Stream Function -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Stream Function

A technique for solving incompressible two-dimensional flow problems. For incompressible flow,

(1)

so a vector potential A can be defined such that

(2)

Streamline, Vorticity




References

Tritton, D. J. "The Stream Function." §6.3 in Physical Fluid Dynamics, 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, pp. 80-81, 1988.



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