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- From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Rotating Bucket of Water in a Gravitation Field
- Message-ID: <2965@ucl-cs.uucp>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 10:43:44 GMT
- Sender: news@cs.ucl.ac.uk
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- BRUTON, WILLIAM DANIEL writes:
- > Anyone ever proved that the surface of water in a bucket rotating
- > in a gravitational field is a paraboloid?
- > I remember seeing this problem worked out is some text, but I can't seem to
- > relocated it. I seem to remember using Bernoulli's Equation....but
- > the form of Bernoulli's Equation that I have seen is not gereralized
- > to rotational motion.
- > If you could point me to a text or remind me how to solve it that
- > would be great.
- >
- > Thanks,
- > Dan
-
- Actually, I thought it had something to do with Mach's Principle! How
- would you distinguish the case of a rotating universe and static bucket
- with the above?
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