CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCES
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS –I (15MAT11)
MODULE –III (CO101.3)
Vector Calculus

Velocity and Acceleration

1. A particle moves along the curve x  2t 2 , y  t 2  4t , z  3t  a, where t is the time.

Find the components of velocity and acceleration in the direction of the vector
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i  3 j  2 k at t  1.
2. Find the velocity and acceleration of a particle moving along the curve
x  e t , y  2 cos 3t , z  2 sin 3t at any time t. Also find their magnitudes at t  0.
3. A particle moves along the curve x  1  t 3 , y  1  t 2 and z  2t  5. Determine its
velocity
and acceleration. Find the components of velocity and acceleration at t  1 in the
direction
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2 i  j 2 k .
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4. A particle moves along the curve R  (t 3  4t ) i  (t 2  4t ) j  (8t 2  3t 3 ) k where t denotes
time. Find the magnitudes of acceleration along the tangent and normal at time t = 2.
5. Find the velocity and acceleration of a particle moving along the curve given
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r  e 2. i  2 cos5t j  5 sin 2 k at any time t.

Gradient of scalar functions, divergence and Curl of Vector Fields

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37. Prove that r  x i  y j  z k , prove that div r  3 and curl r  0.
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38. If f  x 2 i  2 xz j  2 yz k , find (i)div f , curl f , curl curl f .
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39. Find Curl (Curl A) given A  x 2 y i  y 2 z j  z 2 y k .
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40. If v  w r where w is a constant vector, prove that Curl v  2 w.
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41. Find div f and curl f , if f  grad( x 3  y 3  z 3  3xyz).
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42. If F  ( x  y  1) i  j  ( x  y) k show that F . Curl F  0.

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x i y j
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43. Show that F  2 is both solenoidal and irrotational.
x  y2
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44. Find the constants a,b,c such that f  (axy  z 3 ) i  (bx 2  z) j  (bxz2  cy ) k is
irrotational.
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If F  ( x  y  az) i  (bx  2 y  z ) j  ( x  cy  2 z) k , find a,b,c such that Curl F  0, then
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find  such tha F  .
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46. Find the constants a and b so that F  (axy  z 3 ) i  (3x 2  z) j  (bxz2  y) k is
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irrotational and find  , such that F  .
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47. Show that f  (6 xy  z 3 ) i  (3x 2  z) j  (3xz 2  y) k is irrotational. Find  such that
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f  .

Vector Identities
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49. If  is a scalar point function and F, G are vector point fuction, prove that:
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(i) div( F )  grad. F   (div F )
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(ii) Curl( F )  ( )  F   (Curl F )
(vii) curl grad      0
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(viii) div curl F  .  F  0
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50. Taking F  x 2 y i  xz j  2 yz k verify that div curl F .

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