8.3 Integral Form of the Mechanical Energy Equation 225
This equation comprises six terms whose physical meanings are stated below:
I: Temporal change of the j momentum in the interior of a control volume.
II: Sum of inflows and outflows of flow momentum per unit time in the
direction j summed up over the entire surface surrounding the considered
control volume. The momentum over i =1, 2, 3 represents this.
III: Resulting pressure force in the direction j, obtained by integration
over the entire j components of the surface elements surrounding the
considered control volume.
IV: Sum of the j momentum inflows and outflows occurring per unit time
by molecular momentum transport over the entire surface of the control
volume. The double index i expresses the summation over 1, 2, 3.
V: The j component of the mass force acting on the control volume.
VI: Sum of all external (not fluid mechanically induced) forces acting in the
j direction on the boundaries of the control volume.
This integral form of the momentum equation can be employed for a large
number of flow problems in fluid mechanics, in order to determine the cause
of forces on fluid motions on walls, flow aggregates, etc. Their applica-
tion is explained in the examples that are dealt with in Sects. 8.5.1–8.5.9.
On the basis of selected representative samples, it will be made clear how
the above-derived integral form of the momentum equation can be used to
solve flow problems. Here it is important to recognize the universal valid-
ity of the integral form of the momentum equation to ensure its general use
in solving flow problems, beyond the examples considered in the following
sections.
8.3 Integral Form of the Mechanical Energy Equation
In Sect. 5.5, it was shown that the momentum equation j:
in differential form : ρ
∂U
j
∂t
+ U
i
∂U
j
∂x
i
= −
∂P
∂x
j
−
∂τ
ij
∂x
i
+ ρg
j
(8.20)
can be transferred to the mechanical energy equation by multiplication by
U
j
, [see (5.56)], to yield the following relationship:
ρ
3
∂
!
1
2
U
2
j
"
∂t
+ U
i
∂
!
1
2
U
2
j
"
∂x
i
4
= −
∂(PU
j
)
∂x
j
+P
∂U
j
∂x
j
−
∂(τ
ij
U
j
)
∂x
i
+τ
ij
∂U
j
∂x
i
+ρg
j
U
j
.
(8.21)
Multiplying the continuity equation by (
1
2
U
2
j
), the following results:
1
2
U
2
j
∂ρ
∂t
+
1
2
U
2
j
∂(ρU
i
)
∂x
i
=0, (8.22)