mixing tank problems

A favorite application of first order linear ODE systems is to mixing tank problems involving multiple "mixing tanks" of solute and solvent in solution with time evolving concentrations. Eigenvalues of the system give characteristic times for reaching equilibrium and for any oscillations which occur in reaching equilibrium (closed systems). This is also a special case of "compartimental analysis" useful in pharmacokinetics (movement of drugs through the body). The single tank starts the analysis at the beginning of the DE course.

• Edwards, Penney Calvis Edition 4 section 1.5: 33, 36, 37, 45  <<< HOMEWORK solutions
  
  ignore the rest of this page:
• one mixing tank mixode.pdf, mixingtanksolution.pdf [general solution for all parameter values]
  Maple template [Lake Erie example]
• 3tank.pdf, 3tank.mw closed and open 3 tank systems [general solution for all parameter values]
•  Edwards and Penney, Differential Equations and Linear Algebra, section 7.3:
  compartmental analysis: real eigenvalues: example 2 (open case+comparison with closed case: real/complex eigenvalues) ,
   complex eigenvalues: example 4 (closed case);(more examples 7.3.35,36)];
  do 7.3: 37 [closed 3 tank system with oscillations (explanation, text example4.mw), plug into Eq(22), solve by eigenvector method] (solution on-line: .mw, .pdf);
  choose one problem from 7.3: 27-30  (solution on-line: .mw).