PROBLEM SHEET ON MA5252-ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II

Unit I Vector Calculus

Part – A
1. Find the unit normal to the surface x 3  xyz  z 3  1 at the the point (1,1,1).
2. The temperature at a point (x,y,z) in space is given by T  x, y , z   x 2  y 2  z . A
mosquito located at (1,1,2) desires to fly in such a direction that it will get warm as
soon as possible. In what direction should it fly?
 2 
3. Find Grad  e r 
  .

 r 
4. If r  xˆi  yˆj  zk
ˆ , then find the value of     .
 r3 

 r 
5. If r  xˆi  yˆj  zk
ˆ , then find     .
 r2 

6. Check whether the vector   

F  x 2  xy 2 ˆi  y 2  x 2 y ˆj  is irrotational or not.
7. Check whether the vector F   x  3 y  ˆi   y  3z  ˆj   x  2 z  kˆ is solenoidal or not.
8. If f(z) = 4x 2  3 y 2  5 z 2 find curl(grad f).

9. Evaluate
C
 d r where C is the curve x  t 2 , y  2t , z  t 3 from t = 0 to t = 1

given that   2xyz 2 .

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10. Evaluate 
curlF  n
ˆ dS
where S is any closed surface.
S

Part-B
11. (i) Prove that  
F  2 xy  z 3 ˆi  x 2 ˆj  3 xz 2 k
ˆ is conservative and find its scalar
potential. Also find the workdone by F in moving a particle from
A ( 1, –2, 1) to B ( 3, 1, 4 ).

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(ii) Find the circulation of F  ( x  3 y ) ˆi  ( y  2 x ) ˆj about the closed curve C in
the xy plane where C : x  2 cos t , y  3 sin t , 0  t  2 .
(iii) Show that r n r is solenoidal only if n= –3 where r  xˆi  yˆj  zk
ˆ and
r = | r |.

12. (i) If   2 xyz 3 ˆi  x 2 z  ˆj  3 x 2 y z 2 k

ˆ find  ( x, y , z ) , if  (1,  2, 2)  4 .

(ii) Prove that  

 2 r n r  n ( n  3) r n  2 r .
 (iii) Find the directional derivative of   xy 2  yz 2 at the point (2,–1,1) in the direction
of the normal to the surface x log z  y 2  4  0 at the point (–1,2,1).

13. (i)Verify Green’s theorem in a plane for  F.d r taken counterclockwise around the
C

boundary C of the region R, where F  e x  y ˆi  e x  y ˆj and R is the triangle

x  y  2x, x  1.
(ii)Find the constants a and b so that the surfaces ax 2  byz   a  2  x and
4x2y + z3 = 4 cut orthogonally at (1,–1,2).
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14. (i) Prove that  2 f (r )  f (r )  f (r ) .
r
(ii) Find the angle between the surfaces x 2  yz  2 & x  2 y  z  2 at (1,1,1).

(iii) Find the constants a, b, c such that

F  ( x  2 y  az )ˆi  (bx  3 y  z )ˆj  (4 x  cy  2 z )k
ˆ is irrotational.
     
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15. (i) Verify Gauss’ Divergence theorem for F  x 2  yz ˆi  y 2  zx ˆj  z 2  xy kˆ
taken over the rectangular parallelepiped 0  x  a, 0  y  b, 0  z  c .
(ii) Find the smallest positive integral values of a, b, c if
F  axyz 3ˆi  bx 2 z 3 ˆj  cx 2 yz 2 k
ˆ is irrotational. For these values of a, b, c find its scalar
potential.
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 r 
16. (i) Show that the vector field u  3 is both irrotational and solenoidal. Here r is the
r
position vector of a point (x,y,z).
 
(ii) Using Stokes’ theorem evaluate  F  dr
C

where F  y 2 ˆi  x 2 ˆj  ( x  z )kˆ C is the

boundary of the triangle with vertices (0,0,0), (1,0,0) and (1,1,0).

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17. (i) Verify Stokes theorem for F  3 y ˆi  xz ˆj  yz 2 k
ˆ over the surface
x 2  y 2  2  z, z  0 .

(ii) Evaluate  F  n dS where
ˆ 
F  4 xz ˆi  y 2 ˆj  yz k
ˆ and S is the surface of the
S

cube x  0, x  1, y  0, y  1, z  0, z  1 using divergence theorem.

3
dydz  x 2 ydzdx  x 2 zdxdy
18. (i) Use Divergence theorem to evaluate  x where S is the
S

surface of the cube x = 0, y = 0, z = 0, x = 1, y = 1, z = 1.

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(ii) Prove that the area bounded by a simple closed curve C is given by 2  xdy  ydx .
C

Hence find the area of a circle whose radius is 'a'.

     19. (i) Evaluate  F .n dS over the entire surface of the region S above the xy – plane
ˆ
S

bounded by the cone z 2  x 2  y 2 and the plane z = 4, if i  xyz 2 ˆj  3 zk

F  4 xzˆ ˆ .

(ii) State Green’s theorem in the plane and verify the same for the integral

 3x 
 8 y 2 dx   4 y  6 xy  dy where C is the region bounded by the parabolas
2

y x and y  x 2 .

20.(i) Evaluate  3 y  e dx   7 x  y 4  1  dy where

sin x
 C is the circle x 2  y 2  9 using
C

Green’s theorem.

(ii) Verify Stokes’ theorem for


 
F  x 2  y 2 ˆi  2 xyˆj taken around the rectangle
x   a, y  0, y  b .