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2103-Abj - Fluid Mechanics - Pathline, Streamline, Streakline
2103-Abj - Fluid Mechanics - Pathline, Streamline, Streakline
2103-Abj - Fluid Mechanics - Pathline, Streamline, Streakline
V ( xo , t t 4 ) V ( xo , t t 3 ) ...V ( xo , t ) .
Pathline: Each particle will travel along different pathline as shown in the figure below, A travels the furthest, etc. Streakline: On the other hand, the streakline that passes through the point xo at the current time t is shown as dashed pink line below. Pathline for particle E
Pathline for particle D t E D t- C t-2 Pathline for particle C Pathline for particle B Pathline for particle A B t-3 A t-4 Streakline that passes through the point xo at the current time t
V ( xo , t )
xo
Pathlines VS Streaklines VS Streamlines Now imagine the velocity field with a few velocity vectors represented by the grey arrows below at the current time t . Streamline: The streamline that passes through the point xo at the current time t is shown as grey line below.
y
V ( xo , t )
t E D t- C t-2
Pathline of particle A
B
xo
t-3 Streakline that passes through the point xo at the current time t
A t-4
As we can see, if the velocity field is not steady, the three lines are in general different.