Paper 1, Section I, A

Fluid Dynamics | Part IB, 2013

A two-dimensional flow is given by

u=(x,y+t)\mathbf{u}=(x,-y+t)

Show that the flow is both irrotational and incompressible. Find a stream function ψ(x,y)\psi(x, y) such that u=(ψy,ψx)\mathbf{u}=\left(\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial y},-\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial x}\right). Sketch the streamlines at t=0t=0.

Find the pathline of a fluid particle that passes through (x0,y0)\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right) at t=0t=0 in the form y=f(x,x0,y0)y=f\left(x, x_{0}, y_{0}\right) and sketch the pathline for x0=1,y0=1.x_{0}=1, y_{0}=1 .

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