Consider the non lifting flow over a circular cylinder of a given radius, where free stream velocity is {V_\infty }. Explain if there is any change in the shape of streamlines.
Consider the non lifting flow over a circular cylinder of a given radius, where free stream velocity is {V_\infty }.If {V_\infty } is doubled,explain if there is any change in the shape of the stream lines.
{V_r} = \frac{1}{r}\frac{{\partial \psi }}{{\partial \theta }} = \left( {{V_\infty }\cos \theta } \right)\left( {1 – \frac{{{R^2}}}{{{r^2}}}} \right) and {V_\theta } = – \frac{{\partial \psi }}{{\partial r}} = – \left( {1 + \frac{{{R^2}}}{{{r^2}}}} \right){V_\infty }\sin \theta therefore, \frac{{{V_r}}}{{{V_\infty }}} = \left( {1 – \frac{{{R^2}}}{{{r^2}}}} \right)\cos \theta \frac{{{V_\theta }}}{{{V_\infty }}} = – \left( {1 + \frac{{{R^2}}}{{{r^2}}}} \right)\sin \theta So, at any given point \left( {r,\theta } \right), {V_r} and {{V_\theta }} are both directly proportional to{{V_\infty }}.Therefore, the direction of the resultant,\mathop V\limits^ \to is the same, for any value of {{V_\infty }}.This infers that the shape of the streamlines remains the same.