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@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ the surrounding assumptions about the fluid.
## Incompressible fluid
-In a fluid moving according to the velocity vield $\va{v}(\va{r}, t)$,
+In a fluid moving according to the velocity vield $$\va{v}(\va{r}, t)$$,
the acceleration felt by a particle is given by
-the **material acceleration field** $\va{w}(\va{r}, t)$,
-which is the [material derivative](/know/concept/material-derivative/) of $\va{v}$:
+the **material acceleration field** $$\va{w}(\va{r}, t)$$,
+which is the [material derivative](/know/concept/material-derivative/) of $$\va{v}$$:
$$\begin{aligned}
\va{w}
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
= \va{f^*} \dd{V}
\end{aligned}$$
-Where $\dd{m}$ and $\dd{V}$ are the particle's mass volume,
-and $\rho$ is the fluid density, which we assume, in this case, to be constant in space and time.
-Then the **effective force density** $\va{f^*}$ represents the net force-per-particle.
-By dividing the law by $\dd{V}$, we find:
+Where $$\dd{m}$$ and $$\dd{V}$$ are the particle's mass volume,
+and $$\rho$$ is the fluid density, which we assume, in this case, to be constant in space and time.
+Then the **effective force density** $$\va{f^*}$$ represents the net force-per-particle.
+By dividing the law by $$\dd{V}$$, we find:
$$\begin{aligned}
\rho \va{w}
= \va{f^*}
\end{aligned}$$
-Next, we want to find another expression for $\va{f^*}$.
-We know that the overall force $\va{F}$ on an arbitrary volume $V$ of the fluid
-is the sum of the gravity body force $\va{F}_g$,
-and the pressure contact force $\va{F}_p$ on the enclosing surface $S$.
+Next, we want to find another expression for $$\va{f^*}$$.
+We know that the overall force $$\va{F}$$ on an arbitrary volume $$V$$ of the fluid
+is the sum of the gravity body force $$\va{F}_g$$,
+and the pressure contact force $$\va{F}_p$$ on the enclosing surface $$S$$.
Using the divergence theorem, we then find:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
= \int_V \va{f^*} \dd{V}
\end{aligned}$$
-Where $p(\va{r}, t)$ is the pressure field,
-and $\va{g}(\va{r}, t)$ is the gravitational acceleration field.
+Where $$p(\va{r}, t)$$ is the pressure field,
+and $$\va{g}(\va{r}, t)$$ is the gravitational acceleration field.
Combining this with Newton's law, we find the following equation for the force density:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
= \rho \va{g} - \nabla p
\end{aligned}$$
-Dividing this by $\rho$,
+Dividing this by $$\rho$$,
we get the first of the system of Euler equations:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
The last ingredient is **incompressibility**:
the same volume must simultaneously
-be flowing in and out of an arbitrary enclosure $S$.
+be flowing in and out of an arbitrary enclosure $$S$$.
Then, by the divergence theorem:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
= \int_V \nabla \cdot \va{v} \dd{V}
\end{aligned}$$
-Since $S$ and $V$ are arbitrary,
+Since $$S$$ and $$V$$ are arbitrary,
the integrand must vanish by itself everywhere:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
}
\end{aligned}$$
-Combining this with the equation for $\va{w}$,
+Combining this with the equation for $$\va{w}$$,
we get a system of two coupled differential equations:
these are the Euler equations for an incompressible fluid
-with spatially uniform density $\rho$:
+with spatially uniform density $$\rho$$:
$$\begin{aligned}
\boxed{
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
\end{aligned}$$
The above form is straightforward to generalize to incompressible fluids
-with non-uniform spatial densities $\rho(\va{r}, t)$.
+with non-uniform spatial densities $$\rho(\va{r}, t)$$.
In other words, these fluids are "lumpy" (variable density),
but the size of their lumps does not change (incompressibility).
To update the equations, we demand conservation of mass:
-the mass evolution of a volume $V$
-is equal to the mass flow through its boundary $S$.
+the mass evolution of a volume $$V$$
+is equal to the mass flow through its boundary $$S$$.
Applying the divergence theorem again:
$$\begin{aligned}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
= \int_V \dv{\rho}{t} + \nabla \cdot (\rho \va{v}) \dd{V}
\end{aligned}$$
-Since $V$ is arbitrary, the integrand must be zero.
+Since $$V$$ is arbitrary, the integrand must be zero.
This leads to the following **continuity equation**,
to which we apply a vector identity:
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
\end{aligned}$$
Usually, however, when discussing incompressible fluids,
-$\rho$ is assumed to be spatially uniform,
+$$\rho$$ is assumed to be spatially uniform,
in which case the latter equation is trivially satisfied.