Paper 2, Section I, A

Fluid Dynamics
Part IB, 2012

Starting from Euler's equation for the motion of an inviscid fluid, derive the vorticity equation in the form

DωDt=ωu\frac{D \boldsymbol{\omega}}{D t}=\boldsymbol{\omega} \cdot \nabla \boldsymbol{u}

Deduce that an initially irrotational flow remains irrotational.

Consider a plane flow that at time t=0t=0 is described by the streamfunction

ψ=x2+y2.\psi=x^{2}+y^{2} .

Calculate the vorticity everywhere at times t>0t>0.