The answer to the second part: if $( u. \nabla) u =0$ would mean the flow is uniform in space , i.e. uniform flow. It can still have a time varying part.

The answer to the second part: if $( u. \nabla) u =0$ would mean the flow is uniform in space , i.e. uniform flow. It can still have a time varying part.

x component of : $$( u. \nabla) u = u {du \over dx} + v {du \over dy} + w {du \over dz}$$ Similarly you would have y-component (in terms of v) and z-component (in terms of w).