Navier-Stokes equation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 See also

English

Etymology

from Claude-Louis Navier French physicist and George Gabriel Stokes Irish mathematician and physicist

Noun

Navier-Stokes equation

1. ((physics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) a partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid

See also

• Mach number
• Reynolds number