curl angular velocity ?

[Kai Habel]

Kai Habel schrieb:
> Hello all,
>
> I have almost completed an implementation of divergence and curl for
> octave except for one return parameter. According to matlab
> documentation [1] it is  called "curl angular velocity (cav)". I found
> the documentation not very descriptive. This is what I have found so far:
>
> In a 2d vector field v= [v_x(x,y); v_y(x,y)] "cav" it is calculated by
> means of cav = 1/2*curl(v). This is the more common angular velocity
> vector or more exact its z-component (x- and y- are zero).
>
> Now my questions:
>
> What is curl angular velocity (cav) in 3d?
> It should be related to the angular velocity vector 1/2*curl(v), but
> since cav is a scalar (it can be positive and negative) there must be
> something else.
>
> My internet and text book research was not very successful - it seems
> the term "curl angular velocity" is only used by matlab. Maybe it is
> more common with a different name in some specific areas of engineering,
> like fluid dynamics or atmospheric research.
>
> So, if you could point me to web site or paper (beside the matlab source
> of course!), where curl angular velocity (for 3d) is explained, that
> would very helpful.
>
> Kai
>
> [1]
> http://www.mathworks.de/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/f16-6011.html
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Here is the correct link:

http://www.mathworks.de/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/curl.html

Kai