−1)
On rewriting we get
⇒L[tcosat+sinat]=(s2+a2)2s2(a+1)+a2(a−1).
Therefore, the Laplace transform of tcosat+sinat is (s2+a2)2s2(a+1)+a2(a−1).
Note: Laplace transform is an integral transform that converts a function of a real variable to a function of a complex variable. Laplace transform satisfy the linear property i.e., L[f(t)+g(t)]=L[f(t)]+L[g(t)].