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A general solution of the rst-order homogeneous equation is dened as:
x
1
= Cexp(–ηt).
A particular solution of Equation (2.14):
x
2
= Q
1
exp(–st) + Q
2
t + Q
3
.
Substituting the particular solution x
2
into Equation (2.14), we obtain:
–Q
1
s exp(–st) + Q
2
+ η[Q
1
exp(–st) + Q
2
t + Q
3
] = h[1 – exp(–st)]–qt .
Equating the coecients of the variable parameters exp(–st) and t, as well as the other terms, we will obtain the
following equations:
–Q
1
s + ηQ
1
= –h ,
ηQ
2
= –q ,
Q
2
+ ηQ
3
= h ,
from where:
Q
1
=
h
,
s – η
Q
2
= –
q
,
η
Q
3
=
h
+
q
.
η – η
2
Hence,
x = x
1
+ x
2
= C exp(–ηt) +
h
exp(–st) +
h
+
q
–
q
t . (2.16)
s–η η η
2
η
e constant C we will nd from the initial condition: at t = 0 x
0
= 0 .
Using this condition we can nd the coecient C :
C = –
h
–
1
q
+ h .
s–η
η
η
us, the equation of motion of the object 1 will be expressed as:
x =
h
[exp(–st) – exp(–ηt)] +
1
q
+ h[1 – exp(–ηt)] –
q
t . (2.17)
s–η
η
η
η
e velocity of the object 1 :
v=x
̇
=
h
[ηexp(–st) – sexp(–st)] +
q
+ h exp(–ηt) –
q
=
hs
[exp(–ηt) – exp(–st)] –
q
[1 – exp(–ηt)] . (2.18)
s–η
η
η
s–η
η
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