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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 1 17C c ii Solution by
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In steady flow, the Euler equations for an inviscid fluid and part (a) giveTaking the dot product with yields , because a cross product is perpendicular to its first factor. Part (b) therefore gives Bernoulli's quantity along streamlines:For rotational flow these constants can differ between streamlines, since need not vanish and therefore need not be zero. Special rotational flows can still have one global constant when that cross product vanishes; the general conclusion is only constancy along individual streamlines.
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