Hydrostatics and Aerostatics
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Attention
has
to
be paid, however,
to
the fact
that
the derivations only
hold when
Ilr
~
tan
u.
For
Ilr~
tan
u one obtains the limiting case
of
a container
at
rest i.e. the
frictional force
is
higher then the forward accelerating force.
As
a last example
to
show the employment
of
hydrostatic laws in
accelerated reference systems.
It
shows a rotating cylinder closed
on
the
top
and
at
the bottom, which
is
partly filled with a liquid.
When
the
cylinder
is
at
rest,
the
free surface
of
this liquid assumes a
horizontal position, as the different liquid particles only experience
the
gravitational force as mass force. When the cylinder
is
put
into rotation, one
observes a deformation
of
the liquid surface which progresses until as a final
form paraboloid. When now on this rotating motion an additional accelerated
vertical motion
is
superimposed, one detects that the hyperboloid can assume
different
shapes, depending
on
the magnitude
of
the vertical acceleration
and
on
the direction in which it takes place.
In
the following it shall be shown
that
the issue
of
the shape
of
the hyperboloid can be answered
on
the basis
of
the
basic equations
of
hydrostatics.
For
this purpose a coordinate system
is
chosen,
which
is
firmly coupled
to
the walls
of
the rotating
and
vertically accelerated
cylinder
and
which thus experiences the rotating motion as well as the
accelerated vertical motion.
The above mentioned examples have shown
that
the hydrostatic basic
equations are applicable, provided
that
no fluid motion occurs in the chosen
coordinate system
and
that
the external acceleration forces
are
taken into
consideration as inertia forces.
It
is
shown
that
for the following derivations the horizontally occurring
centrifugal acceleration
co
2
r,
as well as the '''vertical acceleration'" b, have
been taken into account.
If
one considers the processes in the fluid body in a coordinate system
(r,
<p,
z),
rotating with the cylinder, one finds that all fluid particles are
at
rest
after having reached the stable final state
of
motion. With reference
to
the
chosen coordinate system the prerequisite for the employment ofthe hydrostatic
basic equation
is
fulfilled, which in cylindrical coordinates
adopt
the form
indicated below:
ap
lap
ap
ar
=
pgr
; ;-
a<p
=
pgq>;
az
=
pg=
.
For
gr
=
rco
2
,
gq>
= 0
and
gz
=
-(g
+ b) one obtains for the problem
to
be treated the following set
of
basic equations
and
their general solution.
ap
2 1 2 2
-a =prco
~
P=-pcor
+jj(<p,z)
,
r 2