Vector and Tensor Analysis (1)

S.H. Hashemabadi
CFD Research Lab.
School of Chemical Engineering
Iran University of Science and Technology
Vector and Tensor Analysis

Scalar (Temp., Pressure, Time, …) Zero Order

Vector (Velocity, Force, Momentum,…) First Order
Tensor (Mom. Flux, Velocity Grad.,…) Second Order

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Vector Operations
Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar

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Scalar Product (Dot Product) of Two Vector

The Rules for dot product:

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Vector Product (or Cross Product) of Two Vectors

The Rules for cross product:

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Exercises:

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 Vector Operations in Terms of Components
Kronecker Delta:

Permutation Symbol:

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 Unit Vectors

Examples:

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Expansion of a vector in terms of its components:

The magnitude of a vector is given by:

Addition of vectors:

Multiplication of a vector by a scalar:

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Scalar Product of Two Vectors:

Cross Product of Two Vectors:

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Multiple Vector Product:

Note that the ith-component of [v×w] is given by:

Therefore:

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Exercise:

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