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Figure 1
NOTE:
We should emphasize that a fluid particle
entering an elemental volume in one
direction does not necessarily exit in the
same direction; by the same token, the
fluid particle leaving the elemental
volume
in
one
direction
did
not
necessarily enter it in the same direction.
Formation
characteristics,
(such
as
heterogeneity, permeability contrasts and the
force fields imposed by the conditions at the
boundaries) dictate the flow path once the
element enters the control volume. This is the
essence of flow multi-dimensionality.
Figure below illustrates the concept of onedimensional flow along the x-direction.
Although it is difficult to find real-world
examples of truly one-dimensional flow, many
types of analyses and systems do lend
themselves to description as one-dimensional.
This
precludes
flow
in
the
z-direction.
Figure 4
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Under
these
conditions,
the
normally
concentric
equipotential
contours
degenerate
into
confocal
ellipses.
Similarly,
the
streamlines
become
distorted into confocal hyperbolas.
Figure below depicts this flow structure.
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