Co-Ordinate System

  • Show That Plane Polar Unit Vectors Are Orthogonal.

    The unit vectors in plane polar co-ordinate system are orthogonal: In a plane polar co-ordinate system, the radial unit vector is and the angular unit vector is [ To know…

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  • Derive The Expression For The Displacement Of A Particle Moving Along A Curve In A Plane.

    Displacement Of a particle moving along a curve in a plane: Let us consider a point A in a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, the position of this point can be…

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  • Derive Expression Of The Radial And Transverse Velocity Of A Particle Moving Along A Curve In A Plane.

    Let us consider a point A in a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, the position of this point can be described by a specific single vector. This vector is the displacement…

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  • Derive An Expression For The Radial And Transverse Component Of Acceleration Of A Particle Moving Along A Curve In A Plane.

    Let us consider a point A in a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, the position of this point can be described by a specific single vector. This vector is the displacement…

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  • Obtain Expression For The Displacement In Spherical Polar Co-Ordinate System.

    Displacement in spherical polar co-ordinate system: Let us consider a point A in a three-dimensional cartesian co-ordinate system, the position of this point can be described by a specific single…

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  • Obtain Expression For The Velocity In Spherical Polar Co-Ordinate System.

    Let us consider a point A in a three-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, the position of this point can be described by a specific single vector. This vector is the displacement…

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  • Obtain The Expression For Acceleration In Spherical Polar Co-Ordinate.

    The expression for the velocity of a particle in the spherical polar co-ordinate system is, where, , & are the unit vectors in the spherical polar co-ordinate system. [ To…

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  • Find The Expression For The Area Element In Rectangular Cartesian Co-Ordinate System.

    Area element in rectangular cartesian co-ordinate system: Let us consider a parallelogram represented by the vectors and as shown in the adjoining figure 1. So the area vector of the…

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