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plotting - Trying to plot a velocity profile in x-y plane


I have a velocity profile for two liquids on top of each other in a pressure driven channel. The profile is supposed to be parabolic. I plotted them up, but I can't manage to plot them in the x-y plane, it only plots with velocity on the vertical coordinate and y as the horizontal coordinate. Is there any way I can plot them in the x-y plane so that I can clearly see which liquid is ahead of the other in the channel and their parabolic profile? I am also trying to define v1 on a certain interval from y=0 to y=ha, and v2 from y=ha to y=H, so v1 and v2 are sort of piecewise.


Here is my code, this is for mercury(just to start somewhere) and water



v1[y_, μ1_, P_, ha_, H_, μ2_] :=
  P*(1/(2*μ1))*y*(y + ((ha^2*(μ2 - μ1) - H*μ2)/(ha*(μ2 - μ1) + H*μ1)))

v2[y_, μ1_, P_, ha_, H_, μ2_] :=
  P*(1/(2*μ2))*(y^2 + ((ha^2*(μ2 - μ1) - H*μ2)/(ha*(μ2 - μ1) + H*μ1))* y +
   (ha *  H/μ1)*( (μ1 - μ2)*(H*μ2 - ha * μ1)/(ha*(μ2 - μ1) + H*μ1 )))

Plot[{v1[y, 0.00157, -6, 1, 2, 0.001], v2[y, 0.00157, -6, 1, 2, 0.001]}, {y, 0, 10}]

Velocity vs y



Profile



Answer



How about using ParametricPlot?


ParametricPlot[{{v1[y, 0.00157, -6, 1, 2, 0.001], 
   y}, {v2[y, 0.00157, -6, 1, 2, 0.001], -y}}, {y, 0, 10}, 
 AspectRatio -> 1/GoldenRatio, PlotStyle -> Black, Frame -> True]

Mathematica graphics


For more precise control, you may need two separate ParametricPlots and combine the output using Show[plot1, plot2, PlotRange -> All].


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