Exercises — Vorticity — ω = ∇ × v, circulation Γ
2.2.29 · D4· Physics › Fluid Mechanics › Vorticity — ω = ∇ × v, circulation Γ
Shuru karne se pehle, ek shared toolbox — seedhe saral shabdon mein likha hua taaki kuch bhi assume na ho:
Neeche kai problems polar coordinates mein likhe hain, isliye aao pehle woh language build karte hain — bilkul zero se — kisi bhi symbol ke use se pehle:
Level 1 — Recognition
Goal: velocity field padho aur turant uski spin ka naam bolo.
L1.1
Ek flow hai — har particle ek hi straight line mein same speed se move karta hai (uniform flow). kya hai?
Recall Solution
KYA karte hain: spin-counter mein plug in karo. KYUN: definition sabse tezi se test karne ka tarika hai. Dono aur constants hain — woh position ke saath change nahi hote, isliye har partial derivative hai: Answer: . Ek uniform flow ek paddle-wheel ko saath le jaata hai lekin kabhi spin nahi karta — sense banta hai, kyunki kahin koi speed ka difference hi nahi hai jo use twist kare.
L1.2
Solid-body rotation ke liye ke saath, bina re-derive kiye bolo ( use karo).
Recall Solution
KYA: memorised relation apply karo. KYUN: parent note ne prove kiya ki is field ka curl exactly angular velocity ka double hai, isliye hum algebra skip karte hain. Answer: (har jagah constant — ek rigid spin mein har point par same vorticity hoti hai).
L1.3
In mein se kaun si vorticity sirf symbol dekh ke spot ki ja sakti hai: (a) , (b) ?
Recall Solution
(a) . Rotational. (b) . Irrotational (yeh ek pure stretch flow hai — fluid ko baahir spread karta hai, spin nahi karta). Answer: sirf (a) mein vorticity hai.
Level 2 — Application
Goal: actually ek partial derivative aur ek line integral compute karo.
L2.1
Shear flow ke liye line par compute karo, ke saath.
Recall Solution
KYA: ko ke respect mein differentiate karo. KYUN: sirf position par depend karta hai, aur sirf ke through, isliye wahi ek surviving term hai. par: . Answer: . Note karo ki vorticity ab ke saath vary karti hai — simple shear se alag, yeh "curved shear" fluid ko jitna door, utna zyaada spin karta hai.
L2.2
Ek free vortex mein hai jahan . Axis ke centre par kisi bhi circle ke around circulation nikaalo.
Recall Solution
KYA: radius ka circle walk karo; har point par flow speed entirely walking direction ke along hai (yeh swirling part hai, ki taraf pointing), isliye . KYUN likhte hain: jaise upar introduce kiya, circle par arc length radius times swept angle hoti hai. Answer: , har radius ke liye same — free vortex ki pehchaan. Saari swirl singular centre par chhipi hoti hai.
Neeche figure dekho: dashed circles teen alag radius ke teen loops hain; teal (inner) arrows lambe hain orange (outer) arrows se kyunki radius ke saath ghatta hai. Phir bhi bade loop par chhote arrows exactly lamba walk karne se compensate ho jaate hain, isliye walk-around total har dashed circle par identical aata hai — yahi picture hai " se independent" ke peeche. Purple star singular centre mark karta hai jahan saari spin chhipi hoti hai.

L2.3
Stokes' theorem use karke, L1.2 ki rigid rotation (, uniform) ke liye radius ke circle ke around nikaalo.
Recall Solution
KYA: disc par (constant) vorticity integrate karo. KYUN yahan Stokes use karein: vorticity uniform hai, isliye area integral bas times area hai — line integral se kaafi aasaan. Answer: .
Level 3 — Analysis
Goal: signs, cancellation, aur vorticity actually kahan hai — is par reason karo.
L3.1
Flow field hai (yeh ke saath Cartesian mein likha free vortex hai). Dikhao ki siwaaye origin ke har jagah, phir bhi origin ko enclose karne wale kisi bhi loop ke around hai.
Recall Solution
KYA (spin): spin-counter se field differentiate karo. KYUN hum differentiate karte hain: poora sawaal yeh hai ki yahan paddle-wheel spin karta hai ya nahi, aur vorticity — curl — wahi ek quantity hai jo iska pointwise jawab deti hai, isliye hume seedha compute karna hoga. Maano . Subtract karne par: ( ke liye). KYUN origin par fail karta hai: wahan hai, field blow up hoti hai, derivatives undefined hain — saari vorticity us ek point par ek spike mein chhipi hoti hai. KYA (circulation): polar form mein convert karo aur walk-around integral reuse karo. KYUN yahan polar par switch karte hain: loop ek circle hai, aur polar language mein swirling speed us circle ke along constant hai, jo ek messy Cartesian line integral ko L2.2 ke one-line result mein badal deta hai. ke saath, origin ke around kisi bhi loop ke liye . Paradox resolved: Stokes phir bhi hold karta hai — disc mein singular point hai, isliye "area" integral zero nahi hai; woh exactly worth ka concentrated spike pick up karta hai.
L3.2
Flow (ek clockwise rigid rotation). Unit circle par do tarike se compute karo — line integral aur Stokes — aur sign confirm karo.
