Chapter 9: Problem 14
I am spinning a bucket of water about its vertical axis with angular velocity \(\Omega\). Show that, once the water has settled in equilibrium (relative to the bucket), its surface will be a parabola. (Use cylindrical polar coordinates and remember that the surface is an equipotential under the combined effects of the gravitational and centrifugal forces.)
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