where, and , and the relevant index symbol expressions are:
[1.7160030]
[0.6055597]
[0.7888807]
[0.3726937]
[0.7021833]
[0.5092250]
where the eccentricity,
NOTE: The posted numerical evaluations (inside square brackets) assume that the configuration's eccentricity is .
Drawing from our separate "6th Try" discussion — and as has been highlighted here for example — for the axisymmetric configurations under consideration, the and components of the Euler equation become, respectively,
:
=
:
=
Multiplying the component through by length and dividing through by the square of the velocity , we have,
=
=
=
=
Multiplying the component through by length and dividing through by the square of the velocity , we have,
:
=
=
Play With Vertical Pressure Gradient
Integrate over gives …
If I am interpreting this correctly, should tell how the normalized pressure varies with , for a fixed choice of . Again, for a fixed choice of , we want to specify the value of the "const." — hereafter, — such that at the surface of the configuration; but at the surface where , it must also be true that,
at the surface …
Hence (numerical evaluations assume χ = 0.6 as well as e = 0.6),
Central Pressure
At the center of the configuration — where — we see that,
Hence, the central pressure is,
[0.2045061]
For an oblate-spheroidal configuration having eccentricity, , the figure displayed here, on the right, shows how the normalized gas pressure varies with height above the mid-plane at three different distances from the symmetry axis: (blue) , (orange) , and (gray) .
marker color
mid-plane pressure
surface
blue
orange
gray
Ferrers Vertical Pressure
Note for later use that,
…
Now Play With Radial Pressure Gradient
After multiplying through by , the last term on the RHS of the component is given by the expression,
If we replace the normalized pressure by , the first term on the RHS of the component becomes,
Hence,
=
10th Try
Repeating Key Relations
Density:
Gravitational Potential:
Vertical Pressure Gradient:
From the above (9th Try) examination of the vertical pressure gradient, we determined that a reasonably good approximation for the normalized pressure throughout the configuration is given by the expression,
If we set — that is, if we look along the vertical axis — this approximation should be particularly good, resulting in the expression,
Note that in the limit that — that is, at the pole along the vertical (symmetry) axis where the should drop to zero — we should set . This allows us to determine the central pressure.
This means that, along the vertical axis, the pressure gradient is,
This should match the more general "vertical pressure gradient" expression when we set, , that is,