OCEN 678

Fluid Dynamics for Ocean and Environmental Engineering

Two-Dimensional Potential Flow and the Stream Function

Learning Objectives:
1. Write and explain the fundamental equations of potential flow theory 2. List and explain the assumptions behind the classical equations of fluid dynamics

Topics/Outline:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduce the velocity potential and the stream function Derive the governing equations for 2D and axi-symmetric potential flow Solve 2D potential flow equations Introduce some complex algebra Example of a uniform 2D current

Reading:
Currie, I.G. (2003). Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, third edition. Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York. QA901 .C8 2003 Sections 4.1-4.3 Kundu, P.K. and Cohen, I.M. (2008). Fluid Mechanics, fourth edition. Academic Press: New York. QA901 .K86 2008, previous edition as electronic resource: QA901 .K86 2002eb Section 6.1-6.4

S. Socolofsky