2002-46.md

course	course_year	question_number	tags	title	year
Fluid Dynamics	IB	46	IB 2002 Fluid Dynamics	4.I $. 7 \mathrm{C} \quad$	2002

If $\mathbf{u}$ is given in Cartesian co-ordinates as $\mathbf{u}=(-\Omega y, \Omega x, 0)$, with $\Omega$ a constant, verify that

$$\mathbf{u} \cdot \nabla \mathbf{u}=\nabla\left(-\frac{1}{2} \mathbf{u}^{2}\right)$$

When incompressible fluid is placed in a stationary cylindrical container of radius $a$ with its axis vertical, the depth of the fluid is $h$. Assuming that the free surface does not reach the bottom of the container, use cylindrical polar co-ordinates to find the equation of the free surface when the fluid and the container rotate steadily about this axis with angular velocity $\Omega$.

Deduce the angular velocity at which the free surface first touches the bottom of the container.