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A vector line of a vector field F(M ) is a curve at whose every point M the direction of its tangent coincides with the direction of the vector of the field F at that point (Fig. 9.3).
For instance, the vector lines of a stationary velocity field of a fluid flow serve as trajectories of motion of the particles of the fluid (flow lines).
A collection of all vector lines of the field passing through any closed curve is called a vector tube.
Vector lines of the field
F (M ) = P(x, y, z)i + Q(x, y, z) j + R(x, y, z)k
may be determined from the following system of differential equations
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along a tangent to the line AB at the point M. So as the vectors F(M) and dr are colinear, their coordinates are proportional, therefore the condition (9.5) is fulfilled.
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9.3.2. Flux of a Vector Across a Surface
We consider the field of velocities v of fluid flow and take a surface σ in this field on which a definite side is chosen.
The flux of a vector across a surface is said to be a magnitude of fluid flowing across the surface for a unit of time.
Let the velocity of flow be constant, and a surface σ be plane. In this case the fluid flow equals the volume of cylinder body (on Fig. 9.5 it is a sloping prism)
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whose bases are parallel, and the length of every generatrix is v as for a unit of time every particle removes on the vector v , that is
F = Sh
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prism numerically equal to the projection of the velocity v onto the unit normal vector n = {cos α, cosβ, cos γ} to the surface σ.
Thus,
F = (v n)S .
Now let the velocity v change continuously, and σ be a smooth surface. Let us choose a definite side of this surface. Let n = {cos α, cos β, cos γ } be a unit normal vector to the chosen side of the surface σ. Let us divide the surface σ on elementary parts σ1 , σ2 , ..., σn with areas Δσ1 , Δσ2 , ..., Δσn accordingly. We take the point Mk on every part σk and calculate the value of the velocity vector v at this point ( k = 1, 2, …, n ). Let us suppose that each elementary part is flat and the velocity vector is constant, equal to v(Mk ) (Fig. 9.6). For these
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Fk ≈ (v(Mk ) n(Mk ))Δσk . |
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The exact value of the quantity of fluid may be obtained, after passing to the limit on the left in the sum (9.6) provided every elementary surface compressed
to the point that is, for λ → 0, where λ = max dk is the greatest of diameters dk
1≤k ≤n
of elementary domain σk :
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