Recall Solution
Line integral (counter-clockwise loop, standard positive direction). Parametrise karo , . Phir , isliye Stokes. . Area par: . ✓ Answer: . Minus sign honest hai: flow clockwise spin karta hai jabki humne counter-clockwise chalne ka choose kiya, isliye flow hamare chalne ka virodh karta hai — negative circulation.
L3.3
Do side-by-side shear zones: square ke left half par aur right half par . Poore square ke around kya hai? Kya flow andar irrotational hai?
Recall Solution
KYA: do flux contributions add karo. Har half ka area hai. Answer: , phir bhi flow irrotational nahi hai — vorticity lagbhag har jagah hai. Positives aur negatives sirf sum mein cancel ho jaate hain. Left par paddle-wheel ek taraf spin karta hai, right par doosri taraf; global loop yeh nahi dekh sakta.
Level 4 — Synthesis
Goal: circulation ko ek real physical law ke saath combine karo.
L4.1 (Kutta–Joukowski)
Ek aerofoil air mein () pe fly kar raha hai aur span ke per metre lift generate karta hai. use karke (dekho Lift and the Kutta–Joukowski Theorem), bound circulation nikaalo.
Recall Solution
KYA: lift law ko ke liye solve karo. KYUN yeh law: Kutta–Joukowski theorem kehta hai lift per unit span directly fluid density times flight speed times woh circulation hai jo wing apne around "bind" karta hai — circulation wing ka secret swirl hai. Answer: . Zyaada bound circulation wala wing same speed par zyaada lift karta hai.
L4.2 (Kelvin's theorem consequence)
Ek fluid element still air mein shuru hota hai ( ek material loop ke around). Wing achanak move karna shuru karta hai aur apne around bound circulation develop karta hai. Kelvin's Circulation Theorem se original material loop ki total circulation rehni chahiye. Shed hone wale "starting vortex" ko kitna circulation carry karna chahiye?
Recall Solution
KYA: circulation ka conservation. KYUN: Kelvin's theorem kehta hai ideal fluid ke liye ek loop ke around circulation jo fluid ke saath move karti hai, woh frozen hai — apni initial value se change nahi ho sakti. Agar loop ab wing ke bound vortex () aur shed starting vortex () dono ko enclose karta hai: Answer: — ek equal aur opposite vortex trailing edge se shed hota hai, jo exactly wahi hai jo wind-tunnel smoke dikhata hai.
Level 5 — Mastery
Goal: kaafi ideas ko stitching karte hue full open-ended derivation.
L5.1 (Rankine vortex)
Ek Rankine vortex ek real tornado core ko model karta hai: woh radius ke andar solid body ki tarah aur baahir free vortex ki tarah rotate karta hai. (a) Dono regions mein nikaalo. (b) Dono regions ke liye nikaalo. (c) Dikhao ki ke liye constant ho jaata hai aur woh constant batao. par numbers ke liye , use karo.
Recall Solution
(a) Vorticity. Purely swirling flow ke liye (sirf , ke saath) axial vorticity hai Yeh kahan se aata hai (KYUN, magic nahi): radius ke chhote circle par walk-around total lo; kyunki us par constant hai, . Stokes kehta hai disc ke through vorticity flux hai, isliye radius tak flux hai . Vorticity woh flux density hai: aur ke beech thin ring mein extra flux hai, aur ring ka area hai, isliye Yahi toolbox ka 2D curl hai, bas circular coordinates mein likha. Ab apply karo:
- Andar (): , isliye , jo deta hai . Ek uniform core spin — solid-body, exactly .
- Baahir (): (constant), isliye uska derivative hai, jo deta hai . Irrotational halo — free vortex ki tarah.
(b) Circulation.
- Andar: . (Equivalent roop se . ✓)
- Baahir: — cancel ho jaata hai.
(c) Baahir constant. , se independent. Boundary par continuity check karo: andar ka formula deta hai , jo baahir ki value se exactly match karta hai — dono pieces smoothly join hote hain. Conclusion: saari vorticity core ke andar bottled hai ( wahan, baahir ), isliye ke baad tumhe phir bhi full accumulated swirl feel hoti hai lekin koi local spin nahi — wahan ka paddle-wheel bas revolve karta hai, apne pin par turn nahi karta.
par numbers (baahir): , .

Recall Self-test checklist (sab khatam karne ke baad reveal karo)
Kya tum, bina notes ke: (1) 2D field se compute kar sakte ho, (2) arc length including circulation line integral kar sakte ho, (3) explain kar sakte ho kyun ≠ irrotational, (4) ko lift se relate kar sakte ho, aur (5) Rankine vortex ko rotational core + irrotational halo mein split kar sakte ho? Agar koi bhi shaky lage, toh uss level ko dobara dekho.
Connections
- Parent: Vorticity & Circulation
- Curl and Divergence (vector calculus)
- Stokes' Theorem
- Irrotational Flow and Velocity Potential
- Kelvin's Circulation Theorem
- Lift and the Kutta–Joukowski Theorem
- Angular Velocity of Rigid Bodies
- Bernoulli's Equation