Fluid flow past a cylinder/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Fluid flow past a cylinder.

Fluid flow past a cylinder is classical mathematical solution for the flow of an inviscid, incompressible fluid around a cylinder that is transverse to the flow. Far from the cylinder, the flow is unidirectional and uniform.