Free surface of a Rankine vortex ($z=C-{\Omega }^2(2a^2-r^2)/(2g)\text{ in the core}$)

For a steady Rankine vortex in a fluid of constant density $\rho$ with gravity $-gk$, the Euler equations give $p_r=\rho u_{\theta }^2/r$ and $p_z=-\rho g$. Integrating on the two sides and matching pressure at $r=a$ givesSetting a constant surface pressure yieldsThus the free surface and its radial slope match at the core edge. The central depression is ${\Omega }^2{a}^2/g$, twice the depression at $r=a$. Bernoulli's theorem applies throughout the exterior; the rotational core instead uses the radial momentum balance above.