General Studies · Fluid Mechanics
The velocity components of a 2D flow are given by u = x + y and v = x - y. Is this flow physically possible for an incompressible fluid?
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- 1Possible only if the flow is entirely irrotational.
- 2Possible only if the fluid viscosity is zero.
- 3No, because it violates the continuity equation.
- 4Yes, because it satisfies the continuity equation.✓
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Yes, because it satisfies the continuity equation.
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