(i) Suppose that, with spherical polar coordinates, the Stokes streamfunction
Ψλ(r,θ)=rλsin2θcosθ
represents a Stokes flow and thus satisfies the equation D2(D2Ψλ)=0, where
D2=∂r2∂2+r2sinθ∂θ∂sinθ1∂θ∂.
Show that the possible values of λ are 5,3,0 and −2. For which of these values is the corresponding flow irrotational? Sketch the streamlines of the flow for the case λ=3.
(ii) A spherical drop of liquid of viscosity μ1, radius a and centre at r=0, is suspended in another liquid of viscosity μ2 which flows with streamfunction
Ψ∼Ψ∞(r,θ)=αr3sin2θcosθ
far from the drop. The two liquids are of equal densities, surface tension is sufficiently strong to keep the drop spherical, and inertia is negligible. Show that
Ψ={(Ar5+Br3)sin2θcosθ(αr3+C+D/r2)sin2θcosθ(r<a),(r>a)
and obtain four equations determining the constants A,B,C and D. (You need not solve these equations.)
[You may assume, with standard notation, that
ur=r2sinθ1∂θ∂Ψ,uθ=−rsinθ1∂r∂Ψ,erθ=21{r∂r∂(ruθ)+r1∂θ∂ur}.]