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Vector Calculus Tutorial PC2174

The document contains 5 problems related to vector calculus and multivariable calculus: 1) Evaluate an integral involving vector operations. 2) Derive the equations of motion for a charged particle in crossed electric and magnetic fields. 3) Prove an identity relating curvature and torsion of a space curve. 4) Find the curvature and torsion of a curve approximating a slip road junction. 5) Parameterize a hyperboloid and use it to calculate the surface area between two planes.

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Vector Calculus Tutorial PC2174

The document contains 5 problems related to vector calculus and multivariable calculus: 1) Evaluate an integral involving vector operations. 2) Derive the equations of motion for a charged particle in crossed electric and magnetic fields. 3) Prove an identity relating curvature and torsion of a space curve. 4) Find the curvature and torsion of a curve approximating a slip road junction. 5) Parameterize a hyperboloid and use it to calculate the surface area between two planes.

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Tutorial 1: Vector Calculus


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1. Evaluate the integral a+ba |a|2 dt ) + a (b a) 2(a a)b b a(b 2. The general equation of motion of a (non-relativistic) particle of mass m and charge q when it is placed in a magnetic eld B and an electric eld E is B), m r = q (E + r = dr/dt, etc. Write where r is the position of the particle at time t and r this as three separate equations in terms of the Cartesian components of the vectors involved. For the simple case of crossed uniform elds E = E i, B = B j in which = v0 k, nd the the particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with r equations of motion and show the following. (a) If v0 = E/B , the particle continues its initial motion. (b) If v0 = 0, the particle follows the space curve given in terms of the parameter by x= mE mE (1 cos ), y = 0, z = 2 ( sin ). 2 B q bq

Interpret this curve geometrically and relate to t. Show that the total distance travelled by the particle after time t is 2E B
t 0

sin 1

Bqt dt . 2m

3. Prove that for a space curve r = r(s), where s is the arc length measured along the curve from a xed point, the triple scalar product dr d2 r d3 r 2 3 ds ds ds at any point on the curve has the value 2 , where is the curvature and the torsion at that point. 4. The shape of the slip road joining two motorways that cross at right angles and are at vertical heights z = 0 and z = h can be approximated by the space curve 2h z 2h z r= ln cos i+ ln sin j + z k. 2h 2h Show that at height z the radius of curvature of the curve is (2h/ ) csc(z/h) and that the torsion = 1/. (To shorten the algebra, set z = 2h/ and use as the parameter.) 5. (a) Parametrising the hyperboloid x2 y 2 z 2 + 2 2 =1 a2 b c by x = a cos sec , y = b sin sec , z = c tan , show that an area element on its surface is dS = sec2 c2 sec2 (b2 cos2 + a2 sin2 ) + a2 b2 tan2
1/2

dd.

(b) Use this formula to show that the area of the curved surface x2 + y 2 z 2 = a2 between the planes z = 0 and z = 2a is 1 a2 6 + sinh1 2 2 . 2

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