Potential flow. In the case of an incompressible flow the velocity potential satisfies Laplace's equation, and potential theory is applicable.
However, potential flows also have been used to describe compressible flows. The potential flow approach occurs in the modeling of both stationary as well as nonstationary flows. Applications of potential flow are for instance: the outer flow field for aerofoils, water waves, electroosmotic flow, and groundwater flow. For flows (or parts thereof) with strong vorticity effects, the potential flow approximation is not applicable. Characteristics and applications[edit] Visualizing complex analytic functions using domain coloring. Hans Lundmark Department of Mathematics Linköping University, Sweden halun@mai.liu.se May 2004 Important note: Do the math symbols in the text below look strange?
