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Laminar flow patterns



 
Velocity distribution for a fluid flow around a source.     Stream lines for a fluid flow around a source. Notice that places where the density of stream lines is small correspond to low average speed of the fluid molecules.


 
Velocity distribution for a fluid flow around a vortex.     Stream lines for a fluid flow around a vortex. Notice that places where the density of stream lines is small correspond to low average speed of the fluid molecules.




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