EEM 2036 Engineering Mathematics III

Vector Calculus Tutorial Trimester 1 2009-10

Surface Integrals

1. Find the surface area of that portion of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 that is √

above the
2 2 2
xy-plane and within the cylinder x + y = b , 0 < b < a. [ 2πa(a − a2 − b2 )]
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2. Evaluate f (x, y, z)dS for
σ

(a) f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 + z 2 , σ is the part of the plane z = y + 4 that is inside the cylinder
√
x2 + y 2 = 4. [ 76 2π ]
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(b) f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 + 1, σ is the portion of the paraboloid 2z = x2 + y 2 that lies
inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 2y. [5π/2]

3. Express the surface integral as an iterated double integral by using a projection on (i) the
yz-plane and (ii) the xz-plane.
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(a) xy 2 z 3 dS, σ is the first octant portion of the plane 2x + 3y + 4z = 12.
σ
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(b) (xz + 2y)dS, σ is the portion of the graph of y = x3 between the planes y = 0,
σ
y = 8, z = 2 and z = 0.
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4. Use surface integral to find the mass of a thin funnel in the shape of a cone z = x2 + 2
√y ,
1 ≤ z ≤ 4, if its density is ρ(x, y, z) = 10 − z. [108 2π]

5. Use the Divergence Theorem to find the flux of F~ across the surface σ with outward orien-
tation where F~ (x, y, z)p
= (x3 − ey )î + (y 3 + sin z)jˆ+ (z 3 − xy)k̂, and σ is the surface of the
solid bounded by z = 4 − x2 − y 2 and the xy-plane. [Hint: Use spherical coordinates.]
[192π/5]

6. Determine the charge enclosed in the cube with vertices (±1, ±1, ±1), if the electric field
~ = xî + y jˆ + z k̂.
is E [24²0 ]

7. Verify Stokes’ Theorem by evaluating the line integral and the double surface integral.
Assume that the surface has an upward orientation.

(a) F~ (x, y, z) = x2 î + y 2 jˆ + z 2 k̂, σ is the portion of the cone below the plane z = 1. [0]
(b) F~ (x, y, z) = (z − y)î + (z + x)jˆ − (x + y)k̂, σ is the portion of the paraboloid z =
9 − x2 − y 2 above the xy-plane. [18π]
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8. Use Stokes’ Theorem to evaluate ∇× ~ F~ ·dS~ where F~ (x, y, z) = x2 y 3 z î+sin(xyz)j+xyz
ˆ k̂,
σ
σ is the portion of the cone y 2 = x2 + z 2 that lies between the planes y = 0 and y = 3,
oriented in the direction of the positive y-axis. [2187π/4]
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9. Use Stokes’ Theorem to evaluate C F~ · d~r, where F~ (x, y, z) = x2 z î + xy 2 jˆ+ z 2 k̂, C is the
curve of intersection of the plane x + y + z = 1 and the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 9 oriented
counterclockwise as viewed from above. [81π/2]