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In mathematics, potential flow around a circular cylinder is a classical solution for the flow of an inviscid, incompressible fluid around a cylinder that is transverse to the flow. Far from the cylinder, the flow is unidirectional and uniform. The flow has no vorticity and thus the velocity field is irrotational and can be modeled as a potential flow. Unlike a real fluid, this solution indicates a net zero drag on the body, a result known as d'Alembert's paradox. "The flow of an incompressible fluid past a cylinder is one of the first mathematical models that a student of fluid dynamics encounters. This flow is an excellent vehicle for the study of concepts that will be encountered numerous times in mathematical physics, such as vector fields, coordinate transformations, and most important, the physical interpretation of mathematical results." 〔http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Articles/2731/〕 == Mathematical solution == A cylinder (or disk) of radius is placed in two-dimensional, incompressible, inviscid flow. The goal is to find the steady velocity vector and pressure in a plane, subject to the condition that far from the cylinder the velocity vector is : where is a constant, and at the boundary of the cylinder : where is the vector normal to the cylinder surface. The upstream flow is uniform and has no vorticity. The flow is inviscid, incompressible and has constant mass density . The flow therefore remains without vorticity, or is said to be ''irrotational'', with everywhere. Being irrotational, there must exist a velocity potential : : Being incompressible, , so must satisfy Laplace's equation: : The solution for is obtained most easily in polar coordinates and , related to conventional Cartesian coordinates by and . In polar coordinates, Laplace's equation is: : The solution that satisfies the boundary conditions is〔William S. Janna, ''Introduction to Fluid Mechanics'', PWS Publishing Company, Boston (1993)〕 : The velocity components in polar coordinates are obtained from the components of in polar coordinates: : and : Being invisicid and irrotational, Bernoulli's equation allows the solution for pressure field to be obtained directly from the velocity field: : where the constants and appear so that far from the cylinder, where . Using : : In the figures, the colorized field referred to as "pressure" is a plot of : On the surface of the cylinder, or , pressure varies from a maximum of 1 (red color) at the stagnation points at and to a minimum of -3 (purple) on the sides of the cylinder, at and Likewise, varies from V=0 at the stagnation points to on the sides, in the low pressure. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potential flow around a circular cylinder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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