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Past exam of the fluids and waves course of the University of Oxford 2017 1 b iii Solution by
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The streamlines are the level curves of the streamfunction, so is constant: radial rays directed outwards from the origin. Their arrows point outwards because . A complete straight line through the origin comprises two distinct rays separated by the excluded line source. Equivalently, and along each pathline; the steady flow makes these the same curves as the streamlines.
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