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Improved scalar-vector potential formulations of 3-D compressible rotational flow

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It is shown, that the vector potential Ψ of the solenoidal part of a 3-D vector field can be simplified by a term-condensing method.

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  1. G. -L. Liu

    Present address: Laboratory of Turbomachinery Aerodynamics, Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering, 20093, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

  2. H. Stetter

    Present address: Institut für Thermische Strömungsmaschinen, Universität Stuttgart, Federal Republic of germany

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    Liu, G.L., Stetter, H. Improved scalar-vector potential formulations of 3-D compressible rotational flow. Acta Mechanica 92, 237–240 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01174179

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