Find the scale factors for U1u3 x = U3, y = U1U3 + U2 = Z U2

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Please help with the solution to the following problem. The book is very hard to follow. This is Vector Analysis (Vector Calculus). The second attachment is how the textbook defines scale factors.  

2.
Find the scale factors for
U1U3
Y = U1U3 + U2
= Z
U2
x = U3,
Transcribed Image Text:2. Find the scale factors for U1U3 Y = U1U3 + U2 = Z U2 x = U3,
General Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates
Scale factors:
ƏR
(i = 1, 2, 3)
h;
du;
Vu|
Displacement vector:
dR = h1 du, ei + h2 duz ez + hz duz ez
Arc length:
ds = (h; du + hị duž + hị duž)'/2
Volume element:
dV = h¡hzh3 du, duz duz
Gradient:
1 of
e2
h2 duz
1 af
e3
hз диз
1 af
Vf =
hi dui
Transcribed Image Text:General Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates Scale factors: ƏR (i = 1, 2, 3) h; du; Vu| Displacement vector: dR = h1 du, ei + h2 duz ez + hz duz ez Arc length: ds = (h; du + hị duž + hị duž)'/2 Volume element: dV = h¡hzh3 du, duz duz Gradient: 1 of e2 h2 duz 1 af e3 hз диз 1 af Vf = hi dui
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