Question: Flows in the disk-and-tube system (Fig. 4D.3) 9 (a) A fluid in a circular tube is caused to move tangentially by a tightly fitting rotating

Flows in the disk-and-tube system (Fig. 4D.3)9 

(a) A fluid in a circular tube is caused to move tangentially by a tightly fitting rotating disk at the liquid surface at z = 0; the bottom of the tube is located at z = L. Find the steady-state velocity distribution vθ(r, z), when the angular velocity of the disk is fl. Assume that creeping flow prevails throughout, so that there is no secondary flow. Find the limit of the solution as L → ∞. 

(b) Repeat the problem for the unsteady flow. The fluid is at rest before t = 0, and the disk suddenly begins to rotate with an angular velocity Ω at t = 0. Find the velocity distribution vθ(r, z, t) for a column of fluid of height L. Then find the solution for the limit as L → ∞. 

(c) If the disk is oscillating sinusoidally in the tangential direction with amplitude Ω0, obtain the velocity distribution in the tube when the "oscillatory steady state" has been attained. Repeat the problem for a tube of infinite length. 

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