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Family of curves that are instantaneously tangent to the velocity vector of the flow, showing direction in which a massless fluid element is travelling at any point in time

Streamline example on velocity vector field

Fig. 1. Streamlines (solid blue lines) and corresponding velocity vector (red arrows)
Fig. 2. Streamlines (dash grey), pathline (solid red) and streakline (solid blue)


See also


Streamlines @model ]

Streaklines ] [ Pathlines ]






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