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Potential flow

In fluid dynamics, potential flow or irrotational flow refers to the idealised, frictionless flow of a fluid. Flows of two kinds are visualised in this way:

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Description and characteristics

Incompressible flow

Compressible flow

Applicability and limitations

Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flow

Examples of two-dimensional incompressible flows

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Potential flow

Nodes106
Edges105
Triples40
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018868
Components1

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Potential flow

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related to Applicability and limitations · 14
Potential flow → Alembert's, Another, For, In, Incompressible, John, More, Neumann, Nevertheless, Potential, Riabouchinsky, Richard Feynman, The, These
related to External links · 11
Potential flow → Conformal Maps Gallery, Engineering, Faculty, Flow Visualizations, Genoa, Interactive WebApps, Irrotational, Java, Retrieved, University, XplorMath
related to Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flow · 5
Potential flow → However, It, Potential, The, While
related to Steady flow · 3
Potential flow → Eulers, Potential, The
related to Unsteady flow · 1
Potential flow → The
see also · 1
Potential flow → Potential

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flow displaystyle potential velocity flows frac varphi equation field fluid psi nabla partial mathbf given also vorticity function boundary waves

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in flow past slender bodiesinstance ofWhen the flow is predominantly unidirectional with small deviations0.80text
the full equation can be further simplifiedinstance ofWhen the flow is predominantly unidirectional with small deviations0.80text
aircraft designinstance ofPotential flow finds many applications in fields0.80text
the natural logarithm may be usedinstance ofNote that multi-valued functions0.80text
but attention must be confined to a single Riemann surface.Power laws.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinnerinstance ofNote that multi-valued functions0.80text
Potential flowrelated to Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flowPotential0.60section
Potential flowrelated to Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flowHowever0.60section
Potential flowrelated to Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flowIt0.60section
Potential flowrelated to Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flowThe0.60section
Potential flowrelated to Analysis for two-dimensional incompressible flowWhile0.60section
Potential flowrelated to Applicability and limitationsPotential0.60section
Potential flowrelated to Applicability and limitationsRichard Feynman0.60section

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