Doublet

A doublet is obtained when a source (Q, – a) and a sink (-Q, a) located symmetri­cally along the x-axis are merged at the origin following the limiting process

Fig. 2.5 Source: equipotental lines and streamlines

Подпись:Подпись: z Fig. 2.6 Doublet: equipotential lines and streamlines

The results for the velocity components are

Подпись: (2.22)– D cos в – D sin в

Vr = , Ve =

Подпись:r

Doublet Подпись: (2.23)

where D is the strength of the doublet, D = lima^o, qaQ The results for the potential and stream functions are

The equipotential lines and streamlines are circles, tangent at the origin to the z-axis for the former and to the x-axis for the latter. See Fig. 2.6.