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streamline

Streamlines through a 2D or 3D vector field.

h = streamline(x, y, u, v, sx, sy, ...)

Traces streamlines (integral curves) of the vector field (u, v) (or (u, v, w) in 3D) starting from seed points (sx, sy). Each streamline follows the vector field until it leaves the domain or completes a cycle.

streamline(X, Y, U, V, sx, sy)
  • streamtube — Streamtubes — streamlines rendered with a width that varies with divergence.
  • streamribbon — Streamribbons — streamlines as twisted ribbons showing local rotation.
  • streamslice — Streamlines on a 2D slice of a 3D vector field.
  • stream2 — Compute (without plotting) 2D streamline vertex coordinates.
  • stream3 — Compute (without plotting) 3D streamline vertex coordinates.