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Modeling Tools for Environmental Engineers and Scientists

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SolutionThe potential function <strong>for</strong> the combined flow field is found by superposition: = –ux +R2 x Q – x2 y 2 2 π ln [x 2 y2 ]The contours of constant velocity potentials can be readily constructed withMathematica ® as shown in Figure 6.4. The plot shows that the stagnationpoint is upstream of the pond, implying that water is exiting the upstreamboundary of the pond. This can be verified analytically by determining thevelocity u at (–R,0) <strong>and</strong> checking if it is less than zero:u (–R,0) = – ∂ ∂x u 1 – 2R 2R 2 2x(–R,0) x2 y 2 (x2 y2 ) Qx 2 2π(x 2 y 2 ) (–R,0)The above reduces to:u (–R,0) = 2u – 2QπR Figure 6.4 Contours of potential function at q = 300.© 2002 by CRC Press LLC

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