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MA5252 Engineering Mathematics-II Unit - I

This document contains 20 problems related to vector calculus concepts like divergence, curl, gradient, line integrals, surface integrals, and theorems like Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and Gauss' divergence theorem. The problems involve calculating unit normals, directional derivatives, line and surface integrals of vector fields, checking irrotationality and solenoidality, and verifying various vector calculus theorems.

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MA5252 Engineering Mathematics-II Unit - I

This document contains 20 problems related to vector calculus concepts like divergence, curl, gradient, line integrals, surface integrals, and theorems like Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and Gauss' divergence theorem. The problems involve calculating unit normals, directional derivatives, line and surface integrals of vector fields, checking irrotationality and solenoidality, and verifying various vector calculus theorems.

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PROBLEM SHEET ON MA5252-ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II

Unit I Vector Calculus

Part – A
1. Find the unit normal to the surface x 3  xyz  z 3  1 at the the point (1,1,1).
2. The temperature at a point (x,y,z) in space is given by T  x, y , z   x 2  y 2  z . A
mosquito located at (1,1,2) desires to fly in such a direction that it will get warm as
soon as possible. In what direction should it fly?
 2 
3. Find Grad  e r 
  .

 r 
4. If r  xˆi  yˆj  zk
ˆ , then find the value of     .
 r3 

 r 
5. If r  xˆi  yˆj  zk
ˆ , then find     .
 r2 

6. Check whether the vector   


F  x 2  xy 2 ˆi  y 2  x 2 y ˆj  is irrotational or not.
7. Check whether the vector F   x  3 y  ˆi   y  3z  ˆj   x  2 z  kˆ is solenoidal or not.
8. If f(z) = 4x 2  3 y 2  5 z 2 find curl(https://www.scribd.com/grad%20f).

9. Evaluate
C
 d r where C is the curve x  t 2 , y  2t , z  t 3 from t = 0 to t = 1

given that   2xyz 2 .



10. Evaluate 
curlF  n
ˆ dS
where S is any closed surface.
S

Part-B
11. (i) Prove that  
F  2 xy  z 3 ˆi  x 2 ˆj  3 xz 2 k
ˆ is conservative and find its scalar
potential. Also find the workdone by F in moving a particle from
A ( 1, –2, 1) to B ( 3, 1, 4 ).


(ii) Find the circulation of F  ( x  3 y ) ˆi  ( y  2 x ) ˆj about the closed curve C in
the xy plane where C : x  2 cos t , y  3 sin t , 0  t  2 .
(iii) Show that r n r is solenoidal only if n= –3 where r  xˆi  yˆj  zk
ˆ and
r = | r |.

12. (i) If   2 xyz 3 ˆi  x 2 z  ˆj  3 x 2 y z 2 k


ˆ find  ( x, y , z ) , if  (1,  2, 2)  4 .

(ii) Prove that  


 2 r n r  n ( n  3) r n  2 r .
(iii) Find the directional derivative of   xy 2  yz 2 at the point (2,–1,1) in the direction
of the normal to the surface x log z  y 2  4  0 at the point (–1,2,1).

13. (i)Verify Green’s theorem in a plane for  F.d r taken counterclockwise around the
C

boundary C of the region R, where F  e x  y ˆi  e x  y ˆj and R is the triangle


x  y  2x, x  1.
(ii)Find the constants a and b so that the surfaces ax 2  byz   a  2  x and
4x2y + z3 = 4 cut orthogonally at (1,–1,2).
2
14. (i) Prove that  2 f (r )  f (r )  f (r ) .
r
(ii) Find the angle between the surfaces x 2  yz  2 & x  2 y  z  2 at (1,1,1).

(iii) Find the constants a, b, c such that


F  ( x  2 y  az )ˆi  (bx  3 y  z )ˆj  (4 x  cy  2 z )k
ˆ is irrotational.
     

15. (i) Verify Gauss’ Divergence theorem for F  x 2  yz ˆi  y 2  zx ˆj  z 2  xy kˆ
taken over the rectangular parallelepiped 0  x  a, 0  y  b, 0  z  c .
(ii) Find the smallest positive integral values of a, b, c if
F  axyz 3ˆi  bx 2 z 3 ˆj  cx 2 yz 2 k
ˆ is irrotational. For these values of a, b, c find its scalar
potential.

 r 
16. (i) Show that the vector field u  3 is both irrotational and solenoidal. Here r is the
r
position vector of a point (x,y,z).
 
(ii) Using Stokes’ theorem evaluate  F  dr
C

where F  y 2 ˆi  x 2 ˆj  ( x  z )kˆ C is the

boundary of the triangle with vertices (0,0,0), (1,0,0) and (1,1,0).



17. (i) Verify Stokes theorem for F  3 y ˆi  xz ˆj  yz 2 k
ˆ over the surface
x 2  y 2  2  z, z  0 .

(ii) Evaluate  F  n dS where
ˆ 
F  4 xz ˆi  y 2 ˆj  yz k
ˆ and S is the surface of the
S

cube x  0, x  1, y  0, y  1, z  0, z  1 using divergence theorem.

3
dydz  x 2 ydzdx  x 2 zdxdy
18. (i) Use Divergence theorem to evaluate  x where S is the
S

surface of the cube x = 0, y = 0, z = 0, x = 1, y = 1, z = 1.


1
(ii) Prove that the area bounded by a simple closed curve C is given by 2  xdy  ydx .
C

Hence find the area of a circle whose radius is 'a'.

     19. (i) Evaluate  F .n dS over the entire surface of the region S above the xy – plane
ˆ
S

bounded by the cone z 2  x 2  y 2 and the plane z = 4, if i  xyz 2 ˆj  3 zk


F  4 xzˆ ˆ .

(ii) State Green’s theorem in the plane and verify the same for the integral

 3x 
 8 y 2 dx   4 y  6 xy  dy where C is the region bounded by the parabolas
2

y x and y  x 2 .

20.(i) Evaluate  3 y  e dx   7 x  y 4  1  dy where


sin x
 C is the circle x 2  y 2  9 using
C

Green’s theorem.

(ii) Verify Stokes’ theorem for



 
F  x 2  y 2 ˆi  2 xyˆj taken around the rectangle
x   a, y  0, y  b .

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