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Some geometrical properties of plane flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. G. Hansen
Affiliation:
Institute for Flud Dynamics and Applied MathematicsUniversity of MarylandCollege Park
M. H. Martin
Affiliation:
Institute for Flud Dynamics and Applied MathematicsUniversity of MarylandCollege Park

Extract

The geometrical configuration consisting of five straight lines tangent to the stream line (ψ = const.), isobar (p = const.), isocline (θ = const.), isovel (q = const.) and isopycnic (ρ = const.) at a point P of the physical plane in the plane flow of a fluid has a number of interesting properties. The study of this geometric configuration for a wide class of ideal fluids (which includes polytropic gases and incompressible fluids), in particular its properties at sonic points, is the purpose of this paper.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1951

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