Paper 3, Section II, D
Part IB, 2017
Use Euler's equations to derive the vorticity equation
where is the fluid velocity and is the vorticity.
Consider axisymmetric, incompressible, inviscid flow between two rigid plates at and in cylindrical polar coordinates , where is time. Using mass conservation, or otherwise, find the complete flow field whose radial component is independent of .
Now suppose that the flow has angular velocity and that when . Use the vorticity equation to determine the angular velocity for subsequent times as a function of . What physical principle does your result illustrate?