geometry, curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system for Euclidean space in which the coordinate lines may be curved. These coordinates may be derived...
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Curvilinear coordinates can be formulated in tensor calculus, with important applications in physics and engineering, particularly for describing transportation...
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Divergence (section In curvilinear coordinates)
commutes with a change of (curvilinear) coordinate system. The appropriate expression is more complicated in curvilinear coordinates. The divergence of a vector...
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i.e., are perpendicular. Orthogonal coordinates are a special but extremely common case of curvilinear coordinates. While vector operations and physical...
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Unit vector (section Curvilinear coordinates)
free dictionary. Cartesian coordinate system Coordinate system Curvilinear coordinates Four-velocity Jacobian matrix and determinant Normal vector Polar...
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Coordinate system (redirect from Coordinates)
of the coordinates are significant and not the actual values. Some other common coordinate systems are the following: Curvilinear coordinates are a generalization...
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1&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{pmatrix}}} The general curvilinear coordinates reduce to Cartesian coordinates: ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 ) = ( x , y , z ) ⇒ d r = (...
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{g} ^{3}} are the contravariant basis vectors in a curvilinear coordinate system, with coordinates of points denoted by ( ξ 1 , ξ 2 , ξ 3 {\displaystyle...
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common curvilinear coordinate systems. This article uses the standard notation ISO 80000-2, which supersedes ISO 31-11, for spherical coordinates (other...
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Curvilinear perspective, also five-point perspective, is a graphical projection used to draw 3D objects on 2D surfaces, for which (straight) lines on...
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orthogonal curvilinear coordinates, separation of variables can still be used, but in some details different from that in Cartesian coordinates. For instance...
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Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity (section Curvilinear coordinates and curved spacetime)
the use of concepts such as vectors, tensors, pseudotensors and curvilinear coordinates. For an introduction based on the example of particles following...
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Geodetic coordinates are a type of curvilinear orthogonal coordinate system used in geodesy based on a reference ellipsoid. They include geodetic latitude...
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Frame of reference (redirect from Spacetime coordinates)
which can be normalized to be of unit length. For more detail see curvilinear coordinates. Coordinate surfaces, coordinate lines, and basis vectors are components...
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one type of curvilinear coordinate system to another. A different use of the term "fictitious force" often is used in curvilinear coordinates, particularly...
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Lagrangian mechanics (redirect from Cyclic coordinates)
metric tensor of the curvilinear coordinate system. All the indices a, b, c, each take the values 1, 2, 3. Curvilinear coordinates are not the same as...
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Polar coordinate system (redirect from Polar coordinates)
including divergence, gradient, and Laplacian in polar coordinates, see curvilinear coordinates. The arc length (length of a line segment) defined by a...
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Mechanics of planar particle motion (redirect from Classical mechanics in planar curvilinear coordinates)
state of motion. Examples are Cartesian coordinates, polar coordinates, and (more generally) curvilinear coordinates. Here are two quotes relating "state...
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Cartesian coordinates are not used, for example, if polar coordinates are used in two dimensions or, in more general terms, if curvilinear coordinates are used...
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Vector analysis Matrix calculus Ricci calculus Curvilinear coordinates Tensors in curvilinear coordinates Multilinear subspace learning Multilinear algebra...
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formulae found in orthogonal coordinates. Parabolic cylindrical coordinates Orthogonal coordinate system Curvilinear coordinates Morse PM, Feshbach H (1953)...
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to the theory of partial differential equations by the use of curvilinear coordinates, and the mathematical theory of elasticity (for which linear elasticity...
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Gradient (section Cartesian coordinates)
{\partial (f^{1},f^{2},f^{3})}{\partial (x^{1},x^{2},x^{3})}}.} In curvilinear coordinates, or more generally on a curved manifold, the gradient involves...
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introduced by James Joseph Sylvester in 1851. Curvilinear coordinate systems, such as cylindrical or spherical coordinates, are often used in physical and geometric...
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related to Generalized coordinates. Canonical coordinates Hamiltonian mechanics Virtual work Orthogonal coordinates Curvilinear coordinates Mass matrix Stiffness...
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moment of inertia tensor in rigid body dynamics. Sometimes general curvilinear coordinates are convenient, as in high-deformation continuum mechanics, or...
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Γl mn are the Christoffel symbols for the selected coordinates. In arbitrary curvilinear coordinates in N dimensions (ξ1, ..., ξN), we can write the Laplacian...
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Spherical coordinate system (redirect from Spherical coordinates)
instrument Vector fields in cylindrical and spherical coordinates – Vector field representation in 3D curvilinear coordinate systems Yaw, pitch, and roll – Principal...
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single number. In Euclidean geometry, the dot product of the Cartesian coordinates of two vectors is widely used. It is often called the inner product (or...
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write the quantum mechanical kinetic energy operator for such curvilinear coordinates, but it is hard to formulate a general theory applicable to any...
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