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'Potential Flow, also know as Incompressible Flow or Irrotational Flow in Fluid mechanics is flow defined by the equations
&grad; ✗ v = 0 (zero rotation = no shear)
&grad; ˙ v = 0 (zero divergence = continuity)
Equivalently,
v = &grad; Φ
v vector fluid velocity Φ fluid flow potential, scalar
Together with the Navier-Stokes equations, these equations can be used to calculate solutions to many practical flow situations.
See also