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A First Course in Continuum Mechanics

Oscar Gonzalez, Andrew M. Stuart

Chapter 2

Tensor Calculus - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:30

Problem 1

Consider the scalar field $\phi(x)=\left(x_{1}\right)^{2} x_{3}+x_{2}\left(x_{3}\right)^{2}$ and the vector field $\boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{x})=x_{3} \boldsymbol{e}_{1}+x_{2} \sin \left(x_{1}\right) \boldsymbol{e}_{3} .$ Find the components of $\nabla \phi(\boldsymbol{x})$ $\operatorname{and} \nabla \boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{x})$.

Lucas Finney
Lucas Finney
Numerade Educator
04:19

Problem 2

Consider the vector and second-order tensor fields
$$
\begin{aligned}
&\boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{x})=x_{1} \boldsymbol{e}_{1}+x_{2} x_{1} \boldsymbol{e}_{2}+x_{3} x_{1} \boldsymbol{e}_{3} \\
&\boldsymbol{S}(\boldsymbol{x})=x_{2} \boldsymbol{e}_{1} \otimes \boldsymbol{e}_{2}+x_{1} x_{3} \boldsymbol{e}_{3} \otimes \boldsymbol{e}_{3}
\end{aligned}
$$
Find:
(a) $\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{v}$
(b) $\nabla \times \boldsymbol{v}$
(c) $\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{S}$.

Jacob Fry
Jacob Fry
Numerade Educator
01:03

Problem 3

Use index notation to prove the following, where $\boldsymbol{A}$ is a constant second-order tensor:
(a) $\nabla \boldsymbol{x}=\boldsymbol{I}$,
(b) $\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{x}=3$,
(c) $\nabla(\boldsymbol{x} \cdot \boldsymbol{A} \boldsymbol{x})=\left(\boldsymbol{A}+\boldsymbol{A}^{T}\right) \boldsymbol{x} .$

Raj Bala
Raj Bala
Numerade Educator
02:05

Problem 4

Let $\phi$ be a scalar field, $\boldsymbol{v}$ and $\boldsymbol{w}$ vector fields, and $\boldsymbol{S}$ a secondorder tensor field. Use index notation to prove the following:
(a) $\nabla \cdot(\phi \boldsymbol{v})=(\nabla \phi) \cdot \boldsymbol{v}+\phi(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{v})$,
(b) $\nabla(\boldsymbol{v} \cdot \boldsymbol{w})=(\nabla \boldsymbol{v})^{T} \boldsymbol{w}+(\nabla \boldsymbol{w})^{T} \boldsymbol{v}$
(c) $\nabla \cdot(\boldsymbol{v} \otimes \boldsymbol{w})=(\nabla \boldsymbol{v}) \boldsymbol{w}+(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{w}) \boldsymbol{v} .$

Foster Wisusik
Foster Wisusik
Numerade Educator
04:03

Problem 5

Consider the scalar field $\phi(\boldsymbol{x})=1 /|\boldsymbol{x}|, \boldsymbol{x} \neq \mathbf{0}$, and the vector field $\boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{x})=\phi(\boldsymbol{x}) \boldsymbol{n}$, where $\boldsymbol{n}$ is a constant vector. Show that:
(a) $\nabla \phi(\boldsymbol{x})=-\boldsymbol{x} /|\boldsymbol{x}|^{3}$ for all $\boldsymbol{x} \neq \mathbf{0}$
(b) $\Delta \phi(\boldsymbol{x})=0$ for all $\boldsymbol{x} \neq \mathbf{0}$,
(c) $\Delta \boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{x})=\mathbf{0}$ for all $\boldsymbol{x} \neq \mathbf{0}$.
Remark: Scalar and vector fields satisfying $\Delta \phi=0$ and $\Delta \boldsymbol{v}=\mathbf{0}$ in a region $B$ are said to be harmonic in $B$. In this sense the above fields are harmonic in any region which excludes the origin.

Kevin Harmer
Kevin Harmer
Numerade Educator
01:48

Problem 6

Consider a vector field $\boldsymbol{v}: \mathbb{E}^{3} \rightarrow \mathcal{V}$. Show that:
(a) $\nabla \cdot\left(\nabla \boldsymbol{v}^{T}\right)=\nabla(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{v})$
(b) $\nabla \times \boldsymbol{v}=\mathbf{0}$ if and only if $\nabla \boldsymbol{v}=\nabla \boldsymbol{v}^{T}$,
(c) if $\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{v}=0$ and $\nabla \times \boldsymbol{v}=\mathbf{0}$, then $\boldsymbol{v}$ is harmonic.

