chpt2 Vector Analysis Part 2
chpt2 Vector Analysis Part 2
chpt2 Vector Analysis Part 2
Chapter 2
Vector Analysis-Part 2
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Gradient of a Scalar Field
Gradient of a scalar:
𝜕𝑉
gradV= 𝛁𝑉 ≜ 𝐚𝒏 𝜕𝑛 (Directional Derivative)
In general,
𝜕 𝜕 𝜕
𝛁 ≡ 𝐚𝑢1 + 𝐚𝑢2 + 𝐚𝑢3
ℎ1 𝜕𝑢1 ℎ2 𝜕𝑢2 ℎ3 𝜕𝑢3
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Gradient in Cartesian Coordinate Systems :
𝜕𝑉 𝜕𝑉 𝜕𝑉
𝛁𝑉 = 𝐚𝒙 + 𝐚𝒚 + 𝐚𝒛
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
Cylindrical System
𝜕 1 𝜕 𝜕
𝛁 = 𝐚𝒓 + 𝐚𝜙 ( ) + 𝐚𝑧
𝜕𝑟 𝑟 𝜕𝜙 𝜕𝑧
Spherical System
𝜕 1 𝜕 1 𝜕
𝛁 = 𝐚𝑹 + 𝐚𝜃 ( ) + 𝐚𝜙
𝜕𝑅 𝑅 𝜕𝜃 𝑅 sin 𝜃 𝜕𝜙
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Example:
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Soln:
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Example:
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Divergence of a Vector Field
Derivatives of a vector field : Divergence and the curl of a vector.
Flux Lines : Directed field lines or curves that indicate the direction of the vector
field at each point (see figure below)
In Figure (a), the field in region A is stronger than that in region B
In Figure (b), radial field is strongest in the region closest to q. Because arrow lengths are
decreasing away from the point q.
Figure (c) represents a uniform field.
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The divergence of a vector field A at a point, (div A) :
The net outward flux of A per unit volume as the volume about the point tends to zero.
ds = ands,
an : unit normal vector pointing outward from the enclosed volume.
The enclosed surface integral represents the net outward flux of the vector field A.
divA is a scalar quantity.
Example :
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A differential volume is centered about a point P(x0, y0, z0) in the field of vector A.
In Cartesian coordinates, A = axAx + ayAy + azAz.
Let us find divA at the point (x0, y0, z0) .
A differential volume
in Cartesian coordinates.
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Ax(x0 + (x/2), y0, z0) can be expanded as a Taylor series at (x0, y0, z0) :
Then we have
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• Similarly, for the right and left faces, we have +y/2 , - y/2, and s = xz, and
• Then
• Since
v = xyz and
Example:
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Divergence in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
Example:
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Example:
We again obtain
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Divergence Theorem
The volume integral of the divergence of a vector field equals the total outward flux
of the vector through the surface that bounds the volume; that is,
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Example: Given A = axx2 + ayxy + azyz, verify the divergence theorem over
a cube one unit on each side. The cube is situated in the first octant of the Cartesian
coordinate system with one corner at the origin.
The divergence of A is
Then,
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Curl of a Vector Field
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Example:
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Example:
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Stoke’s Theorem
The Stokes’s Theorem converts the integral of the curl of a vector over an
open surface S into a line integral of the vector along the contour C
bounding the surface S.
If 𝛁 × 𝐀 = 0, then the vector is conservative or irrotational.
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Example: Given F = axxy - ay2x, verify Stokes's theorem over a quarter- circular disk with a
radius 3 in the first quadrant, as shown in Figure.
(Stokes’s Theorem)
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• For the surface integral of 𝛁 × 𝐅:
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Two Null Identities
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