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Homework Statement
Folks, I am self studying through a heat conduction problem involving a 2nd order linear homogenous differential equation which has the solution of the form
##\theta (x)=C_1\cosh mx+ C_2\sinh mx## (1)
where ##m \equiv \sqrt \frac{c}{a}= \sqrt{\frac{\beta P}{k A}} ##
The constants are dertermined via the BC's ##\theta(0)=\theta_0## and
##[\theta_x+\frac{\beta}{k} \theta]_{x=l}=0## using ##sinh x =(e^x-e^{-x})/2## etc etc.
I can determine ##C_1=\theta(0)## but I don't know how ##C_2## is determined using the hyperbolic expression...
The Attempt at a Solution
I attempted to rearrange ##\theta_x=-\frac{\beta}{k} \theta## from the BC given and equate that to the derivative of the general form of solution and then subsitute x=l in order to find C_2...ie
##\theta'(x)= m C_1 \sinh mx +C_2 \cosh mx## therefore at x=L
##\theta'(L)=m \theta_0 \sinh m L +C_2 \cosh m L=-\frac{\beta}{k} \theta##...?