Joseph Liao
Joseph Liao
Numerade Educator
09:48

Problem 7

Let $\boldsymbol{v}$ and $\boldsymbol{w}$ be vector fields and $\phi$ a scalar field. Prove the following identities:
(a) $\nabla \cdot(\nabla \times \boldsymbol{v})=0$,
(b) $\nabla \cdot(\boldsymbol{v} \times \boldsymbol{w})=\boldsymbol{w} \cdot(\nabla \times \boldsymbol{v})-\boldsymbol{v} \cdot(\nabla \times \boldsymbol{w})$
(c) $\nabla \times(\nabla \times \boldsymbol{v})=\nabla(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{v})-\Delta \boldsymbol{v}$
(d) $\nabla \times(\nabla \phi)=\mathbf{0}$.

Foster Wisusik
Foster Wisusik
Numerade Educator
03:55

Problem 8

Let $B$ be a region in $\mathbb{E}^{3}$ with boundary $\partial B$, let $\boldsymbol{n}$ be the outward unit normal field on $\partial B$, and let $\boldsymbol{v}$ be a vector field in $B$. Use the divergence theorem for second-order tensors to show
$$
\int_{B} \nabla \boldsymbol{v} d V=\int_{\partial B} \boldsymbol{v} \otimes \boldsymbol{n} d A
$$
Hint: Two second-order tensors $\boldsymbol{A}$ and $\boldsymbol{B}$ are equal if and only if $\boldsymbol{A} \boldsymbol{a}=\boldsymbol{B} \boldsymbol{a}$ for all vectors $\boldsymbol{a}$.

Joseph Liao
Joseph Liao
Numerade Educator
02:05

Problem 9

Let $\boldsymbol{S}$ be an arbitrary second-order tensor field and consider the vector field $\boldsymbol{x}$. Show that
$$
\nabla \cdot(\boldsymbol{S} \boldsymbol{x})=\left(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{S}^{T}\right) \cdot \boldsymbol{x}+\operatorname{tr}(\boldsymbol{S}).
$$

Foster Wisusik
Foster Wisusik
Numerade Educator
03:55

Problem 10

Let $B$ be a region in $\mathbb{E}^{3}$ with boundary $\partial B$, and let $\boldsymbol{n}$ be the unit outward normal field on $\partial B$. Let $\boldsymbol{v}$ and $\boldsymbol{w}$ be vector fields and $\boldsymbol{S}$ a second-order tensor field in $B$. Use the divergence theorems to show:
(a) $\int_{\partial B}(\boldsymbol{S} \boldsymbol{n}) \otimes \boldsymbol{v} d A=\int_{B}(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{S}) \otimes \boldsymbol{v}+\boldsymbol{S} \nabla \boldsymbol{v}^{T} d \boldsymbol{V}$
(b) $\int_{\partial B} \boldsymbol{v} \cdot(\boldsymbol{S} \boldsymbol{n}) d A=\int_{B}(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{S}) \cdot \boldsymbol{v}+\boldsymbol{S}: \nabla \boldsymbol{v} d V$,
(c) $\int_{\partial B} \boldsymbol{v}(\boldsymbol{w} \cdot \boldsymbol{n}) d A=\int_{B}(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{w}) \boldsymbol{v}+(\nabla \boldsymbol{v}) \boldsymbol{w} d V$.

Joseph Liao
Joseph Liao
Numerade Educator
02:05

Problem 11

Let $\phi, \boldsymbol{v}$ and $\boldsymbol{S}$ be scalar, vector and second-order tensor fields, respectively. Prove the following identities:
(a) $\nabla \cdot(\phi \boldsymbol{S} \boldsymbol{v})=\phi\left(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{S}^{T}\right) \cdot \boldsymbol{v}+\nabla \phi \cdot(\boldsymbol{S} \boldsymbol{v})+\phi \boldsymbol{S}:(\nabla \boldsymbol{v})^{T}$
(b) $\nabla \cdot(\boldsymbol{S} \boldsymbol{v})=\boldsymbol{S}^{T}: \nabla \boldsymbol{v}+\boldsymbol{v} \cdot\left(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{S}^{T}\right)$.

