Examples of Fluid Flows
Name of Flow | Velocity Function | Complex Potential | Equation of Streamlines | Diagram |
Uniform |
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Flow With Stagnation Point |
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Source |
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Vortex |
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Doublet |
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A Doublet in a Uniform Stream |
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then streamlines have equation
where
is an arbitrary constant
Streamlines radiate out from the origin, following straight lines
This equation implies
and is the equation of a circle
or 
or equivalently
or 
