NE 318 Homework Assignment #3, Spring 2014

Due on July 9, 2014 (beginning of class)

Tensor Dierential Operations in Curvilinear Coordinates
Verify the following equations using only Component Notation
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. Assume that v is a vector eld
and s is a scalar eld.
C Cylindrical Coordinates and S Spherical Coordinates
(a) (S) v =
1
r
2

r
(r
2
v
r
) +
1
r sin

(v

sin ) +
1
r sin
v

(b) (C) v =

1
r
vz

e
r
+

vr
z

vz
r

1
r

r
(rv

)
1
r
vr

e
z
(c) (C)
2
s =
1
r

r
s
r

+
1
r
2

2
s

2
+

2
s
z
2
(d) (S)
2
s =
1
r
2

r
2 s
r

+
1
r
2
sin

sin
s

+
1
r
2
sin
2

2
s

Stress
Complete textbook problems 4.1-7 (odd),27,30-33,39 on pages 194-200 using Component Notation
or Einstein Notation; show all work and use plotting software instead of sketches.
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BSL Appendix A Section 6 is a useful reference, in addition to my lecture notes.