Exercises — Potential flow — irrotational, inviscid; superposition of basic flows
2.2.28 · D4· Physics › Fluid Mechanics › Potential flow — irrotational, inviscid; superposition of ba
Shuru karne se pehle symbols ka ek quick reminder (inhe zor se bolke padho):
Recall Symbols ki cast
::: uniform "seedhi nadi" flow ki speed, axis ki taraf point karti hai. ::: polar coordinates — origin se doori hai, woh angle hai jo axis se anticlockwise measure hota hai. ::: source strength = fluid ka volume jo per second per unit depth pump hota hai ( bahar dhakelta hai, andar kheenchta hai). ::: vortex ki circulation = yeh kitna "swirl" carry karta hai (units hain speed × length). ::: doublet strength (ek source aur sink jo infinitely paas squeeze hote hain). ::: velocity potential; . ::: stream function; const ek streamline trace karta hai jis par fluid glide karta hai. ::: polar form mein velocity ke do pieces — bahar ki taraf point karta hai, anticlockwise point karta hai.
Level 1 — Recognition
L1.1
Origin par rakhe source of strength ke liye velocity potential aur stream function batao, aur radius par radial speed do.
Recall Solution
Ek source fluid ko har direction mein equally seedha bahar phenkata hai. Toh koi bhi swirl nahi hai () aur sirf outward motion hai. Mass conservation: jo fluid pump hota hai woh radius ke har circle ko cross karna chahiye. Circle ki circumference hai, toh ko integrate karne par milta hai. Stream function hai .
L1.2
Free vortex of circulation ke liye likho aur batao ki flow kahan (agar kahaan bhi) irrotational nahi hai.
Recall Solution
Flow bilkul centre ke siwa har jagah irrotational hai, jahan — ek singular point. Centre se door ek choti fluid cross circle ke around float karti hai bina apne axis par spin kiye (yahi "irrotational" ka matlab hai: zero local spin, zero path curvature nahi).
L1.3
Ek uniform flow mein ke along hai. Point par aur (- aur -velocity components) likho.
Recall Solution
Uniform flow har jagah same hota hai, toh position irrelevant hai: , .
Level 2 — Application
L2.1
Origin par ek source hai. par outward speed nikalo.
Recall Solution
L2.2
Radius ka ek non-spinning cylinder uniform stream mein baitha hai. Iska surface speed hai . Agar ho, toh cylinder ke top par () aur front stagnation point par () speed nikalo.
Recall Solution
Top, : . Speed = (minus ka matlab sirf yeh hai ki woh wahan clockwise/backward point karti hai). Front, : . Yeh ek stagnation point hai — fluid naak se takraate waqt bilkul ruk jaata hai. Note karo ki top speed exactly free-stream speed se do guna hai. Neeche figure dekho.

L2.3
Ek Rankine half-body ke liye, aur ke saath, negative -axis par stagnation point ki position nikalo.
Recall Solution
Source ke aage -axis par, hai aur total -velocity hai . Source fluid ko yahan leftward dhakelta hai, stream ke against. Woh tab cancel hote hain jab :
Level 3 — Analysis
L3.1
Stream mein radius ke cylinder ke bahar poora velocity field hai Verify karo ki circle ek streamline hai (fluid isko cross nahi kar sakta) aur surface par dono stagnation points nikalo.
Recall Solution
Streamline test: streamline woh curve hai jise fluid kabhi cross nahi karta — matlab velocity component jo iske across point kare (radial wala, ) uska us par zero hona zaroori hai. par: Toh koi fluid kabhi circle ko pierce nahi karta — yeh bilkul solid wall jaisa behave karta hai. ✓ Stagnation points: dono (surface par pehle se true) aur . par, , jo (rear) aur (front) par vanish karta hai. Yeh dono stagnation points hain, front aur back.
L3.2
Bernoulli's equation (Bernoulli's equation) use karke, cylinder surface par pressure coefficient ko ke function ke roop mein nikalo, aur par evaluate karo.
