Question: Consider the planar velocity field vec ( U ) = ( f ( x , y ) , - B x y 3 ) with

Consider the planar velocity field
vec(U)=(f(x,y),-Bxy3)
with the constant B>0.
a) Determine the function f(x,y) such that the flow is incompressible. Choose the simplest
solution (integration constant equals zero).
b) Calculate the curl gradvec(U) of this velocity field.
c) Determine the region in the xy-plane where the curl rotvec(U)=0. What is the velocity vec(U)=0 in
this region?
d) Determine, up to an integration constant, the equation y=y(x) of the streamlines.
e) Determine the integration constants in the streamline equation for two streamlines, the first
passing through the point (1,4) and the second through the point (8,4).
f) Sketch qualitatively these two streamlines.
g) Calculate the velocity gradient tensor Lij.
h) Determine the acceleration vector for this velocity field.
i) In which regions of the flow is the shear deformation equal to zero?
j) How can the rotation tensor ij be exprescod for the regions where the shear deformation is
equal to zero?
Consider the planar velocity field vec ( U ) = (

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