FORMULA SHEET for MATH 3101/4081 : CONTINUUM MECHANICS
Some vector identities:
∇ · f A = ∇f · A + f ∇ · A (1)
∇ × f A = ∇f × A + f ∇ × A (2)
∇ × ∇ × A = ∇ ∇ · A − ∆A (3) A · ∇A = 21 ∇|A|2 − A × ∇ × A
(4)
∇· A×B =B· ∇×A −A· ∇×B (5)
∇ × A × B = B · ∇A − A · ∇B + A∇ · B − B∇ · A (6)
∇ A · B = A · ∇B + B · ∇A + A × ∇ × B + B × ∇ × A (7)
In cylindrical coordinates (r, θ, z):
eθ ∇f = grad f = er ∂r f + ∂θ f + ez ∂z f (8) r 1 1 ∇·A = div A = ∂r (rAr ) + ∂θ Aθ + ∂z Az (9) r r 1 1 ∇×A = rot A = ∂θ Az − ∂z Aθ er + ∂z Ar − ∂r Az eθ + ∂r (rAθ ) − ∂θ Ar ez (10) r r 1 1 ∆f = ∂r r ∂r f + 2 ∂θθ f + ∂zz f (11) r r 1 2 2 1 ∆A = ∆Ar − 2 Ar − 2 ∂θ Aθ er + ∆Aθ + 2 ∂θ Ar − 2 Aθ eθ + ez ∆Az (12) r r r r Bθ Aθ Bθ Ar B ·∇A = er B ·∇Ar − + eθ B ·∇Aθ + + ez B ·∇Az (13) r r In spherical coordinates (r, θ, φ): eθ eφ ∇f = grad f = er ∂r f + ∂θ f + ∂φ f (14) r r sin θ 1 1 1 ∇·A = div A = 2 ∂r r2 Ar +
∂θ Aθ sin θ + ∂φ Aφ (15) r r sin θ r sin θ er eθ 1 ∇×A = rot A = ∂θ (Aφ sin θ) − ∂φ Aθ + ∂φ Ar − ∂r (rAφ ) r sin θ r sin θ eφ + ∂r (rAθ ) − ∂θ Ar (16) r 1 1 1 ∆f = ∂rr (rf ) + 2 ∂θ sin θ∂θ f + 2 2 ∂φφ f (17) r r sin θ r sin θ 2 2 ∆A = ∆Ar − 2 Ar − 2 ∂θ (sin θAθ ) + ∂φ Aφ er r r sin θ 2 Aθ 2 cos θ + ∆Aθ + 2 ∂θ Ar − 2 2 − 2 2 ∂φ Aφ eθ r r sin θ r sin θ 2 2 cos θ Aφ + ∆Aφ + 2 ∂φ Ar + 2 2 ∂φ Aθ − 2 2 eφ (18) r sin θ r sin θ r sin θ Bθ Aθ Bφ Aφ Bφ Aφ Bθ Ar B ·∇A = er B ·∇Ar − − + eθ B ·∇Aθ − cot θ + r r r r Bφ Ar Bφ Aθ + eφ B ·∇Aφ + + cot θ (19) r r Bessel functions u(r) = Jn (r) and u(r) = Yn (r) are solutions to the ODE r2 u00 + ru0 + r2 − n2 u = 0.
(20) Both Jn (r) and Yn (r) → 0 as r → ∞; Jn (0) = δn0 , and |Yn (r)| → ∞ as r → 0.