Does the curl function in matlab calculates vorticity?
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Iam suppose to calculate vorticity using 3 velocity component u,v and w. Does the built function curl helps to do the job??
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Jan
on 14 Feb 2014
The question is not clear. Please do not post multiple questions for the same problem.
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David Young
on 15 Feb 2014
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David Young
on 20 Feb 2014
The problem is that I don't know for sure whether your position coordinates are cartesian, cylindrical or spherical. As Roger Stafford points out, they need to be cartesian for the curl function. You might find the functions pol2cart and sph2cart useful for conversions.
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