Basic Equations
of
Fluid Mechanics
97
also due to the motion
of
the fluid element and for the description
of
this
modification it
is
important that one follows the mass om9\' i.e. knows x9\(t)
and also takes it into consideration as known.
It
is
assumed that this motion
of
particles
is
constant and unequivocal, i.e. that the considered fluid element
does not split up during the considerations
of
its motion. The fluid pertaining
to the considered fluid element at the moment
in
time t = 0 remains also at all
later moments
in
time. This signifies that it
is
not possible for two different
fluid elements to take the same point in space at an arbitrary time:
x9\(t) =
xL(t) for
9\
*-
L.
When a fluid element
9\
is at the position xi' at the time t i.e. xi = (x9\(t»i
at the time
t,
then the substantial thermodynamic property or fluid property
u9\(t)
is
equal to the field quantity u at the point x; at time
t:
~(t)
= U(xi' t) when (x9\(t»i = xi at t
For the temporal change
of
a quantity u9\ (t) results:
dU9\
au au
(dx;
)
Tt=-at+
ax;
dt
9\
With (dx/dt)9\ = (U)9\ =
U;
holds:
dU9\
=
Da
=
au
+u
au
dt
Dt
at
I ax;
The operator
u(Xj'
t) applied to the field quantity
D/Dt
= u,iJ/ax
j
is often
defined
as
the substantial derivatve and will be applied in the subse-
quent derivations. Significance
of
individual terms are:
a/at = (a/at)x; = change with time at a fixed location,
partial differentiation with respect to time
d/dt= total change with time (for a fluid element),
total differentiation with respect to time
for e.g. for a fluid when
~
=
P9\
= const i.e. the density
is
constant, then
it holds:
dp9\
= Dp
=0
or
ap
=-U,.~
dt
Dt
at
ax;
When at a certain point in space a/at (u)xj = 0 indicate
of
stationary condi-
tions, i.e. the field size
u(x
j
,
t)
is
stationary and thus has no time dependency.
On the other hand
d(~)/dt
=
Du/Dt
=
0,
is
u9\ (t) =
u(Xj
, t) = const. i.e the
field
is
independent
of
space and time.
MASS
CONSERVATION
(CONTINUITY
EQUATION)
For fluid-mechanics considerations a "closed fluid system" can always
be found, i.e. a system for whose total mass holds
M = const. This
is
easily
seen for a fluid mass, which
is
stored
in
a container. For fluid setups, control
volumes can always
be
defined, within which the systemic total mass can be