ENGR 233 Lecture 24 Final
ENGR 233 Lecture 24 Final
(Supplementary)
Vector operations in changing
coordinate systems
Dr. Ali Nazemi
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thursday 15th April 2021
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec
Let’s review
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Let’s review
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By now, we all know about the importance of
having alternative coordinate systems
P(x,y,z)
z
1. Cartesian Coordinates
P (x, y, z) y
x
z P(r, Φ, z)
2. Cylindrical Coordinates z
X=r cos Φ,
P (r, Φ, z) Y=r sin Φ,
Z=z
Φ
r y
x
z P(r, θ, Φ)
3. Spherical Coordinates X=r sin θ cos Φ,
P (r, θ, Φ) θ r Y=r sin θ sin Φ,
Z=z cos θ
Φ
y
x 6
The nice thing is that coordinate systems can
be translated from one to another
z z
P(r, θ, Φ)
Cartesian Coordinates P(x,y,z)
θ r P(x, y, z) y
Φ
y x
x
z
P(r, Φ, z)
Φ
r y 7
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Polar coordinate as a transformation of a 2D
Cartesian coordinate
• x = g(r, θ) = r cos θ
• y = h(r, θ) = r sin θ
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Polar coordinate as a transformation of a 2D
Cartesian coordinate
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Spherical coordinate as a transformation of a
3D Cartesian coordinate
• x = ρ sin Φ cos θ
• y = ρ sin Φ sin θ
• z = ρ cos Φ
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Spherical coordinate as a transformation of a
3D Cartesian coordinate
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Spherical coordinate as a transformation of a
3D Cartesian coordinate
• Since 0 ≤ Φ ≤ π , we have sin Φ ≥ 0 and therefore,
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A recipe for coordinate conversions
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A recipe for unit vector conversions based on
the target coordinate
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A recipe for unit vector conversions based on
the source coordinate
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Del operator in a cylindrical coordinate
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Del operator in a spherical coordinate
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Del operator in a spherical coordinate
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Del operator in a spherical coordinate
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Summary of del operator in alternative
coordinates
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This is supplementary lecture only…
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