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[QUOTE="checkmatechamp, post: 4953053, member: 503248"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] Find the flux of the field F(x) = <x,y,z> across the hemisphere x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 4 above the plane z = 1, using both the Divergence Theorem and with flux integrals. (The plane is closing the surface) [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] Obviously, the divergence is 3, so the tricky part is setting up the integral. If it was above the plane z = 0, it would be easy (matter of fact, you could just use the formula V = (2/3)(pi)(r^3) (since it's only half the sphere)), but it's not. So what I did was say that since z = (rho)*cos(phi), I tried to figure out what the angle phi would be when z = 1. Substituting that in meant that 1 = 2*cos(phi), which means that cos(phi) = 0.5, which means that phi = pi/3 So my integral is as follows: rho from 0 to 2 phi from 0 to pi/3 θ from 0 to 2pi ∫∫∫σ[SUP]2[/SUP]sin(φ)dσdφdθ Integrating with respect to σ gets me sin(φ)*σ[SUP]3[/SUP]/3, and punching in my limits for σ gets me sin(φ)*(8/3). Integrating with respect to φ gets me -cos(φ)*(8/3), and then punching in my limits for φ gets me (8/3)*(-cos(pi/3) - (-cos(0)), which is (8/3)(-0.5-(-1)), which is (0.5)(8/3) = 4/3. Then integrating with respect to θ gets me (4/3)θ, and then substituting my limits gets me (8/3)*pi. But then if I'm visualizing it correctly, I'm left with an ice cream cone-shaped object. So to get rid of the bottom of the cone, I substitute 1 in for z: x^2 + y^2 + 1^2 = 4 x^2 + y^2 = 3 r^2 = 3 So r = sqrt(3) So then I use cylindrical coordinates to subtract out the cone, using the following integral. z from 0 to 1 r from 0 to sqrt(3) θ from 0 to 2pi ∫∫∫rdzdrdθ Integrating with respect to z gets me rz, and punching in my limits gets me r. Then integrating with respect to r gets me 0.5r^2, and punching in my limits gets me 1.5. Then integrating with respect to θ gets me 1.5θ from 0 to 2π, which is 3π. So then (8/3)π - 3π is (-1/3)π. But if everything is above the x-axis, how can it be negative? (If I multiply by 3 to account for the divergence, that's still -π) Alright, so doing the flux integral, I have the sphere parametrized as <2sinΦcosθ, 2sinΦsinθ, -2sinΦ>. Taking the cross product of the partials gives me <-4sin[SUP]2[/SUP]φcosθ, -4sin[SUP]2[/SUP]Φsinθ, 4sinφcosΦ> The parametrization of the vector field in spherical coordinates is simply <2sinφcosθ, 2sinφsinθ, 2cosφ>. Taking the dot product of the two gives me -8sinφ(sin[SUP]2[/SUP]φ-cos[SUP]2[/SUP]φ), which becomes 8sinφcos(2φ) Then I have to integrate that over the region in the (φ, θ) domain. φ goes from 0 to π/3, and θ goes from 0 to 2π So ∫∫(-8sinφ(sin[SUP]2[/SUP]φ-cos[SUP]2[/SUP]φ) dφdθ Using a trig-sub: ∫∫(-8)(-cos(3φ)/6)+((cosφ)/2)) Integrate with respect to φ first. -8(-sin(3φ)/18) + -8(sin(φ)/2) (4/9)(sin(3φ)) - 4sinφ ((4/9)(0) - 2*sqrt(3) - 0) - 0 -2sqrt(3) integrate with respect to φ from 0 to 2π -4π√3 And then you just take the area of the disk on the bottom. r goes from 0 to sqrt(3), and θ goes from 0 to pπ ∫∫ r dr dθ 0.5r[SUP]2[/SUP] from 0 to sqrt(3) is just 1.5 Then basically multiply by 2π gives 3π So it's 3π - 4π√3 But I'm getting two different answers for solving the flux integral vs. the divergence integral. [/QUOTE]
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