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    Due next week Wednesday (lecture period)

    1. Derive the equation of continuity for two dimensional flow in polar coordinates by
    equating the net efflux from a small polar element to zero.
    2. From the continuity equation in polar coordinates, derive the Laplace equation in the
    same coordinate system.
     
    3. For q  ix  y   j  y  z   k x 2  y 2  z 2 find the components of rotation at (2, 2, 2).
    4. For the stoke’s stream function   9r 2 sin 2  find velocity potential  in Cartesian
    coordinates.
    5. Does the function   x 2 y 2 represent a flow field?
    EXERCISES
    1. Show that a source or sink flow is irrotational
    2. Determine the velocity potential for the flow fields with velocity components
    u  2x  y  and v  2x  y 
    3. Calculate the circulation around a rectangle of side 4m by 6m if u  xy and v  x  y
    when the origin is at the lower left corner.
    4. Show that vorticity is not conserved in a flow in which the velocity components are
    u  ax 2 yz  by 2  cz 2 , v  x 2  yz  cz 2 and w  axyz
    5. Define a 2– D doublet and derive the equation for its stream function from first
    principles
    1 1
    6. The velocity components for a flow field are u  and v  show that the flow
    x y x y
    satisfies continuity and obtain an expression for the stream function.
    7. Is it possible to represent a steady incompressible flow with the velocity vector
        
    V  i x 2  xy  z  j x  y 3  yz  k  xz  y  z 2 
    8. Given that U and V satisfy the continuity equation if U  2 xy  4 x 2 y 2  x 3  8x deduce
    the expression for V .
    9. Determine the Z – component of the velocity vector for an incompressible flow if u  2
    x
    and v  and w  0 at the origin of flow.
    y
    10. A steady incompressible flow over a plane is described by the velocity components Vr
    and V Determine Vr if V  r sin 
    11. The velocity vector for a particle describing a 3- D motion is
         
    V  i x 2 y  j y 2 x  z   k yz 2 Calculate the acceleration at a point P1,2,1
    12. The x  component of velocity is u  x 2  z 3  5 and the y  component is v  y 2  z 2
    Find the simplest z  component that satisfies continuity.
    13. A velocity potential in 2  D flow is   y  x 2  y 2 . Find the stream function for the
    flow.
    14. The 2  D stream function for a flow is   9  6 x  4 y  7 xy , find the velocity potential.
    The stream for in an incompressible flow is given by   x 2  2 y 2 . Calculate the
    circulation around a closed path joined by straight lines in sequence between the points
    (-1, 0), (1, 0), (1, 1) and (-1, 1).

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