Paper 1, Section I, D

Fluid Dynamics | Part IB, 2018

Show that the flow with velocity potential

ϕ=q2πlnr\phi=\frac{q}{2 \pi} \ln r

in two-dimensional, plane-polar coordinates (r,θ)(r, \theta) is incompressible in r>0r>0. Determine the flux of fluid across a closed contour CC that encloses the origin. What does this flow represent?

Show that the flow with velocity potential

ϕ=q4πln(x2+(ya)2)+q4πln(x2+(y+a)2)\phi=\frac{q}{4 \pi} \ln \left(x^{2}+(y-a)^{2}\right)+\frac{q}{4 \pi} \ln \left(x^{2}+(y+a)^{2}\right)

has no normal flow across the line y=0y=0. What fluid flow does this represent in the unbounded plane? What flow does it represent for fluid occupying the domain y>0y>0 ?

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