Question: Consider the flow u ( x , t ) = U ( 1 - e - z H ) ( y h a t (

Consider the flow u(x,t)=U(1-e-zH)(yhat(x)-xhat(y)) above a wall at z=0 with normal hat(z).
(a) Determine the viscous traction on the wall at z=0.
(b) Determine the two-dimensional streamfunction (x,y) at z=z0 and describe the streamlines.
(c) What is the third component of the vorticity, hat(z)* in this flow?
(d) If the flow was inviscid, can Bernoulli's equation be used to determine the pressure field?
A sphere of radius a placed at a point x1 in a fluid is subject to a magnetic field, which produces a
torque L on the body. The rotation so produced is such that the Reynolds number may be taken to be
effectively zero.
(a) What is the rotation rate of the sphere?
(b) What is the fluid velocity everywhere in space?
(c) A second sphere of radius a is introduced, it's center at x2 is separated from that of the first sphere by a
distance d(let r=x2-x1). It experiences the same external torque L. Determine the first correction
to the translational and rotational velocity of both bodies in the number ad, which is assumed small.
(d) Describe how the dynamics of the system will proceed, in words.
Consider the flow u ( x , t ) = U ( 1 - e - z H )

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