ME681A: Home Assignment 1

1. Verify in general that the product Aij Bij will vanish if Aij is symmetric and Bij is
antisymmetric.

2. For the following vector and 2nd-order tensor pair, compute the expressions ai ai , ai aj ,
Aii , Aij aj :

   
2 0 2 1
a = 1 A = 3 2 0
1 1 0 4

Specify the order of tensors obtained.

3. Given that Sij = ai aj and Sij0 = a0i a0j , where a0i = Qmi am , and Qik Qjk = δij , show that
Sii0 = Sii .

4. Given that Tij = 2µEij + λEkk δij , show that (a) Tij Eij = 2µEij Eij + λ(Ekk )2 and (b)
Tij Tij = 4µ2 Eij Eij + (Ekk )2 (4µλ + 3λ2 )

5. Using index notations, show that u.(v × w) = 0 if vectors u, v and w are linearly
dependent.