
Polubarinova-Kochina's solution for the simple dam 
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the coordinates and the velocity potential and stream functions, 
q, 
and 
"'. 
Along each boundary, therefore, the two conditions to 
be 
satisfied can be 
written 
where 
the 
coefficients are constants. More conveniently we write 
Im(kz+f{)=p, 
Im(mz + 
n{) 
== 
q, 
(7.38) 
where 
k, 
f, 
m, 
n are complex, 
p, 
q are real numbers. 
"When 
the boundaries 
of the flow  region  are mapped on to the real axis  of  the 
~-plane, 
the 
corresponding values of 
~ 
are real. 
On 
introducing the functions 
F==d{/d~, 
Z=dz/d~, 
we obtain by differentiating in (7.38) 
Im(kZ 
+ fF) = 0, 
lm(mZ 
+ nF) = 0.  (7.39) 
We now seek to find  two  functions 
F,  Z  of 
the 
complex variable 
~ 
which  satisfy conditions  of type (7.39)  on segments of 
the 
real 
~-axis. 
Figure 7.12e shows  two  neighbouring  segments 
MIM2 
and 
M2M3 
with 
the 
two  conditions displayed for each segment. 
In 
order to examine the 
behaviour of 
F and Z  when a singular point, say M
2
, 
is 
contoured we use 
the 
standard result that for a function 
f(z) 
which 
is 
analytic in a region of 
the 
upper half-plane adjacent 
to 
the real axis  and continuous 
up 
to a 
segment along which 
1m 
{f(z)} 
= 0, the analytic continuation in the lower 
half-plane is  such that in conjugate points 
the 
function takes conjugate 
values. 
To 
apply  this  result  to  the  linear  combinations  of  F  and  Z 
associated with MIM2  (Fig. 7. 12e), a  cut 
is 
made along segment 
M2M3 
and 
the points 
on 
the 
upper and lower sides of the cut are denoted by M' 
and 
M". 
The values of F and Z  at point 
M' 
after contouring the singular 
point 
M2 
are written as 
F* 
and 
Z*. 
Thus we have 
klZ*+flF*=klZ+llF. 
mlZ*+nlF*=fiilZ+;itF. 
(7.40) 
With regard to 
the 
segment 
M2M3 
the conditions can 
be 
rewritten 
(7.41) 
After some manipulation to eliminate 
F and Z from (7.40) and (7.41) we 
can write 
Z*, 
F* 
in 
the 
form 
(7.42) 
where 
(310 
(32, 
'Ylo 
'Y2 
are  constants  involving  the 
klo 
flo  etc.  in  a 
complicated way,  i.e. 
F  and Z  undergo  a  linear  transformation  when 
contouring a singular point. We can interpret (7.42) to mean that 
F and Z