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If F ( r )
0fasterthan1/ r 2
as r →∞
,
the surface integrals may be
neglected, thus
1
R
1
F ( r ) d
V ,
L F
=−
·
(1.300)
and
1
R
1
F ( r ) d
V ,
A F
=
×
(1.301)
where we have used the identity
1
R
1
R
=−∇
.
(1.302)
1.4.6 Kelvin's problem
If the body force density is concentrated at a point, it may be represented as
F ( r )
=
F 0 δ( r
r 0 ),
(1.303)
where δ( r r 0 ) is the Dirac delta distribution. In this case, the body force is
a point force F 0 at r
=
r 0 .If(ξ 1 2 3 ) are the components of r 0 ,wehave
R 2
( x 1 ξ 1 ) 2
( x 2 ξ 2 ) 2
( x 3 ξ 3 ) 2
=
+
+
for R
=
r
r 0 . The integrals (1.300) and
(1.301) then give,
1
R
1
1
R
F 0
R 3 ,
·
L F =−
· F 0 =
(1.304)
and
1
R
1
1
F 0 ×
R
R 3 ,
A F
=
×
F 0
=
(1.305)
since
1
R
R
R 3 .
=−
(1.306)
Taking the divergence,
F 0
×
R
3 ( F 0
×
R )
·
R
∇·
=−
=
0,
(1.307)
R 3
R 5
verifies that A F has the correct gauge,
0.
If C is an arbitrary constant vector, we have the gradient
∇·
A F
=
C
·
R
C
R
( C
·
R ) R
R 3
=
.
(1.308)
R
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