Fluid Mechanics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398273
Author: Frank M. White
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.67P
A stream function for a plane, irrotational, polar coordinate flow is
Find the velocity potential for this flow. Sketch some streamlines and potential lines, and interpret the flow pattern.
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