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Navier–Stokes equations

The Navier–Stokes equations (/nævˈjeɪ ˈstoʊks/ nav-YAY STOHKS) describe the motion of viscous fluids. This system of partial differential equations was named after Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes, who developed them over a few decades of progressive work, from 1822 (Navier) to 1842–1850 (Stokes). Siméon Denis Poisson independently achieved…

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Flow velocity

General continuum equations

Compressible flow

Incompressible flow

Non-inertial frame of reference

Other equations

Stream function for incompressible 2D fluid

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