Navier-Stokes Equations

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Who developed the Navier-Stokes equations?

Leonhard Euler and Claude-Louis Navier

What do the Navier-Stokes equations express?

The flow of viscous fluids

What did George Gabriel Stokes refine?

The work on the component of viscosity for viscous fluids

What do the Navier-Stokes equations numerically describe?

The conservation of mass and momentum for Newtonian fluids Signup and view all the answers

What problem did Claude-Louis Navier address in 1821?

The component of viscosity (friction) for viscous fluids Signup and view all the answers

What are the two main categories into which fluid mechanics can be divided?

Fluid statics and fluid dynamics. Signup and view all the answers

What is fluid statics concerned with?

Fluid statics is concerned with the study of fluids at the state of rest. Signup and view all the answers

What does fluid dynamics study?

Fluid dynamics studies the impacts of forces on fluids in motion. Signup and view all the answers

What is continuum mechanics and how does it relate to fluid dynamics?

Continuum mechanics is a field that deals with matter without concerning the information that comes out of the inherent properties of atoms. It only models matter from a macroscopic perspective rather than from an atomic or molecular viewpoint. Fluid dynamics is a section of continuum mechanics. Signup and view all the answers

How are the unsolved problems in fluid dynamics generally addressed?

Numerous problems in fluid dynamics are wholly or partly unsolved and are efficiently addressed by numerical techniques, usually using computers. Signup and view all the answers