Pick out the wrong statement about a streamline ?

Correct answer: A. It is always parallel to the main direction of the fluid flow

  • A. It is always parallel to the main direction of the fluid flow
  • B. It is a line across which there is no flow and it is equivalent to a rigid boundary
  • C. Streamlines intersect at isolated point of zero velocity and infinite velocity
  • D. The fluid lying between any two streamlines can be considered to be in isolation and the
  • E. streamline spacing varies inversely as the velocity

Explanation

A streamline is tangent to the local fluid velocity, not necessarily parallel to one fixed overall or main flow direction, so statement A is the wrong one. Streamline spacing decreases where velocity increases, and streamlines may meet at special zero- or infinite-velocity points.

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