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Various Methods of Drawing Flow Nets

  1.       Hydraulic models: a.        Streamlines can be traced by injecting a dye in a seepage model or Heleshaw apparatus. b.       They by drawing equipotential lines the flow net is completed. 2.       Analytical Method: a.        It is only applied to problems with simple and ideal boundaries conditions. b.       The equation corresponding curve Ç¿ and Ñ° are first obtained and the same are plotted to give the flow net pattern for the flow of fluid between the given boundary shape. 3.       Electrical Analogy Method: This method based on the fact that the flow of fluids and flow of electricity through a conductor are analogus. These two systems are similar in the respect that electric potential is analogus to the velocity potential. The electric current is analogus to the velocity of flow and the homogeneous conductor is analogus to the homogeneous fluid. This method only for a practical method of drawing a flow net for a particular set of boundaries.