hodograph method
hodograph method
[′häd·ə‚graf ‚meth·əd] (fluid mechanics)
A method for studying two-dimensional steady fluid flow in which the independent variables are taken as the components of the velocity with respect to cartesian or polar coordinates, rather than the coordinates themselves.
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