Paper 2, Section I, B

Fluid Dynamics | Part IB, 2015

Consider the two-dimensional velocity field u=(u,v)\mathbf{u}=(u, v) with

u(x,y)=x2y2,v(x,y)=2xyu(x, y)=x^{2}-y^{2}, \quad v(x, y)=-2 x y

(i) Show that the flow is incompressible and irrotational.

(ii) Derive the velocity potential, ϕ\phi, and the streamfunction, ψ\psi.

(iii) Plot all streamlines passing through the origin.

(iv) Show that the complex function w=ϕ+iψw=\phi+i \psi (where i2=1i^{2}=-1 ) can be written solely as a function of the complex coordinate z=x+iyz=x+i y and determine that function.

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