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Continuum Mechanics Lecture CM4
Continuum Mechanics Lecture CM4
Lecture CM4
1.1 Lines
• Consider a line l in three-dimensional space and let v be a non-zero vector that defines the direction in which we move
along the line l from a point P on l to another point Q on l.
• If u and x are the position vectors of the points P and Q with respect to the origin O of a coordinate system, then it
is clear from the sketch given below that x − u is a scalar multiple of v; that is,
x − u = αv. (1)
l P P
v x−u
Q u Q
x
O O
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• Consequently, given the position vector u of a point on a line l and the direction v of the line, then by assigning any
real number to the scalar α, equation (2) will determine the position vector x of a point on the line l.
1.2 Planes
• If we now suppose that the points P and Q are located in a plane in space, then x − u will be a vector in the plane.
• Consequently, if n is a vector that is perpendicular to every vector in the plane, then we must have that
n · (x − u) = 0. (3)
• Substituting for the components of the vectors in equation (3) we have that
• Thus, given the position vector u of a point in a plane and a vector n that is perpendicular to the plane, then the
coordinates of the position vector x of any other point in the plane must satisfy the equation (4).
P x−u
Q
u
x
O
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• Example 1.
◦ Consider a plane in space that contains the points P (1, 3, 2), Q(3, −1, 6) and R(5, 2, 0).
◦ Let
a = (3, −1, 6) − (1, 3, 2) = (2, −4, 4)
be the position vector of the point Q with respect to the point P , and let
◦ Since the vectors a and b both lie in the plane their cross product is perpendicular to the plane.
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• Example 1 (continued).
◦ Thus, given the position vector u = (1, 3, 2) of the point P in the plane and the vector that is perpendicular to
the plane, namely,
e1 e2 e3
n=a×b= 2 −4 4 = (12, 20, 14) ,
4 −1 −2
it follows from equation (4) that the equation of the plane is
= ψi (x1 , x2 , x3 ) e i .
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• It is customary in continuum mechanics to use the subscript comma to denote partial differentiation with respect to
the coordinate variable.
∂xi
= δij .
∂xj
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3.1 Gradient
3.2 Divergence
3.3 Curl
e1 e2 e3
curl ψ = ∇ × ψ = ∂/∂x1 ∂/∂x2 ∂/∂x3 = εijk e i ψk,j (7)
ψ1 ψ2 ψ3
where it is understood that the determinant expansion is to be along the first row.
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• Example 1.
1
◦ Given φ(x, y, z) = x1 x2 x3 .
2
◦ Calculate grad φ.
∂φ ∂φ ∂φ
grad φ = e + e + e
∂x1 1 ∂x2 2 ∂x3 3
1 1 1
= x2 x3 e 1 + x1 x3 e 2 + x1 x2 e 3
2 2 2
= ∇φ (x1 , x2 , x3 )
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• Example 2.
◦ Calculate div ψ.
∂ψ1 ∂ψ2 ∂ψ3
div ψ = + +
∂x1 ∂x2 ∂x3
= x2 + x1 x3 + 2x3
= ∇ · ψ (x1 , x2 , x3 )
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• Example 2 (continued).
◦ Calculate curl ψ.
e1 e2 e3
curl ψ = ∂/∂x1 ∂/∂x2 ∂/∂x3
ψ1 ψ2 ψ3
∂ψ3 ∂ψ2 ∂ψ1 ∂ψ3 ∂ψ2 ∂ψ1
= − e1 + − e2 + − e3
∂x2 ∂x3 ∂x3 ∂x1 ∂x1 ∂x3
= −x1 x2 e 1 + (x2 x3 − x1 ) e 3
= ∇ × ψ (x1 , x2 , x3 )
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• The various properties and identities associated the gradient, divergence and curl can be proved using index notation.
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• Example 3.
• Use index notation to show that div curl ψ = 0.
◦ Substituting the ith component of curl ψ given by equation (8) into the definition (6) of the divergence we have
that
div curl ψ = curl ψ i,i = (εijk ψk,j ),i .
◦ The elements of the permutation symbol are constants so their derivatives will be zero. Therefore, by the product
rule of differentiation,
div curl ψ = εijk ψk,ji . (9)
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• Example 3 (continued).
◦ Consider now the right-hand side of equation (9) only and interchange the dummy indices i and j so that
◦ Swop the indices i and j in the permutation symbol on the right-hand side of equation (10) so that the indices
in the permutation symbol occur in the same order on both sides of the equation. However, only swopping two
indices will cause the sign of the permutation symbol to change so that
◦ Because the order of differentiation is irrelevant for most of the commonly occurring functions, we can swop the
indices in the last term of (11) without affecting the value of the expression; thus,
◦ Thus,
div curl ψ = εijk ψk,ji = 0.
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• Exercise 1.
◦ If φ and λ are scalar fields, then use index notation to prove the following identities.
(ii) curl ∇φ = 0
• Exercise 2.
◦ If φ is a scalar field and ψ, µ are vector fields, then use index notation to prove the following identities.
