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velocity profile

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velocity profile [və′läs·əd·ē ‚prō‚fīl]
(fluid mechanics)
A graph of the speed of a fluid flow as a function of distance perpendicular to the direction of flow.


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As you can see, the shear-rate and flow-front velocity peaks are lowered by about 70% using a "soft" velocity profile.
The velocity profile for fully developed capillary flow under slip conditions described by Eq.
A slight but distinct increase in the slope of the velocity profile was evident at the transition between phase I and phase II for all subjects.
 
 
 
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