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A streamline is defined as a continuous line within the fluid of which the tangent at any point is in the direction of the velocity at that point. Its relationship to the velocity field is thus analogous to the relationship of a line of force to an electric field. Patterns of streamlines are useful (particularly in two-dimensional flow) in providing a pictorial representation of a flow.
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Tritton, D.J. (1977). Further Basic Ideas. In: Physical Fluid Dynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9992-3_6
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