Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 2 7C a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
For this steady unidirectional flow, the convective acceleration vanishes because depends only on . The axial Navier-Stokes equation reduces to , with . The no-slip boundary conditions therefore giveThis is a superposition of Couette flow and pressure-driven Poiseuille flow.