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    The document describes the cylindrical coordinate system including its unit vectors, differentials, and applications. Cylindrical coordinates (r, φ, z) use the radial distance r, azimuth angle φ, and height z. Vector representations, dot and cross products, differentials of length, area, and volume are defined. Cylindrical coordinates are useful for problems with cylindrical symmetry like capacitors and electric fields of line charges.

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    The document describes the cylindrical coordinate system including its unit vectors, differentials, and applications. Cylindrical coordinates (r, φ, z) use the radial distance r, azimuth angle φ, and height z. Vector representations, dot and cross products, differentials of length, area, and volume are defined. Cylindrical coordinates are useful for problems with cylindrical symmetry like capacitors and electric fields of line charges.

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    VECTOR REPRESENTATION: CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES

    Cylindrical representation uses: r ,, z


     UNIT VECTORS:
    A  Araˆr  Aaˆ  Azaˆz
     
     aˆ r aˆ  aˆ z 
    A  B  ArBr  AB  AzBz Dot Product
    (SCALAR)

    P (r, Φ, z)

    âr  âr  1,
    â  â  1,
    â z  â z  1

    φ is azimuth angle
    VECTOR REPRESENTATION: UNIT VECTORS
    Cylindrical Coordinate System
    z
    r â z
    P
    â
    z

    âr
    x  y

    The Unit Vectors imply :

    âr Points in the direction of increasing r

    â Points in the direction of increasing 

    â z Points in the direction of increasing z


    METRIC COEFFICIENTS
    2. Cylindrical Coordinates: Differential Distances: ( dr, rd, dz )
    y
    Distance = r d •dr is infinitesimal displacement along r,
    • r dφ is along φ and
    d
    •dz is along z direction.
    r

    y
    Cylindrical Coordinates

    Differential quantities:

    Length element:

    dl  aˆ r dr  aˆ rd   aˆ z dz
    Area element:

    dsr  aˆ r rd dz

    ds  aˆ drdz

    ds z  aˆ z rdrd 
    Volume element:

    dv  r dr d dz
    Pages 109-112
    Limits of integration of r, θ, φ are 0<r<∞ , 0<z <∞ , o<φ <2π
    DIFFERENTIALS FOR INTEGRALS

    Example of Line differentials


      
    dlr  dr âr or
    dl  rd  â or dl z  dz â z
    Example of Surface differentials
      
    dsr  rd dzaˆ r ds  drdz aˆ ds z  rd draˆ z

    Example of Volume differentials dv  rdrd dz


    •Show that Volume of a Cylinder of radius ‘R’ and height ‘H’ is π R2H .

    Volume of a Cylinder of radius ‘R’ and Height ‘H’

    V   dv   r dr d dz
    v
    R 2 H
      rdr  d  dz
    0 0 0
    2
    R H
    Cylindrical Coordinates
    ( r, Φ, z)
    r radial distance in x-y plane 0r 
    Φ azimuth angle measured from the positive
    x-axis 0    2
    A1
    Z   z  

    Vector representation
     
    A  aˆ A  aˆr Ar  aˆ A  aˆ z Az
    Base
    Vectors

    Magnitude of A
        Base vector properties
    A  A  A   Ar2  A2  Az2
    â r  â  â z ,
    â  â z  â r ,
    â z  â r  â
    Cylindrical Coordinates

    Dot product:
     
    A  B  Ar Br  A B  Az Bz

    B A
    Cross product:

    â r â â z
     
    A  B  Ar A Az
    Br B Bz
    Conversions between Cylindrical coordinate system and Cartesian
    coordinate system
    z
    x  rc cos 
    y  rc sin 
    P (rP (r, θ, Φ)
    c, Φ, z)
    zz
    P (r, Φ, z)

    z y Conversely, we have
    o

     x
    rc rc  x2  y 2
    1 y
    y
      tan
    x
    x
    zz
    Expressing unit vectors in Cylindrical coordinate system in terms
    of unit vectors in Cartesian coordinate system

    â

    â z â y
    Outward Φ
    âr
    â x
    Dot Product of Unit Vectors in Cylindrical and Rectangular Coordinate System

    Dot Product of Unit Vectors in Cylindrical


    Unit Vectors Coordinate System

    â r â â z

    Unit Vectors
    cos   sin  0
    in Rectangular â x 
    Coordinate

    System
    â y  0
    sin  cos 

    â z  0 0 1
    Applications of Cylindrical Coordinates

    Physical systems which have cylindrical symmetry are often most


    onveniently treated by using cylindrical coordinates.

    . Cylindrical capacitor

    . Electric field of line charge.

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