Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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ISBN: 9781118912652
Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 6, Problem 81P
An incompressible flow field is characterized by the stream function ψ = 3Ax2y − Ay3, where A = 1 m−1 · s−1. Show that this flow field is irrotational. Derive the velocity potential for the flow. Plot the streamlines and potential lines, and visually verify that they are orthogonal. (Hint: Use the Excel workbook of Example 6.10.)
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