Foster Wisusik
Foster Wisusik
Numerade Educator
02:37

Problem 12

Let $\boldsymbol{v}$ and $\boldsymbol{w}$ be time-dependent vector fields and consider the derivative operation defined by
$$
\frac{D_{v} \boldsymbol{w}}{D t}=\frac{\partial \boldsymbol{w}}{\partial t}+(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{w}) \boldsymbol{v}+\nabla \times(\boldsymbol{w} \times \boldsymbol{v})
$$
(a) Show that
$$
\frac{D_{v} \boldsymbol{w}}{D t}=\frac{\partial \boldsymbol{w}}{\partial t}+(\nabla \boldsymbol{w}) \boldsymbol{v}-(\nabla \boldsymbol{v}) \boldsymbol{w}+(\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol{v}) \boldsymbol{w}.
$$
(b) For any vector $\boldsymbol{b}$, show that
$$
\boldsymbol{b} \cdot \frac{D_{v} \boldsymbol{w}}{D t}=\boldsymbol{b} \cdot\left[\frac{\partial \boldsymbol{w}}{\partial t}+(\nabla \boldsymbol{w}) \boldsymbol{v}\right]+[(\boldsymbol{b} \cdot \boldsymbol{w}) \boldsymbol{I}-\boldsymbol{b} \otimes \boldsymbol{w}]: \nabla \boldsymbol{v}.
$$

Harshita Goel
Harshita Goel
Numerade Educator
06:05

Problem 13

Let $\left\{\boldsymbol{e}_{i}\right\}$ and $\left\{\widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i}(t)\right\}$ be two coordinate frames for $\mathbb{E}^{3}$, where the first is fixed (time-independent) and the second is moving (time-dependent). Moreover, let $\boldsymbol{Q}(t)$ be the change of basis tensor from $\left\{\boldsymbol{e}_{i}\right\}$ to $\left\{\widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i}(t)\right\}$ so that (omitting arguments $t$ for brevity)
$$
\widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i}=\boldsymbol{Q} \boldsymbol{e}_{i}
$$
(a) Show that the time derivative $d \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i} / d t$, as measured by an observer in the fixed frame, may be expressed as
$$
\frac{d \widehat{e}_{i}}{d t}=\boldsymbol{\Omega} \widehat{e}_{i}=\boldsymbol{\omega} \times \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i}
$$
where $\boldsymbol{\Omega}(t)$ is the skew-symmetric tensor defined by
$$
\frac{d \boldsymbol{Q}}{d t}=\boldsymbol{\Omega} Q \quad \text { or equivalently } \quad \boldsymbol{\Omega}=\frac{d \boldsymbol{Q}}{d t} \boldsymbol{Q}^{T}
$$
and $\boldsymbol{\omega}(t)$ is the axial vector of $\boldsymbol{\Omega}(t)$.
(b) For any vector $\boldsymbol{v}=\widehat{v}_{i} \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i}=v_{i} \boldsymbol{e}_{i}$, show that
$$
\frac{d \widehat{v}_{i}}{d t}=Q_{j i}\left[\frac{d v_{j}}{d t}-\Omega_{j \underline{k}} v_{k}\right],
$$
where $Q_{i j}$ and $\Omega_{j k}$ are the components of $\boldsymbol{Q}$ and $\boldsymbol{\Omega}$ in the fixed frame.
Remark: An observer in the fixed frame $\left\{\boldsymbol{e}_{i}\right\}$ sees the time derivative of $\boldsymbol{v}$ as
$$
\dot{\boldsymbol{v}}=\frac{d v_{i}}{d t} \boldsymbol{e}_{i},
$$
while an observer moving with the frame $\left\{\widehat{e}_{i}(t)\right\}$ sees the time derivative of $\boldsymbol{v}$ as
$$
\stackrel{\circ}{\boldsymbol{v}}=\frac{d \widehat{v}_{j}}{d t} \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{j}
$$
The components of $\dot{\boldsymbol{v}}$ and $\boldsymbol{v}$ in the fixed frame $\left\{\boldsymbol{e}_{i}\right\}$ are
$$
\begin{aligned}
&\dot{v}_{i}=\dot{\boldsymbol{v}} \cdot \boldsymbol{e}_{i}=\frac{d v_{i}}{d t} \\
&\dot{v}_{i}=\stackrel{\boldsymbol{v}} \cdot \boldsymbol{e}_{i}=\frac{d \widehat{v}_{j}}{d t} \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{j} \cdot \boldsymbol{e}_{i}=Q_{i j} \frac{d \widehat{v}_{j}}{d t}
\end{aligned}
$$
In view of $(2.3)$ the vector $\stackrel{\circ}{\boldsymbol{v}}$ can be expressed in the fixed frame as
$$
\stackrel{\circ}{\boldsymbol{v}}=\stackrel{\circ}{v}_{i} \boldsymbol{e}_{i}=\left[\frac{d v_{i}}{d t}-\Omega_{i k} v_{k}\right] \boldsymbol{e}_{i}
$$
The vector $\dot{v}$ is called the co-rotational or Jaumann derivative of $\boldsymbol{v}$ with respect to $\boldsymbol{\Omega}$. It represents the rate of change of $\boldsymbol{v}$ with respect to time as seen by an observer in a moving frame. In tensor notation we have
$$
\stackrel{\circ}{v}=\dot{v}-\Omega v.
$$

