Rotation - Rotating Vessel

When a vessel containing a liquid with a free surface is rotated about an axis, the free surface will be a paraboloid of revolution
given by:

From free body diagram shown:

CF
tan(θ) = ; note: CF = mω2r
W

m�2 x
tan(θ) = mg

ω2 x
tan(θ) =
g

Where tan(θ) is slope, therefore:

dy ω2 x
dx
= tan θ = g

dy ω2 x
=
dx g
ω2 x
dy = dx
g

ω2 x2
y=
2g
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Height of paraboloid:

ω 2 r2
h=
2g

Where:
ω = constant angular speed in radian per second
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Take note: 1 revolution per minute (rpm) = rad/sec
30
g = acceleration due to gravity

Volume of paraboloid:

1
V = πr2h
2

By squared-property of parabola, the relationship of y, x, h and r is defined by:

r2 x2
h
= y