Table L.1 Vector Terms and Operations in Cartesian Component Form Term or Operation Vector Form Cartesian Component Form 1. Vector A A, 2. Scalar (or dot) product AB AB, 3. Vector (or cross) product AxB tn Be 4, Scalar triple product A+(BxOQ eA BCs 4. Vector triple product AX (Bx C)=B(A+C)—C{A-B) euehedia. a4, 6. Divergence of A vA oF Divergence of UA ad Bur 7. (vy, scalar function) Cas Ua Uae igs Di £(A+B) tA+O'B a , 8 wergence of (. ) v am + a; 9. Divergence of (A x B) B-(y x A)—A+(0 XB) hited oo a 10. Curlof A UxKA ‘ = 3A, 1. Curlof UA VUXA+UGXA UH ted ge 7 7 aa, 8B 12, Curl of (A+B) VX B+UKA fun get ta get Bx, * Ooh Be, 12, Curlof (Ax B) Ay B)- BA} +(B- v)A-(A- 9B Ele nin Bnd 34, a4, 14, (Curl of A)x B (9 x A)x B=B-[VA-(VA)"] Jrpmetdr rs ee ES 1s. vt viU=9 (WU) 16. 97a WAS(T A I, 9 x(9 KA) VV A“(V VIA 18. (A+ vB (A+ vB 19. ACy +B) A(y +B) M. Taken from the book, Advanced Engineering Analysis by J. N. Reddy and L. Rasmussen, Krieger Publshing Co., Melbourne, FL, 1990.Table 1.2 The del and Laptace Operators in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinate Systems Cylindrical (R, 6,2) x=Reos¢, y=Rsing, &p =cos $2, +singe, —sin $2, +cos $2, ae, f ies Bees + Bp 7 Tne, +05 48, =e, a Fe = 608 68, sin #8, = —bq (all other derivatives of the base vectors are zero) a po oR * R29 732 a OF 1 oF OF afae(tte) aap as Spherical (r,8,$) 8, =sindcos $2, +sinOsin ga, +cos 62, 8 =c0s 8 cos $8, +cos Bsia pe, — sin 88, ieee Fp 70088 Spell 00/208) flea (ani eave wee (- bse (e0057) +s ae Taken from the book, Advanced Engineering Analysis by J. N. Reddy and M. L. Rasmussen, Krieger Publshing Co., Melbourne, FL, 1990. x Cylindrical coordinate system.