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When a fluid velocity field v(x, t) is given, the streamlines at the time instant t 0 are found as trajectories of the system of ordinary differential equations
. In general, this is a nonlinear system, and qualitative (topological) information on the streamlines may be obtained using tools from the theory of nonlinear dynamics.
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Brøns, M. (1999). Streamline Topology of Axisymmetric Flows. In: Sørensen, J.N., Hopfinger, E.J., Aubry, N. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Simulation and Identification of Organized Structures in Flows. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4601-2_19
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