Physical Basics
of
Fluid
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conducts on defined fields, domains, periods, etc. The way by which the
changes in quantities
of
our interest take place in detail is often not
of
interest
rather only the
"initial and end states"
of
the considered quantities are
of
interest. These changes are due to
"~n-flows
and outflows", and relations can
be established between changes within the considered fields, domains and
periods and the
"inflows and outflows". Considerations on the financial
circumstances are for example conducted by establishing balances on the
income and expenditure to obtain
with
these data information
on
the
development
of
the financial situation
of
companies or persons. Many more
examples
of
this kind could be cited that make clear the importance
of
balances
for obtaining information in daily life.
We find balances on quantities like mass, momentum, energy etc. in almost
every field
of
natural and engineering sciences. With these balances, basic
equations are set up with the aid
of
eXIsting conservation laws whose solution
leads, in the presence
of
initial and boundary conditions, to the desired
information on quantities.
In
order to obtain a definite information, the balance
considerations have to be based not only on valid conservation laws
(mass
conservation, energy conservation, momentum conservation etc.) but also on
definite specified domains. The field or the domain, on which balances are set
up, has to be defined precisely to guarantee the unambiguity
of
the derived
basic laws. A relation, that was derived by the consideration
of
a field is, in
general, not applicable when domain modifications have taken place which
were not included
in
the relations.
Fluid
mechanics
is
based
on
the
basic
laws
of
mechanics
and
thermodynamics and moreover uses state equations in the derivations in order
to establish relations between the state
of
a fluid. These state properties vary
in the course
oftime
or in space; however, the changes
of
state take place in
accordance with the corresponding state equations while
observing. the
conservation laws. For the detivation
of
the basic equations
of
fluid mechanics
the following physical basic laws are followed:
• Mass conservation law (continuity equation)
• Momentum conservation law (equation
of
momentum) - energy
conservation law (energy equation)
• Conservation for chemical species
• State equations
The above cited basic laws can now be applied to several
"balance
domains".
The size
ofthe
balance space is not important
in
general and it can include
infinitesimal small balance domains (differential considerations) or finite
volumes (integral considerations). Furthermore, the balance domains can lie
in different coordinate systems and can carry out proper motions themselves