GATE XE (Engineering Sciences) 2026 - Question 29

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Section: Fluid Mechanics | Marks: 1

Which of the following statements about streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines is/are correct?

  • A. A streamline is a curve that is everywhere tangent to the instantaneous local velocity vector.
  • B. Two streamlines can intersect at a point in a flow.
  • C. A pathline is the locus of fluid particles passing sequentially through a particular point.
  • D. For steady flow, streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines are the same.

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