Steady Euler flow with vorticity proportional to its stream function

ID: steady-euler-flow-with-vorticity-proportional-to-its-stream-function

For a smooth planar incompressible flow, use , , so its scalar vorticity is . If for a constant , the flow solves the steady constant-density Euler equations with a suitable pressure.
Indeed the vector identity for the convective acceleration gives
Therefore the pressure can be chosen so that the Bernoulli function satisfies . Its gradient is , exactly the steady momentum equation. It is constant along each streamline, since the stream function is constant there.
For example satisfies . Its pressure is . Thus a rotational flow can have an explicit pressure and a streamline-dependent Bernoulli constant.

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