Exp(sin(t)) integral difficulty for 1st order ODE

In summary, the conversation discussed a model of tank fluid temperature based on the mixing of two streams with fixed temperatures and flowrates. The solution involves an integral that can be reduced using an integrating factor. The expression for the amplitude of the asymptotic oscillation of u(t) is related to a Bessel function, specifically the modified Bessel function of the first kind.
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A model of tank fluid temperature (fixed mass inside) based on the mixing of two streams, one hot and one cold, each with fixed temperature, the hot one a fixed flowrate and the cold one an oscillatory flowrate can be expressed as:

du/dt + [c1 + c2*(1+cos(t))]*u = c1

The solution can be solved easily with an integrating factor and written in terms of an integral. I am trying to derive an expression for the AMPLITUDE of the asymptotic oscillation of u(t)which comes down to reducing the integral:

Int[0,t] { exp[ - t' - k1*sin(k2*(t'-t)) ] } dt'

I saw a reference suggesting this could be expressed as a Bessel function, but I can't see how, and I'm having a very hard time finding ANY references to integrals of exponentials of trigonometric functions. ANY INSIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
 
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If you check out Wikipedia's Bessel function page, you can find the identity

[tex]e^{z\cos\theta} = I_0(z) + 2\sum_{n=1}^\infty I_n(z) \cos(n\theta)[/tex]
where [itex]I_n(z)[/itex] is the nth order modified Bessel function of the first kind. For your case, set [itex]\theta = \phi + \pi/2[/itex] to get it in terms of sine.
 

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