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In fluid dynamics, conical flow is an inviscid flow field in which properties depend solely on angle. Therefore no characteristic length is involved in conical flow. The most intuitive example is the inviscid flow over an infinite cone at zero incidence, where flow properties are function of semivertex angle only. Conical flow serves as a convenient approximation for supersonic flow analysis.