Worksheet_2: Vector Calculus

Solve the following problems carefully

Do it with great effort!!

̂ , then what is 𝒅𝑭⃗ when 𝑡 = 1 ?

1. If ⃗𝑭 = (sin 2𝑡)𝒊̂ + 𝑒 2𝑡 𝒋̂ + (𝑡 3 − 4𝑡)𝒌 𝒅𝒕
2. A particle moves in space so that at time 𝑡 its position is stated as
𝑥 = 2𝑡 + 3, 𝑦 = 𝑡 2 + 3𝑡, 𝑧 = 𝑡 3 + 2𝑡 2 . Find the components of its velocity in the
̂ when 𝑡 = 1.
direction of the vector 2𝒊̂ + 3𝒋̂ + 4𝒌
3. Determine the unit vector normal to the surface 𝑆(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑧 = 2 at the
point (1,3,0).
4. Determine the unit vector normal to the surface 𝑥𝑦𝑧 + 𝑥 2 𝑦 − 5𝑦𝑧 = 0 at the point
(3,1,2)
5. If 𝐴 = 𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧 + 𝑥𝑧 2 and 𝐵 = 𝑥𝑦 2 𝑧 − 𝑧 3 , evaluate ∇(𝐴𝐵) at the point (2,1,3).
6. Let the position vector be given by 𝒓⃗ = 𝑥𝒊̂ + 𝑦𝒋̂ + 𝑧𝒌̂ , with 𝑟 = |𝑟| = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 .
Compute the gradient of the following scalar fields and write the result interms of 𝒓 ⃗ and 𝒓
2 2 2
a) 𝜙(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧
1
b) 𝜙(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 2 2 2
√𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑧
7. Find the unit normal vector to the surface 𝑥 3 𝑦 + 4𝑥𝑧 2 + 𝑥𝑦2𝑧 = 0 at the point
𝑝(1, −1,1)
8. Determine the unit tangent vector at the point (2,4,7) for the curve with parametric
equations 𝑥 = 2𝑢; 𝑦 = 𝑢2 + 3; 𝑧 = 2𝑢2 + 5.
9. Determine the unit tangent vector for the curve 𝑥 = 3𝑡; 𝑦 = 2𝑡 2 ; 𝑧 = 𝑡 + 𝑡 2 at the point
(6,8,6).
10. Find the directional derivative of 𝜙 = 𝑥 2 𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝑧 + 𝑧 2 𝑥 at the point (1, −1,2) in the
̂
direction of the vector ⃗𝑨 = 4𝒊̂ + 2𝒋̂ − 5𝒌
11. Find the direction from the point (1,1,0) which gives the greatest rate of increase of the
function 𝜙 = (𝑥 + 3𝑦)2 + (2𝑦 − 𝑧)2
12. Find the work done by the force field ⃗𝑭 = 2𝑥𝑦𝒊̂ + (𝑥 2 − 𝑧 2 )𝒋̂ − 3𝑥𝑧 2 𝒌̂ on a particle that
travels from 𝐴(0,0,0) 𝑡𝑜 𝐵(2,1,3)
13. A rigid body spins about a fixed axis through its center with angular velocity (𝜔 ⃗ ). If 𝑣 is
the linear velocity at any point in the body, show that ∇𝑥𝑣 = 2𝜔 ⃗
14. Given 𝜙 = 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 + 𝑥𝑧, find the gradient of 𝜙 at the point 𝑝(1,2,3) and the directional
derivative of 𝜙 at the same point in the direction toward the point 𝑝′(3,4,4).
𝑑𝜙
[Ans.∇𝜙 = 5𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂, = 7]
𝑑𝑠
15. The curl of the vector 𝑨 ̂ is given by…………..
⃗ = 𝑧𝒊̂ + 𝑥𝒋̂ + 𝑧𝒌
16. A vector ⃗𝑨⃗ = (5𝑥 + 2𝑦)𝒊̂ + (3𝑦 − 𝑧)𝒋̂ + (2𝑥 − 𝑎𝑧)𝒌 ̂ is solenoidal if the constant ′𝑎′ has
a value ________________
̂ , the position vector of point (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) and 𝑟 = |𝒓
17. If 𝑟 = 𝑥𝒊̂ + 𝑦𝒋̂ + 𝑧𝒌 ⃗ |, then evaluate:
2 (𝒓 )
A) ∇𝑟 C) ∇ ⃗ . 𝒓
⃗
⃗
B) ∇. 𝒓 D) ∇𝑥𝒓 ⃗

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18. If 𝜙 = 𝑥𝑦𝑧 − 2𝑦 2 𝑧 + 𝑥 2 𝑧 2 , determine div grad𝜙 at the point (2,4,1)

⃗ = 𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧𝑖̂ + 𝑥𝑦𝑧 2 𝑗̂ + 𝑦 2 𝑧𝑘̂ , determine curl curl 𝑭
19. If 𝑭 ⃗ at the point (2,1,1)
20. Determine the unit tangent vector at the point (2,4,3) for the curve with parametric
equations 𝑥 = 2𝑢2 ; 𝑦 = 𝑢 + 3 ; 𝑧 = 4𝑢2 − 𝑢
21. If 𝐴 = 𝑥 2 𝑦𝑖̂ + (𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧)𝑗̂ + 𝑥𝑧 2 𝑘̂; 𝐵 ⃗ = 𝑦𝑧𝑖̂ − 3𝑥𝑧𝑗̂ + 2𝑥𝑦𝑘̂ and 𝜙 = 3𝑥 2 𝑦 + 𝑥𝑦𝑧 −
4𝑦 2 𝑧 2 ; determine, at the point (1,2,1)
a) ∇𝜙 ⃗⃗
b) ∇. 𝑨 c) ∇𝑥𝑩 ⃗⃗ d) grad div 𝑨⃗ ⃗
e) curl curl 𝑨
2 2 2
22. Given that 𝜙 = 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑥 , find the derivative of 𝜙 with respect to distance at the
point (1,2, −1), measured parallel to the vector 2𝑖̂ − 3𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂
23. The necessary and sufficient condition that ∮ 𝑨 ⃗ . 𝑑𝒓 ⃗ = 0, for any closed curve 𝐶 is
A) ∇. 𝐴 = 0 B) ∇𝑥𝐴 = 0 C) ∇. (∇𝑥𝐴) = 0 D) ∇𝑥 (∇𝑥𝐴) = 0
24.If ⃗𝑨 ̂, find curl curl ⃗𝑨
⃗ = 2𝑥𝑧 2 𝒊̂ − 𝑥𝑧𝒋̂ + (𝑦 + 𝑧)𝒌 ⃗
25.Show that
a) Curl (−𝑦𝒊̂ + 𝑥𝒋̂) is a constant vector
b) The vector field (𝑦𝑧𝒊̂ + 𝑥𝑧𝒋̂ + 𝑥𝑦𝒌 ̂) has zero divergence and zero curl
̂ is a conservative force
26.Show that ⃗𝑭 = 2𝑥𝑦𝑧𝒊̂ + 𝑥 2 𝑧𝒋̂ + 𝑥 2 𝑦𝒌
27.Prove that:
a) ∇. (𝑟 𝑛 𝒓
⃗ ) = (𝑛 + 3)𝑟 𝑛
⃗
𝒓
b) ∇. ( 3) = 0
𝑟
c) ∇𝑟 𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑟 𝑛−2 )𝒓
⃗
where 𝑟 is position vector, 𝑛 is an integer and 𝑟 = |𝑟|.

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