
CONFORMAL
MAPPING
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Figure
6.48
Equiptentid Lines Between the
Two
Sheets
But this mapping function is analytic, and
so
its real and imaginary parts satisfy the
Cauchy-Riemann conditions. Consequently,
Equation
6.274
can be rearranged to give
(6.274)
(6.27
5)
The left side of Equation
6.275
is just the total differential of
v(x,y),
so
the field
lines are simply lines of constant
v(x,
y).
For this particular problem, the field lines
are given by
v(x,
y)
=
2xy
and are shown in Figure
6.49.
We could also interpret
this
solution as the laminar flow of a fluid, guided by the
surfaces
u
=
0
and
u
=
5.
In
this case, the lines of constant
u
would be the flow
lines, while the lines of constant
v
would be lines of constant pressure.
Any
conformal mapping function will generate solutions to Laplace’s equation.
One approach to solving Laplace’s equation in
various
geometries would be to gen-
erate a large table of mapping functions, with a corresponding list of boundary
geometries,
and
then, much like using an integral table, find the solution to any given
problem by looking it up. This is cumbersome, at best.
A
more direct way to anive at
the proper mapping function, given the boundary geometry, is presented in the next
section.