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Kelvin's circulation theorem

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2.2.30 · Physics › Fluid Mechanics


Circulation kya hai?

YEH swirl kyun measure karta hai: tab bada aur positive hota hai jab flow loop ke saath us direction mein chalti hai jis direction mein hum traverse kar rahe hain. Use loop ke around sum karne se pata chalta hai ki fluid kitna poori tarah enclosed area ke around rotate karne ki tendency rakhta hai.


Theorem


Scratch se Derivation

Hum chahte hain . Ek material loop do reasons se change hoti hai: har point par velocity change hoti hai, aur line element flow ke saath stretch/rotate hota hai.

Step 1 — Loop integral ko differentiate karo. Yeh step kyun? Material derivative ke under product rule — integrand vector aur loop ki geometry dono evolve hoti hain.

Step 2 — Stretching term ko handle karo. Ek material line element neighbouring particles ke position vectors ka difference hota hai, isliye yeh velocity gradient ke saath convect hota hai: Kyun? Agar do particles aur par hain, toh unke separation ki rate of change unki velocities ka difference hai, . Isliye: Zero kyun? Yeh ek closed loop ke around ek perfect differential ka integral hai — shuru aur end same point par hote hain.

Step 3 — Baaki term ke liye Euler equation use karo. Ek inviscid fluid ke liye: Toh

Step 4 — Potential term ko khatam karo. (perfect differential, closed loop). Kyun? Conservative forces ek loop ke around zero net work karti hain.

Step 5 — Barotropicity use karke pressure term ko khatam karo. Agar hai, toh pressure function define karo. Tab , toh Barotropic kyun matter karta hai: sirf tab jab akele par depend kare, ko pure gradient ke roop mein likha ja sakta hai; warna integral zero nahi ho sakta (yahi baroclinic generation of vorticity hai).

Sab kuch milake:

Figure — Kelvin's circulation theorem

Worked Examples


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Flashcards

Kelvin's theorem statement
Ek inviscid, barotropic flow mein conservative body forces ke saath ek material loop ke liye, circulation constant hai: .
Three assumptions of Kelvin's theorem
(1) inviscid, (2) conservative body force, (3) barotropic ().
Why does
Yeh hai, ek closed loop ke around ek perfect differential ka integral = 0.
What replaces in barotropic flow
Ek pure gradient jahan , toh iska loop integral vanish ho jaata hai.
What kills the body-force term
Conservative force ; .
Circulation in terms of vorticity
(Stokes' theorem).
What breaks Kelvin's theorem
Viscosity (vorticity diffusion) ya baroclinicity ().
Physical analogue of Kelvin's theorem
Conservation of angular momentum; vortex stretching = skater ka arms khinchna.
Connection to aerofoil lift
Total conserved rehta hai, toh ka ek starting vortex shed hota hai, jisse lift possible hoti hai.
If and area halves, new vorticity
Double ho jaati hai, kyunki conserved hone ka matlab hai .

Recall Feynman: ek 12-saal ke bacche ko explain karo

Socho ke tumne ek swirling nadiyan ki surface par ek circle draw kiya jisme line par floating pattiyaan hain. Jab nadi pattiyaanon ko ghumaakar le jaati hai, circle stretch hokar ek weird shape mein badal jaata hai. Kelvin ka rule kehta hai: tumhari pattiyaanon ki loop ke andar trapped total spinning-ness bilkul same rehti hai, jab tak paani smooth ho (koi stickiness nahi) aur nicely behave kare. Agar tumhari loop squeeze hokar choti ho jaati hai, andar ka paani tezi se ghoomta hai total spin same rakhne ke liye — bilkul waisi hi tarah jaise ek spinning skater apni arms khinchne par tez ho jaati hai.


Connections

  • Vorticity and the vorticity equation — differential form mein Kelvin's theorem
  • Euler equation for ideal fluids — Step 3 ka engine
  • Stokes' theorem — circulation ko vorticity flux se link karta hai
  • Bernoulli's principle — dono barotropic + conservative assumptions par rely karte hain
  • Kutta–Joukowski lift theorem — lift ke liye conserved circulation use karta hai
  • Baroclinic vorticity generation — jab barotropicity fail ho tab kya hota hai
  • Helmholtz vortex theorems — vortex lines fluid ke saath move karti hain (corollary)

Concept Map

line integral around C

Stokes theorem

carries the loop

material derivative

integral of d half u squared = 0

substitute Du/Dt

barotropic + conservative

closed loop integral = 0

fluid analog

Velocity field u

Circulation Gamma

Vorticity omega

Material loop C of t

Euler equation inviscid

Inviscid, barotropic, conservative forces

Stretch term = perfect differential

Pressure + potential term

Kelvin theorem DGamma/Dt = 0

Conservation of angular momentum