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 61P
Consider the velocity field given by
- (a) Determine the fluid rotation.
- (b) Evaluate the circulation about the “curve” bounded by y = 0, x = 1, y = 1 and x = 0.
- (c) Obtain an expression for the stream function.
- (d) Plot several streamlines in the first quadrant.
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