1.I.5A

Fluid Dynamics
Part IB, 2006

Use the Euler equation for the motion of an inviscid fluid to derive the vorticity equation in the form

Dω/Dt=ωu.D \boldsymbol{\omega} / D t=\boldsymbol{\omega} \cdot \nabla \mathbf{u} .

Give a physical interpretation of the terms in this equation and deduce that irrotational flows remain irrotational.

In a plane flow the vorticity at time t=0t=0 has the uniform value ω00\boldsymbol{\omega}_{0} \neq \mathbf{0}. Find the vorticity everywhere at times t>0t>0.