
Chapter 8 
Stream 
Tube 
Theory 
General 
Considerations 
Stromlinie 
Stromfaden 
Stromrohre 
Fig: Stream Line, Stream Filament and Stream Pipe 
The preceding considerations on the derivation 
of 
the integral form 
of 
the basic equations can also be used advantageously to derive simplified equa-
tions applicable to so-called stream filaments and to put them to use for the 
solution 
of 
flow problems. Here one starts the considerations from flow lines 
that are introduced as lines 
of 
a flow area and which at a certain point in time 
possess/control the direction 
of 
the flow at each point 
of 
the flow field. One 
can imagine a stream filament built up from a bundle 
of 
such flow lines and 
one can make a subdivision 
of 
the entire flow field into a multitude 
of 
stream 
filaments.  Furthermore,  it is  possible to bundle stream filaments to obtain 
stream pipes. 
Here, attention has to be given to that considerations on properties 
of 
flows applied to stream filaments can only be employed advantageously when 
the stream quantities assigned to each  area 
of 
the stream filament can  be 
considered to be constant over the cross-section 
of 
the stream filament. This 
makes it occasionally necessary to choose the cross-sectional area 
of 
a stream 
filament su ciently small, so that for the considered problem the assumption 
of 
uniform state and flow quantities over the cross-sectional area 
of 
the stream 
filament can be fulfilled su ciently precisely.