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Past exam of the astrophysical fluid dynamics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Section B 6 a Solution by
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For a steady axisymmetric flow , incompressible flow is automatic. The only material acceleration is centripetal, . The radial Euler equations therefore requireWith no viscosity there is no tangential shear stress to redistribute angular momentum. Any sufficiently regular can therefore be a steady inviscid profile, with the radial pressure adjusted by integrating this equation. This is a statement of equilibrium, not of stability: some such profiles are centrifugally unstable.
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