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Exercise 8: Vorticity, Bernoulli and Stream ... - KTH Mechanics

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yFigure 1: <strong>Stream</strong>lines above a hill with h = 100m <strong>and</strong> U ∞ = 5m/s. A paraglider pilot with a sink of 1m/swill find lift in the area within the dotted line, while soaring along the hill.xThe stream function satisfies continuity:The flow is irrotational:u r = 1 r∂ψ∂θ ,u θ = − ∂ψ∂rω = ∇ × ū = 0 ⇒ ∂ψ∂r + ψr∂2 ∂r 2 + 1 ∂ 2 ψr ∂θ 2 = 0 (1)Introduce the ansatz ψ = f(r)sin θ into equation (1):f ′ sin θ + rf ′′ sinθ − 1 r f sin θ = 0⇒Make the ansatz f = r n :So we havef ′ + rf ′′ − 1 r f = 0nr n−1 + rn(n − 1)r n−2 − 1 r rn = 0n + n 2 − n − 1 = 0 ⇒ n = ±1ψ =(Ar + B )sin θr⇒We need two boundary conditions.1. Free stream:Ar sin θ = U ∞ r sin θ ⇒ A = U ∞2. <strong>Stream</strong>line on the hill surface:U ∞ h + B h = 0 ⇒ B = −U ∞h 2So we have:( )ψ = U ∞ r − h2sinθrNow we can calculate the velocity field above the hill:u r = 1 )∂ψr ∂θ = U ∞(1 − h2r 2 cos θu θ = − ∂ψ)∂r = −U ∞(1 + h2r 2 sin θ2

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