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
Numerade Educator
11:14

Problem 14

Let $\left\{\boldsymbol{e}_{i}\right\},\left\{\widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i}(t)\right\}, \boldsymbol{Q}(t)$ and $\boldsymbol{\Omega}(t)$ be as in Exercise 13, and consider a second-order tensor $\boldsymbol{S}=S_{i j} \boldsymbol{e}_{i} \otimes \boldsymbol{e}_{j}=\widehat{S}_{i j} \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{i} \otimes \widehat{\boldsymbol{e}}_{j} .$ Show that
$$
\frac{d \widehat{S}_{i j}}{d t}=Q_{k i} Q_{l j}\left[\frac{d S_{k l}}{d t}-\Omega_{k m} S_{m l}-\Omega_{l m} S_{k m}\right]
$$
where $Q_{i j}$ and $\Omega_{j k}$ are the components of $\boldsymbol{Q}$ and $\boldsymbol{\Omega}$ in the fixed frame $\left\{\boldsymbol{e}_{i}\right\}$
Remark: The tensor $\stackrel{\circ}{\boldsymbol{S}}$ given by
$$
\stackrel{\circ}{\boldsymbol{S}}=\left[\frac{d S_{k l}}{d t}-\Omega_{k m} S_{m l}-\Omega_{l m} S_{k m}\right] \boldsymbol{e}_{k} \otimes \boldsymbol{e}_{l}
$$
is called the co-rotational or Jaumann derivative of $S$ with respect to $\Omega$. It represents the rate of change of $\boldsymbol{S}$ as seen by an observer in a moving frame. In tensor notation, noting that $\boldsymbol{\Omega}^{T}=-\boldsymbol{\Omega}$, we have
$$
{ }^{\circ}{S}=\dot{S}-\Omega S+S \Omega.
$$

Khoobchandra Agrawal
Khoobchandra Agrawal
Numerade Educator
01:23

Problem 15

Consider the scalar-valued function $\psi(\boldsymbol{A})=\operatorname{tr}(\boldsymbol{A}) \boldsymbol{A}: \boldsymbol{B}$, where $\boldsymbol{B}$ is a constant second-order tensor. Show that
$$
D \psi(\boldsymbol{A})=(\boldsymbol{A}: \boldsymbol{B}) \boldsymbol{I}+\operatorname{tr}(\boldsymbol{A}) \boldsymbol{B}.
$$

Raj Bala
Raj Bala
Numerade Educator
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Problem 16

Consider the tensor-valued function $\boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{A})=\boldsymbol{A}^{2}$. Show that
$$
D \boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{A}) \boldsymbol{B}=\boldsymbol{B} \boldsymbol{A}+\boldsymbol{A} \boldsymbol{B}, \quad \forall \boldsymbol{B} \in \mathcal{V}^{2}.
$$

Victor Salazar
Victor Salazar
Numerade Educator
01:32

Problem 17

Let $\mathbf{C}: \mathcal{V}^{2} \rightarrow \mathcal{V}^{2}$ be a fourth-order tensor defined by $\mathbf{C}(\boldsymbol{A})=$ $\operatorname{tr}(\boldsymbol{A}) \boldsymbol{I}+\boldsymbol{A}$, and let $\psi: \mathcal{V}^{2} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a function defined by $\psi(\boldsymbol{A})=\frac{1}{2} \boldsymbol{A}: \mathbf{C}(\boldsymbol{A}) .$ Show that:
(a) $\boldsymbol{A}: \mathbf{C}(\boldsymbol{B})=\mathbf{C}(\boldsymbol{A}): \boldsymbol{B}, \quad \forall \boldsymbol{A}, \boldsymbol{B} \in \mathcal{V}^{2}$
(b) $D \psi(\boldsymbol{A})=\mathbf{C}(\boldsymbol{A})$.

Chai Santi
Chai Santi
Numerade Educator