Propagation of vortices within a rotating, fluid shell (Q1200973)
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Propagation of vortices within a rotating, fluid shell (English)
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16 January 1993
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A model of motion for a thin layer of an incompressible inviscid fluid surrounding a solid spherical planet, which rotates with a constant angular velocity, is given. Introducing some particular assumptions, it is proved that a certain function of vorticity is an invariant of the motion. Using this property, a nonlinear partial differential equation for the stream function is obtained. Finally, the author examines some particular solutions of this equation.
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incompressible inviscid fluid
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solid spherical planet
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stream function
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