Recall Solution
Surface par speed hai , toh . Far upstream (, speed ) aur surface ke beech Bernoulli: solve karo aur se divide karo: par: . Negative matlab suction — fast-moving shoulder par pressure ambient se bahut neeche gir jaata hai. Pressure figure dekho.

L3.3
ki symmetry se argument karo ki cylinder par koi net drag force lagti hai ya nahi. Yeh kaunsa paradox hai?
Recall Solution
replace karo (top vs bottom): unchanged rehta hai, toh front par pressure () rear ke barabar hai (), aur left–right pattern mirror image hai. Front par backward push karne wala pressure exactly rear par forward push karne wale pressure se match karta hai. Woh cancel ho jaate hain: net drag . Yeh d'Alembert's paradox hai — inviscid theory zero drag predict karta hai kyunki usmein koi wake aur koi friction nahi hoti, jo reality se contradict karta hai. (Vortex add karne par yeh lift sahi predict karta hai.)
Level 4 — Synthesis
L4.1
Radius ka ek cylinder air () ke stream mein spin karta hai. Circulation ka ek vortex add kiya jaata hai. Kutta–Joukowski theorem use karke lift per unit span nikalo.
Recall Solution
Vortex ek taraf flow ko speed up karta hai aur doosri taraf slow — Bernoulli se yeh pressure difference banata hai — yeh Magnus effect hai. Kutta–Joukowski poore surface integral ko tidy product mein pack kar deta hai.
L4.2
Spinning cylinder ke liye surface tangential speed hai . , , ke liye stagnation point(s) ke angle(s) nikalo. Batao ki woh surface par hain ya nahi.
Recall Solution
Stagnation: ⇒ . Kyunki , surface par do stagnation points hain: (yaani ) aur . Dono lower half par baithe hain — vortex ne stagnation points ko neeche drag kiya hai, yeh lift ki signature hai.
L4.3
Kis circulation par L4.2 ke dono stagnation points cylinder par ek single point mein merge ho jaate hain? (Same , .)
Recall Solution
Woh tab merge hote hain jab , yaani bottom par. Tab Is critical value se aage stagnation point surface se uth kar fluid mein chala jaata hai.
Level 5 — Mastery
L5.1
Origin par source of strength ko uniform stream ke saath combine kiya jaata hai (Rankine half-body). Dikhao ki body ki maximum half-width far downstream hai, aur , ke liye evaluate karo.
Recall Solution
Dividing streamline (body ki surface) stagnation point se guzarti hai, jahan hai. Toh body streamline hai: Far downstream () streamlines horizontal ho jaati hain, toh jab finite rehta hai. Tab aur : Numerically: . Toh far downstream total width hai .
L5.2
Spinning cylinder ke liye, surface speed ko Bernoulli ke saath combine karo aur cylinder ke around pressure integrate karke confirm karo ki lift hai. (Integral set up karo aur ek surviving term evaluate karo.)
Recall Solution
Bernoulli se surface pressure: jahan hai. Lift, pressure force ka upward () component hai; surface par outward normal hai, aur pressure andar dhakelta hai, toh span ke perpendicular -force hai expand karo. Jab se multiply karke se integrate karo:
- (constant , , aur terms ko khatam karta hai),
- ( term ko khatam karta hai),
- sirf bachta hai, cross term se. Yeh Kutta–Joukowski theorem scratch se kamaaya gaya hai — lift poori tarah vortex–stream cross term se aati hai, isliye hai.
L5.3
Air () par radius ke spinning cylinder par flow karti hai. Cylinder surface ki speed par spin karta hai, jo fix karta hai. aur lift per unit span compute karo.
Recall Solution
Recall Har answer ki ek-line summary
L2.1 · L2.2 top , front · L2.3 · L3.2 · L4.1 · L4.2 · L4.3 · L5.1 · L5.3 .
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