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Ok I am stuck yet again. Below is a synopsis of everything I have done.
D. J. Griffiths, 3rd ed., Intro. to Electrodynamics, pg. 45, Problem #1.42(a) and (b):
(a) Find the divergence of the vector function:
[tex]\vec{v} = s(2 + sin^2\phi)\hat{s} + s \cdot sin\phi \cdot cos\phi \hat{\phi} + 3\cdot z\hat{z}[/tex]
So,
[tex]\nabla\circ\vec{v} = \frac{1}{s}\partial_s(s \cdot v_s) + \frac{1}{s}\partial_\phi(v_\phi) + \partial_z(v_z)[/tex]
[tex]v_s = s(2 + sin^2\phi)[/tex]
[tex]v_\phi = s \cdot sin\phi \cdot cos\phi [/tex]
[tex]v_z = 3z[/tex]
Therefore,
[tex]\nabla\circ\vec{v} = 2(2 + sin^2\phi) + (cos^2\phi - sin^2\phi) + 3[/tex]
[tex]. . . = 4 + 2 \cdot sin^2\phi + cos^2\phi - sin^2\phi + 3[/tex]
[tex]. . . = 7 + sin^2\phi + cos^2\phi [/tex]
[tex]. . . = 7 + 1 [/tex]
[tex]. . . = 8 [/tex].
Now place this in the integral over the given volume - a quarter-cylinder in the 1st quadrant between: [tex]0 \le s \le 2, 0 \le \phi \le \frac{\pi}{2}, and 0 \le z \le 5 [/tex].
[tex]\int_V (\nabla \circ \vec{v}) d\tau = 8 \cdot \int_0^2 s ds \cdot \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} d\phi \cdot \int_0^5 dz = 40 \pi[/tex]
Now for the surface integral over the closed surface. This integral is easy but more involved since there are 5 surfaces over which to chose from. Also, each surface has its own [tex]d\vec{a}[/tex] to integrate over.
For the 5 surfaces I used:
[tex]\oint_S \vec{v} \circ d\vec{a} = \sum_{i=1}^5 \int_{S_{i}} [/tex]
SURFACE 1:
[tex]\int_{S_{1}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [- ds dz \hat{\phi}] = 0[/tex].
The reason is that this surface is for [tex] \phi = 0 [/tex] and [tex]sin \phi[/tex] is zero. Thus the [tex] \hat{\phi} [/tex] term drops out of [tex] \vec{v} [/tex] and so the dot product is zero. IOW, no integral needs to be done.
SURFACE 2:
[tex]\int_{S_{2}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+dsdz \hat{\phi}] = 0[/tex].
Same reasoning here as with surface 1 but with [tex]\phi = \frac{\pi}{2}[/tex].
SURFACE 3:
[tex]\int_{S_{3}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (s...) \hat{\phi} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+sdsd\phi \hat{z}] = \int_{z=5} 3z\cdot s ds d\phi[/tex]
[tex] ... = 3 \times 5 \cdot \int_0^2sds \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2}d\phi[/tex]
[tex] ... = 15 \cdot \frac{4}{2} \frac{\pi}{2}[/tex]
[tex] ... = 15\pi[/tex]
SURFACE 4:
[tex]\int_{S_{4}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (s...) \hat{\phi} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+sdsd\phi (-\hat{z})] = 0[/tex].
The reason is that this surface is for z = 0 and since only the [tex]\hat{z}[/tex] term survives the dot product, then the integral is 0. IOW, no integral needs to be done.
SURFACE 5:
[tex]\int_{S_{5}} = [s(2 + sin^2 \phi) \hat{s} + (s...) \hat{\phi} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+s d\phi dz \hat{s}] = \int_{s=2} s^2(2 + sin^2\phi) d\phi dz[/tex]
[tex] ... = 4 \cdot ( \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} 2 d\phi + \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} sin^2\phi d\phi ) \cdot \int_0^5dz[/tex]
[tex] ... = 4 \cdot ( \pi + \pi ) \cdot 5 [/tex]
[tex] ... = 4 \cdot 2\pi \cdot 5 [/tex]
[tex] ... = 40\pi[/tex]
Therefore, after summing all of the open surface integrals to obtain the final closed surface integral, the answer is [tex]55\pi[/tex]. This of course does not equal the [tex]40\pi[/tex] for the volume integral found above. (NOTE: I suspect the integral over the 3rd open surface is wrong, but having gone over both sides of the divergence theorem I suspect the error I made can be anywhere in the entire process.
Well, that's it. I hope someone can point out yet another minor mistake which throws the whole works into disarray.
