Navier-Stokes Equations and Turbulence (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780521360326
Subjects: Fluid mechanics; Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Science/Mathematics; General; Analytic Mechanics (Mathematical Aspects); Turbulence; Mathematics; Navier-Stokes equations; Mechanics - General; Hydraulics; Applied; Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics; Advanced
First sentence: In this chapter we first briefly recall, in Section 1, the derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations (NSE) starting from the basic conservation principles in mechanics: conservation of mass and momentum.