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Which of the following diagrams (Fig. 10.2) does not represent a streamline flow?

The following diagram does not represent a streamline flow.



A streamline can be straight or curved and tangent at which gives the direction of the flow.


As two streamlines cannot cross each other, the given diagram does not represent a streamline.

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