-LD
D. J. Griffiths, 3rd ed., Intro. to Electrodynamics, pg. 45, Problem #1.42(a) and (b):
(a) Find the divergence of the vector function:
[tex]\vec{v} = s(2 + sin^2\phi)\hat{s} + s \cdot sin\phi \cdot cos\phi \hat{\phi} + 3\cdot z\hat{z}[/tex]
So,
[tex]\nabla\circ\vec{v} = \frac{1}{s}\partial_s(s \cdot v_s) + \frac{1}{s}\partial_\phi(v_\phi) + \partial_z(v_z)[/tex]
[tex]v_s = s(2 + sin^2\phi)[/tex]
[tex]v_\phi = s \cdot sin\phi \cdot cos\phi [/tex]
[tex]v_z = 3z[/tex]
Therefore,
[tex]\nabla\circ\vec{v} = 2(2 + sin^2\phi) + (cos^2\phi - sin^2\phi) + 3[/tex]
[tex]. . . = 4 + 2 \cdot sin^2\phi + cos^2\phi - sin^2\phi + 3[/tex]
[tex]. . . = 7 + sin^2\phi + cos^2\phi [/tex]
[tex]. . . = 7 + 1 [/tex]
[tex]. . . = 8 [/tex].
Now place this in the integral over the given volume - a quarter-cylinder in the 1st quadrant between: [tex]0 \le s \le 2, 0 \le \phi \le \frac{\pi}{2}, and 0 \le z \le 5 [/tex].
[tex]\int_V (\nabla \circ \vec{v}) d\tau = 8 \cdot \int_0^2 s ds \cdot \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} d\phi \cdot \int_0^5 dz = 40 \pi[/tex]
Now for the surface integral over the closed surface. This integral is easy but more involved since there are 5 surfaces over which to chose from. Also, each surface has its own [tex]d\vec{a}[/tex] to integrate over.
For the 5 surfaces I used:
- 1: [tex] \phi = 0 [/tex]
- 2: [tex] \phi = \frac{\pi}{2} [/tex]
- 3: z = 5
- 4: z = 0
- 5: the cylindrical wall
[tex]\oint_S \vec{v} \circ d\vec{a} = \sum_{i=1}^5 \int_{S_{i}} [/tex]
SURFACE 1:
[tex]\int_{S_{1}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [- ds dz \hat{\phi}] = 0[/tex].
The reason is that this surface is for [tex] \phi = 0 [/tex] and [tex]sin \phi[/tex] is zero. Thus the [tex] \hat{\phi} [/tex] term drops out of [tex] \vec{v} [/tex] and so the dot product is zero. IOW, no integral needs to be done.
SURFACE 2:
[tex]\int_{S_{2}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+dsdz \hat{\phi}] = 0[/tex].
Same reasoning here as with surface 1 but with [tex]\phi = \frac{\pi}{2}[/tex].
SURFACE 3:
[tex]\int_{S_{3}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (s...) \hat{\phi} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+sdsd\phi \hat{z}] = \int_{z=5} 3z\cdot s ds d\phi[/tex]
[tex] ... = 3 \times 5 \cdot \int_0^2sds \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2}d\phi[/tex]
[tex] ... = 15 \cdot \frac{4}{2} \frac{\pi}{2}[/tex]
[tex] ... = 15\pi[/tex]
SURFACE 4:
[tex]\int_{S_{4}} = [s(...) \hat{s} + (s...) \hat{\phi} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+sdsd\phi (-\hat{z})] = 0[/tex].
The reason is that this surface is for z = 0 and since only the [tex]\hat{z}[/tex] term survives the dot product, then the integral is 0. IOW, no integral needs to be done.
SURFACE 5:
[tex]\int_{S_{5}} = [s(2 + sin^2 \phi) \hat{s} + (s...) \hat{\phi} + (3z) \hat{z}] \circ [+s d\phi dz \hat{s}] = \int_{s=2} s^2(2 + sin^2\phi) d\phi dz[/tex]
[tex] ... = 4 \cdot ( \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} 2 d\phi + \int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} sin^2\phi d\phi ) \cdot \int_0^5dz[/tex]
[tex] ... = 4 \cdot ( \pi + \pi ) \cdot 5 [/tex]
[tex] ... = 4 \cdot 2\pi \cdot 5 [/tex]
[tex] ... = 40\pi[/tex]
Therefore, after summing all of the open surface integrals to obtain the final closed surface integral, the answer is [tex]55\pi[/tex]. This of course does not equal the [tex]40\pi[/tex] for the volume integral found above. (NOTE: I suspect the integral over the 3rd open surface is wrong, but having gone over both sides of the divergence theorem I suspect the error I made can be anywhere in the entire process.
Well, that's it. I hope someone can point out yet another minor mistake which throws the whole works into disarray.
-LD
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