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The path taken by the smoke coming out of a chimney (in concentric circles) represents a

(a) pathline

(b) streamline

(c) streakline

(d) streamtube

I have been asked this question in an internship interview.

The question is from Types of Flow Lines topic in division Kinematics of Flow and Ideal Flow of Fluid Mechanics

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The correct option is (c) streakline

The explanation is: A pathline is the path followed by a particle in motion whereas a streamline is an imaginary line within the flow such that the tangent at any point on it indicates the velocity at that point. A streamtube is a collection of streamlines. A streakline is a curve which gives an instantaneous picture of the location of the fluid particleswhich have passed through a given point.

Hence, the path taken by the smoke coming out of a chimney (in concentric circles) will represent streaklines.

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