Solution

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Use the convention , with . Then
Indeed , giving velocity components . The streamlines are the level sets of the stream function:
For these are rectangular hyperbolas, restricted to . The level consists of the vertical axis and the wall . Directly on the wall the normal velocity is , so it is a streamline. The arrows point down toward the wall and then away from the stagnation point along the wall.
Figure 1.
Streamlines and velocity directions above an impermeable wall
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