Find boundary conditions for the streamfunction for transverse
ideal flow around a circular cylinder. The velocity far away from
the cylinder is
and the radius of the cylinder is .
Following similar lines as in class, but watching the new
boundary conditions, solve the equation for the streamfunction
around the circular cylinder. Before continuing, check your results
for the radial and tangential velocity components at the surface of
the cylinder against the one from the velocity potential solution
obtained in class. Is the velocity at the top and bottom points
? Are the stagnation points correct?
Find the pressure on the surface of the cylinder.
Integrate the pressure forces over the surface of the cylinder
to get the net force on the cylinder.
Now add to the above velocity field the velocity field of an
ideal vortex,
Check whether the correct flow boundary conditions are still
satisfied at the surface of the cylinder and far from the cylinder.
Integrate the pressure again, and compare the forces to
D’Alembert and Kutta-Joukowski.