Engineering
Physics
Statics
Question

Consider mercury (Hg) rotating about a vertical axis with uniform angular velocity w filled in a cylindrical container. The liquid surface is curved. The figure shows a cross sectional view of the curved surface. Ignore surface tension and viscosity.

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Linked Question 1

Equation of the free surface of mercury will be

y+y0=ω2x22g

y=ω2x22g

yy0=ω2x22g

y+y0=ω2x2g

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Linked Question 2

At equilibrium find the angle θ made by tangent to the surface at P(x, y)  with the horizontal

cot1(ω2xg)

tan1(ω2xg)

sin1(ω2xg)

cos1(ω2xg)

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Linked Question 3

Obtain ω if the focal length of the mirror formed by shiny liquid surface is 20 cm

None

20 rad/s

5 rad/s

10 rad/s

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