Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

ES 607 Foundations of Fluid Dynamics

Submission date: 24th August, 2020. Before 10:00 AM

1. Expand the terms in three dimensional space,

∂ui
(a) ∂xi
∂u
(b) ui ∂x j
i

2. Using tensor notation, prove

(a) ∇ · (~A × ~B) = (∇ × ~A) · ~B − ~A · (∇ × ~B)
(b) ∇(~A · ~B) = (~A · ∇)~B + (~B · ∇)~A + ~A × (∇ × ~B) + ~B × (∇ × ~A)
(c) ∇ × (~A × ~B) = (∇ · ~B + ~B · ∇)~A − (∇ · ~A + ~A · ∇) B
(d) ∇2~A = ∇(∇ · ~A) − ∇ × (∇ × ~A)
3. Show that the Levi-civita symbol can be expressed as the following
expression.
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eijk = (i − j)( j − k)(k − i ), i, j, k = 1, 2, 3
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4. Evaluate the following in a three dimensional space as per Einstein’s
notation
(a) δii
(b) e13j δj2
(c) δij δji
(d) δab δbc δcd δda
(e) eijp eijq
(f) eijk eijk
5. Examine the Levi-civita symbol and determine it is symmetric or anti-
symmetric tensor.
6. The stress at a point is a rank 2 tensor. Write the components of ∇ · τij
in three dimensional space. Is it a scalar, vector or tensor?

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 7. Show that any rank 2 tensor can be written as the sum of a symmetric
and anti-symmetric tensor.
8. Show that the dot product of two second rank tensor is a vector.
9. What is double contraction in tensor analysis. Explain with help of
second rank tensors.
10. Write the transpose of a second rank tensor (Aij ) and a fourth rank
tensor Bijkl .