Cheg 355 - Index Notation Lecture Notes

The notes on index notation are divided into three sets of pages. These may be accessed through the links below. While I don't want to overemphasize index notation, it does provide a useful way to handle vectors, tensors, and more complicated fluid mechanics problems. Read through the material carefully, and we can discuss any problems you have with index notation during class or during review sessions. I will provide dual descriptions of the material we are covering in class using both index notation and conventional vector notation.

The First Set

The Second Set

The Third Set

For those of you who are unable to make the first three review sessions (or who need to review the material!) I've done a screen capture recording of the lectures. These are given at:
videoversion.html

There are other sources of information on index notation available on the web as well. Two useful ones are:

http://solidmechanics.org/text/AppendixC/AppendixC.htm

and

http://www.ees.nmt.edu/outside/Geop/Classes/GEOP523/Docs/index-notation.pdf