Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / ib / Paper 2 / 7C / a / Solution

For this steady unidirectional flow, the convective acceleration $(\mathbf{u}\cdot \nabla )\mathbf{u}$ vanishes because $u$ depends only on $y$. The axial Navier-Stokes equation reduces to $0=-p_x+\mu u^{\prime \prime }$, with $p_x=-G$. The no-slip boundary conditions therefore giveThis is a superposition of Couette flow and pressure-driven Poiseuille flow.