Gradient, Divergence and Curl in Curvilinear Coordinates

to yield, eventually, r2’= 1 h uh vh w @ @u h vh w h u @’ @u + @ @v h uh w h v @’ @v + @ @w h uh v h w @’ @w (16) 4 Curl in curvilinear coordinates The curl of a vector eld is another vector eld. Its component along an arbitrary vector n is given by the following expression: [r v] n lim S!0 1 S I v dr (17) where is a curve encircling ...

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