MATH 1211/2211 Multivariable Calculus

201314 Semester 1
Assignment 5
Due: 14:00, 7 October 2013
Vector Calculus (3rd edition), S. J. Colley (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006):
3.3 # 27 (p. 214)
3.4 # 5, 10 (p. 221)
3.6 # 5, 31 (p. 225, 227)
1. (Flow of vector eld) Verify that
: R
2
R R
2
, (x, y, t) = (y sin t + xcos t, y cos t xsin t)
is a ow of the vector eld F(x, y) = (y, x).
2. (Divergence of vector eld) Calculate the divergence of the vector eld
F = x
2
1
e
1
+ 2x
2
2
e
2
+ + nx
2
n
e
n
.
3. (Curl of vector eld) Find the curl of the vector eld
F = (cos yz x)i + (cos xz y)j + (cos xy z)k.
4. (Tangency) Show that the curve traced parametrically by
x(t) =

cos(t 1), t
3
1,
1
t
2

is tangent to the surface x

3
+ y
3
+ z
3
xyz = 0 when t = 1.
(A curve C and a surface S are said to be tangent at the point P if the tangent line of C
is contained in the tangent plane of S at P.)
1
5. (Helix) A large piece of cylindrical metal pipe is to be manufactured to include a
strake, which is a spiraling strip of metal that oers structural support for the pipe. (See
Figure 1.) The pieces of the strake are to be made from at pieces of exible metal whose
curved sides are arcs of circles as shown in Figure 2. Assume that the pipe has a radius
of a ft and that the strake makes one complete revolution around the pipe every h ft.
(a) In terms of a and h, what should the inner radius r be so that the strake will t
snugly against the pipe?
(b) Suppose a = 3 ft and h = 25 ft. What is r?
(Hint: You may compare the curvatures of the helical path in Figure 2 and the circle with
radius r.)
8 CHAPTER 2
Figure 2.4. The smokestack had radius a
3.75 feet. Each revolution of the strake had a height
of 31 5 feet
The curve along which the strake attaches to the smokestack is
a heliX'
x = (x, y, z) = (a cos t, a sin t, htl27T'),
with the x and y coordinates following a circle of radius a = 3.75 feet
while the z coordinate increases at a constant rate. In each revolu-
tion, 8 increases by 27T' and z increases by h = 31.5 feet. Hence the
velocity is
h
h
a
a
a
a
h
Figure 1: A cylindrical pipe with strake attached.
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Figure 2.5. When pieces of strake are being cut out
of a flat piece of metal, what inner radius r will make
the strake fit best along the smokestack?
v= x= (-a sin t, a cos t, h/271') ,
and the speed is
ds g
- = Ivl = a
2
+ - = c= 6.26 feet.
dt 471'2
The length of one revolution is
2'7T
L = JIvl dt = 21TC.
0
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Minimal background needed for this assignment:
Vector Calculus (3rd/4th edition), S. J. Colley (2006/2012)
3.2 p. 194197/207210 The Unit Tangent Vector and Curvature
3.3 p. 211212/224226 Flow Lines of Vector Fields
3.4 p. 214218/227231 Whole section before Two Vector-analytic results
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