COORDINATE SYSTEMS
1. Cartesian Coordinate (or) Rectangular Coordinate
2. Cylindrical Coordinate (or) Circular Coordinates
3. Spherical Coordinate
AXIS
CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM
CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM
XY Plane or Z=0 Plane (Top & Bottom)
YZ Plane or X=0 Plane (Front & Back)
YZ ZX plane or Y=0 Plane (Side)
ZX Co-ordinates : X, Y, Z
XY
CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM-Cont’d
Differential Area:
Differential Volume:
Cylindrical Coordinate System
Differential Length
Differential Area:
Differential Volume:
Spherical Coordinate System
Differential Length
Differential Area:
Differential Volume:
Content Cartesian (or) Rectangular Cylinder (or) Circular Spherical
Co-ordinates x, y, z ρ,Ø,z r,Ɵ,Ø
Rectangular plane (x) Cylinder (ρ) Sphere(r)
Objects Rectangular plane (y) Rectangular plane (Ø) Cone (Ɵ)
Rectangular plane (z) Rectangular plane (z) Rectangular plane (Ø)
-œ < x < œ 0≤ρ<œ 0≤r<œ
Ranges -œ < y < œ 0 ≤ Ø ≤ 2π 0≤ Ɵ ≤π
-œ < z < œ -œ < z < œ 0 ≤ Ø ≤ 2π
‘x’ in m ‘ρ’ in m ‘r’ in m
Units ‘y’ in m ‘Ø’ in deg ‘Ɵ’ in deg
‘z’ in m ‘z’ in m ‘Ø’ in deg
Vector
Differential
length (dl)
Differential
surface
(ds)
Differential
volume
(dv)
Unit vector