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May 3, 2012, 12:02	Potential Vortex flow	#1
thegodfather New Member Aniket Sachdeva Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 14	In potential flow theory we assume that flow is irrotational. And according to Kelvin's Theorem, if circulation is zero, the vorticity is also zero. But for 2 D vortex flow, circulation is non zero... That means vorticity is also not zero... Does this not violate potential flow assumption of irrotationality?

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