Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
In the first part of the paper a slow two-dimensional motion of viscous fluid is considered which approximates to a motion of uniform shear past an infinite fixed plane, and differs from this motion because there is a gap in the plane (Fig. 1). A simple expression in finite terms is found for the stream function.
* The area in the z-plane can accordingly be represented on a circle in the ζ-plane by a rational function of ζ. A method for the solution of the biharmonic equation in such a case has been developed by Muschelišvili, N., Z. angew. Math. 13 (1933), 264–82CrossRefGoogle Scholar, but with the particular rational function that occurs here a simpler alternative is available. It may also be noted that if the area is bounded by two intersecting circular arcs the Green's function has been found by Dixon, A. C., Proc. London Math. Soc. (2), 19 (1920), 373–86Google Scholar; we consider here a particular case of such an area, but it was not found convenient to use the Green's function, which is not in finite terms.
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* The negative direction is taken because − ∂ψ/∂y, ∂ψ/∂x are the x, y components of velocity if (20) is taken as the equation for the stream function.