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Potential flow

About: Potential flow is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9788 publications have been published within this topic receiving 200626 citations.


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01 Jan 1959
TL;DR: This book discusses the development of Uniform Flow and its applications, as well as the theory and analysis of open channel flow, and the design of channels for Uniform Flow.
Abstract: Chapter 1: Basic PrinciplesChapter 2: Open-Channel Flow and its ClassificationsChapter 3: Open Channels and Their PropertiesChapter 4: Energy and Momentum PrinciplesChapter 5: Critical Flow: Its Computation and ApplicationsChapter 6: Uniform FlowChapter 7: Development of Uniform Flow and Its FormulasChapter 8: Computation of Uniform FlowChapter 9: Design of Channels for Uniform FlowChapter 10: Theoretical Concepts of Boundary LayerChapter 11: Surface RoughnessChapter 12: Velocity Distribution and Instability of Uniform FlowChapter 13: Gradually Varied FlowChapter 14: Theory and AnalysisChapter 15: Methods of ComputationChapter 16: Practical ProblemsChapter 17: Spatially Varied FlowChapter 18: Rapidly Varied FlowChapter 19: Flow Over SpillwaysChapter 20: Hydraulic Jump and its Use as Energy DissipatorChapter 21: Flow in Channels of Non-Linear AlignmentChapter 22: Flow Through Nonprismatic Channel SectionsChapter 23: Unsteady FlowChapter 24: Gradually Varied Unsteady FlowChapter 25: Rapidly Varied Unsteady Flow Flood RoutingAppendices

5,013 citations

Book
01 Feb 1986
TL;DR: In this article, Navier-Stokes et al. discuss the fundamental principles of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow over airfoils and their application in nonlinear Supersonic Flow.
Abstract: TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface to the Fifth Edition Part 1: Fundamental Principles 1. Aerodynamics: Some Introductory Thoughts 2. Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations Part 2: Inviscid, Incompressible Flow 3. Fundamentals of Inviscid, Incompressible Flow 4. Incompressible Flow Over Airfoils 5. Incompressible Flow Over Finite Wings 6. Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flow Part 3: Inviscid, Compressible Flow 7. Compressible Flow: Some Preliminary Aspects 8. Normal Shock Waves and Related Topics 9. Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves 10. Compressible Flow Through Nozzles, Diffusers and Wind Tunnels 11. Subsonic Compressible Flow Over Airfoils: Linear Theory 12. Linearized Supersonic Flow 13. Introduction to Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Supersonic Flow 14. Elements of Hypersonic Flow Part 4: Viscous Flow 15. Introduction to the Fundamental Principles and Equations of Viscous Flow 16. A Special Case: Couette Flow 17. Introduction to Boundary Layers 18. Laminar Boundary Layers 19. Turbulent Boundary Layers 20. Navier-Stokes Solutions: Some Examples Appendix A: Isentropic Flow Properties Appendix B: Normal Shock Properties Appendix C: Prandtl-Meyer Function and Mach Angle Appendix D: Standard Atmosphere Bibliography Index

3,113 citations

Book
12 Feb 2001
TL;DR: In this article, the basic principles of specific energy, momentum, uniform flow, and uniform flow in alluvial channels are discussed, as well as simplified methods of flow routing.
Abstract: Chapter 1 Basic Principles Chapter 2 Specific Energy Chapter 3 Momentum Chapter 4 Uniform Flow Chapter 5 Gradually Varied Flow Chapter 6 Hydraulic Structures Chapter 7 Governing Equations of Unsteady Flow Chapter 8 Numerical Solution of the Unsteady Flow Equations Chapter 9 Simplified Methods of Flow Routing Chapter 10 Flow in Alluvial Channels

2,397 citations

02 May 1934
TL;DR: In this paper, the Kutta condition was used to analyze the aerodynamic forces on an oscillating airfoil or an air-foil-aileron combination of three independent degrees of freedom.
Abstract: The aerodynamic forces on an oscillating airfoil or airfoil-aileron combination of three independent degrees of freedom were determined. The problem resolves itself into the solution of certain definite integrals, which were identified as Bessel functions of the first and second kind, and of zero and first order. The theory, based on potential flow and the Kutta condition, is fundamentally equivalent to the conventional wing section theory relating to the steady case. The air forces being known, the mechanism of aerodynamic instability was analyzed. An exact solution, involving potential flow and the adoption of the Kutta condition, was derived. The solution is of a simple form and is expressed by means of an auxiliary parameter k. The flutter velocity, treated as the unknown quantity, was determined as a function of a certain ratio of the frequencies in the separate degrees of freedom for any magnitudes and combinations of the airfoil-aileron parameters.

2,153 citations

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Hassan Aref1
TL;DR: In this paper, it is shown that the deciding factor for integrable or chaotic particle motion is the nature of the motion of the agitator, which is a very simple model which provides an idealization of a stirred tank.
Abstract: In the Lagrangian representation, the problem of advection of a passive marker particle by a prescribed flow defines a dynamical system. For two-dimensional incompressible flow this system is Hamiltonian and has just one degree of freedom. For unsteady flow the system is non-autonomous and one must in general expect to observe chaotic particle motion. These ideas are developed and subsequently corroborated through the study of a very simple model which provides an idealization of a stirred tank. In the model the fluid is assumed incompressible and inviscid and its motion wholly two-dimensional. The agitator is modelled as a point vortex, which, together with its image(s) in the bounding contour, provides a source of unsteady potential flow. The motion of a particle in this model device is computed numerically. It is shown that the deciding factor for integrable or chaotic particle motion is the nature of the motion of the agitator. With the agitator held at a fixed position, integrable marker motion ensues, and the model device does not stir very efficiently. If, on the other hand, the agitator is moved in such a way that the potential flow is unsteady, chaotic marker motion can be produced. This leads to efficient stirring. A certain case of the general model, for which the differential equations can be integrated for a finite time to produce an explicitly given, invertible, area-preserving mapping, is used for the calculations. The paper contains discussion of several issues that put this regime of chaotic advection in perspective relative to both the subject of turbulent advection and to recent work on critical points in the advection patterns of steady laminar flows. Extensions of the model, and the notion of chaotic advection, to more realistic flow situations are commented upon.

1,730 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202314
202254
2021195
2020231
2019221
2018223