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  2. Inviscid flow - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, inviscid flow is the flow of an inviscid fluid which is a fluid with zero viscosity. [1] The Reynolds number of inviscid flow approaches infinity as the viscosity approaches zero. When viscous forces are neglected, such as the case of inviscid flow, the Navier–Stokes equation can be simplified to a form known as the Euler ...

  3. Potential flow around a circular cylinder - Wikipedia

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    Unlike an ideal inviscid fluid, a viscous flow past a cylinder, no matter how small the viscosity, will acquire a thin boundary layer adjacent to the surface of the cylinder. Boundary layer separation will occur, and a trailing wake will exist in the flow behind the cylinder. The pressure at each point on the wake side of the cylinder will be ...

  4. Kelvin's circulation theorem - Wikipedia

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    In fluid mechanics, Kelvin's circulation theorem states: [1] [2] In a barotropic, ideal fluid with conservative body forces, the circulation around a closed curve (which encloses the same fluid elements) moving with the fluid remains constant with time. The theorem is named after William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin who published it in 1869.

  5. Dimensionless numbers in fluid mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Dimensionless numbers (or characteristic numbers) have an important role in analyzing the behavior of fluids and their flow as well as in other transport phenomena. [1] They include the Reynolds and the Mach numbers, which describe as ratios the relative magnitude of fluid and physical system characteristics, such as density, viscosity, speed of sound, and flow speed.

  6. Hamiltonian fluid mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Take the simple example of a barotropic, inviscid vorticity-free fluid.. Then, the conjugate fields are the mass density field ρ and the velocity potential φ.The Poisson bracket is given by

  7. Kutta condition - Wikipedia

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    A body with a sharp trailing edge which is moving through a fluid will create about itself a circulation of sufficient strength to hold the rear stagnation point at the trailing edge. In fluid flow around a body with a sharp corner, the Kutta condition refers to the flow pattern in which fluid approaches the corner from above and below, meets ...

  8. Vorticity equation - Wikipedia

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    Then, even for an adiabatic, chemically-homogenous fluid, the density can vary when the pressure changes, e.g. with Bernoulli. For inviscid fluids, the viscosity tensor τ is zero. Thus for an inviscid, barotropic fluid with conservative body forces, the vorticity equation simplifies to

  9. Flow separation - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, flow separation or boundary layer separation is the detachment of a boundary layer from a surface into a wake. [1] A boundary layer exists whenever there is relative movement between a fluid and a solid surface with viscous forces present in the layer of fluid close to the surface. The flow can be externally, around a body ...