Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Path line and Stream line

Distinguish between stream line and path line
1. A stream line is an imaginary line drawn in a flow field such that a tangent drawn at any point on this line represents the direction of the velocity vector. Path line is the line traced by a single fluid particle as it moves over a period of time.

2. Stream line shows the direction of velocity of a number of fluid particles at the same instant of time. Path line shows the direction of velocity of the same fluid particle at successive instants of time.

Can the path line and a streamline cross each other at right angles?
A fluid particle always moves tangent to the streamline. In steady flow, the path lines and streamlines are identical. In unsteady flow, a fluid particle follows one stream line at one instant and another at the next instant and so on, so that the path line have no resemblance to any given instantaneous streamline.

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