"""Oxford A10 (2017), question 1(b): outward radial streamlines. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. Dependencies are declared in the repository root pyproject.toml. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(5.0, 5.0), facecolor="white") for theta in np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 16, endpoint=False): direction = np.array([np.cos(theta), np.sin(theta)]) ax.plot(*(direction[:, None] * np.array([0.08, 1.48])), color="#176b93", lw=1.5) ax.annotate("", xy=direction * 1.05, xytext=direction * 0.77, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#176b93", "lw": 1.6}) ax.add_patch(plt.Circle((0, 0), 0.58, fill=False, ls="--", lw=1, color="0.5")) ax.plot(0, 0, "o", color="#b4591c", ms=6) ax.text(0.08, 0.06, r"$Q>0$", color="#b4591c", fontsize=12) ax.text(-1.47, -1.43, r"$\theta=\mathrm{constant},\quad u_r=Q/(2\pi r)$", fontsize=12) ax.set(xlim=(-1.6, 1.6), ylim=(-1.6, 1.6), xlabel="$x$", ylabel="$y$", title="Outward rays from a line source", aspect="equal") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) fig.tight_layout() output = Path.cwd() fig.savefig(output / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=150, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()