Engineering Sciences
GATE XE concept:potential-flows PYQs
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Question 33
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For a potential flow, the fluid velocity is given by
. The slope of the potential line at
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Which one of the following figures represents potential flow past a circular cylinder with clockwise rotation of the cylinder?
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In a two-dimensional potential flow, a point source is located at the origin (
) as shown in the figure. The strength of the point source is 2 cm²/s. A uniform flow with velocity 1 cm/s is approaching towards the point source at an angle of 30° from the horizontal axis. What is the distance (cm) of the stagnation point in the flow field from the point source?
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