Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 586567, 40 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/586567
Research Article

Velocity Induced by a Plane Uniform Vortex Having the Schwarz Function of Its Boundary with Two Simple Poles

G. Riccardi and D. Durante

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Second University of Naples, Via Roma 29, Aversa, 81031 Caserta, Italy

Received 6 June 2008; Accepted 8 September 2008

Academic Editor: Bernard Geurts

Copyright © 2008 G. Riccardi and D. Durante. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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