(i) div ψ + µ = div ψ + div µ
(ii) curl ψ + µ = curl ψ + curl µ
(iii) div φ ψ = φ div ψ + (∇φ) · ψ
(iv) curl φ ψ = φ curl ψ + (∇φ) × ψ
(v) div ψ × µ = µ · curl ψ − ψ · curl µ
(vi) curl ψ × µ = ψ div µ − µ div ψ + µ · ∇ ψ − ψ · ∇ µ
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• Consider a function in three variables f (x1 , x2 , x3 ) that is defined in a region U of R3 and suppose that all the values
of f and its derivatives are known at a point P in U .
• If u and v are the position vectors of the points P and Q and the direction along the line from P to Q is given by the
vector v − u, then by the equation of the line (2) we have that
x = u + α (v − u) . (12)
• With the aid of the equation of line (12) the function in three variables f (x1 , x2 , x3 ) is reduced to a function of one
variable F (α); that is,
• Note that for α = 0 equation (12) gives x = u and for α = 1 equation (12) gives x = v.
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• By Taylor’s formula for a function of one variable, the expansion of the function F (α) about α = 0 to first-order is
where 0 ≤ α ≤ 1.
• Using the chain rule to evaluate the coefficients F ′ (0) in the expansion (14) we have that
∂f dx1 ∂f dx2 ∂f dx3
F ′ (0) = + +
∂x1 dα ∂x2 dα ∂x3 dα
= (v1 − u1 ) f,1 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) + (v2 − u2 ) f,2 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) + (v3 − u3 ) f,3 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) .
f (x1 , x2 , x3 ) ≈ f (u1 , u2 , u2 ) + α (v1 − u1 ) f,1 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) + α (v2 − u2 ) f,2 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) + α (v3 − u3 ) f,3 (u1 , u2 , u3 )
= f (u1 , u2 , u2 ) + (x1 − u1 ) f,1 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) + (x2 − u2 ) f,2 (u1 , u2 , u3 ) + (x3 − u3 ) f,3 (u1 , u2 , u3 )
which is Taylor’s formula for the expansion to first-order of the function f (x1 , x2 , x3 ).
• This theorem states that the volume integral of div ψ over a region of space U in R3 is equal to the surface integral of
the normal component of ψ over the closed surface S that bounds U ; that is,
ZZZ ZZ
div ψ dV = ψ · n dA
U S
where
◦ dV is a volume element in U ,
◦ dA is a surface element on S,
then
dA = kT u × T v kdu dv
where
are the vectors that are tangent to the lines along the surface S as illustrated in the sketch given on the next page.
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x3
Tu
x2
Lines with v kept constant.
x1
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then
dV = |T u · (T v × T w )| du dv dw
where
are the vectors that are tangent to the lines within the volume U as illustrated in the sketch given on the next page.
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x3
Tw
Lines with u, v kept constant.
Tv
Tu Lines with u, w kept constant.
x2
Lines with v, w kept constant.
x1
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• Example 4.
◦ Verify the divergence theorem given that U is a cube that is bounded by the planes
x1 = 0, x2 = 0, x3 = 0,
x1 = 1, x2 = 1, x3 = 1,
as indicated in the sketch given below.
x3
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x2 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1,
x3 = w, 0 ≤ w ≤ 1.
• Example 4 (continued).
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The surface of the cube is made up of the six sides of the cube so that
ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA
S S1 S2 S3
ZZ ZZ ZZ
+ ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA.
S4 S5 S6
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• Example 4 (continued).
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = 1,
x2 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x3 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1.
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The unit vector that points outward from the surface S1 is n = (1, 0, 0).
◦ Thus,
ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = x1 x2 dA.
S1 S1
• Example 4 (continued).
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x2 = 1,
x3 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1.
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The unit vector that points outward from the surface S2 is n = (0, 1, 0).
◦ Thus,
ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = x2 x3 dA.
S2 S2
• Example 4 (continued).
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x2 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1,
x3 = 1.
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The unit vector that points outward from the surface S3 is n = (0, 0, 1).
◦ Thus,
ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = x1 x3 dA.
S3 S3
• Example 4 (continued).
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x2 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1,
x3 = 0.
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The unit vector that points outward from the surface S4 is n = (0, 0, −1).
◦ Thus,
ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = (−x1 x3 ) dA.
S4 S4
◦ Thus,
ZZ
ψ · n dA = 0.
S4
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• Example 4 (continued).
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = 0,
x2 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x3 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1,
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The unit vector that points outward from the surface S5 is n = (−1, 0, 0).
◦ Thus,
ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = (−x1 x2 ) dA.
S5 S5
◦ Thus,
ZZ
ψ · n dA = 0.
S5
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• Example 4 (continued).
0 1 x2
1
x1
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• Example 4 (continued).
x1 = u, 0 ≤ u ≤ 1,
x2 = 0,
x3 = v, 0 ≤ v ≤ 1,
• Example 4 (continued).
◦ The unit vector that points outward from the surface S6 is n = (0, −1, 0).
◦ Thus,
ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = (−x2 x3 ) dA.
S6 S6
◦ Thus,
ZZ
ψ · n dA = 0.
S6
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• Example 4 (continued).
◦ Since
ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ
ψ · n dA = ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA
S S1 S2 S3
ZZ ZZ ZZ
+ ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA + ψ · n dA
S4 S5 S6
1 1 1
= + + +0+0+0
2 2 2
3
=
Z2 Z Z
= div ψ dV,
U