Potential Flow

This MATLAB App provides a GUI to study the superposition of elementary potential flows.

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*This* is the 3rd MATLAB App in the Virtual Thermal/Fluid Lab series.
This MATLAB App allows you to:
1. Visualize elementary potential flows including:
a. Uniform flow
b. Source
c. Sink
d. Vortex
e. Doublet
2. Combine different potential flows to create:
a. Flow past a cylinder
b. Spiral vortex
c. Many more
3. Learn computation of velocity potential and stream function
4. Look at the GUI source code and see how it is created
Check out the webinar on virtual fluid mechanics and heat transfer labs with MATLAB:
http://www.mathworks.com/videos/teaching-fluid-mechanics-and-heat-transfer-with-interactive-matlab-apps-81962.html

Cite As

Ye Cheng (2026). Potential Flow (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/40763-potential-flow), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.3.0.1

Updated license

1.3.0.0

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Updated cover image

1.1.0.0

Updated.

1.0.0.0