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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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FIGURE 2.5B<br />

Bounding space curve C with tangential vector dx i and surface element dS i <strong>for</strong> partial volume.<br />

Called Gauss’s divergence theorem, Eq 2.8-3 is the one presented in a traditional<br />

vector calculus course.<br />

Whereas Gauss’s theorem relates an integral over a closed volume to an<br />

integral over its bounding surface, Stokes’ theorem relates an integral over an<br />

open surface (a so-called cap) to a line integral around the bounding curve<br />

of the surface. There<strong>for</strong>e, let C be the bounding space curve to the surface<br />

S, and let dx i be the differential tangent vector to C as shown in Figure 2.5B.<br />

(A hemispherical surface having a circular bounding curve C is a classic<br />

example). If n i is the outward normal to the surface S, and v i is any vector<br />

field defined on S and C, Stokes’ theorem asserts that<br />

(2.8-5)<br />

The integral on the right-hand side of this equation is often referred to as<br />

the circulation when the vector v is the velocity vector.<br />

Problems<br />

εijk i kj , = k k or nˆ⋅ × v<br />

∫S∫C∫S ∫C<br />

nv dS v dx dS v dx<br />

2.1 Let v = a × b, or in indicial notation,<br />

( ) = ⋅

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