Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 5, Problem 51P
Determine whether the following flow fields are irrotational.
- (a) u = 2xy; υ = −x2y
- (b) u = y − x + x2; υ = x + y − 2xy
- (c) u = x2t + 2y; υ = 2x − yt2
- (d) u = −x2 − y2 − xyt; υ = x2 + y2 + xyt
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