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Acceleration of a fluid particle

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Particle A (of mass Dm= tex2html_wrap_inline1024 DX tex2html_wrap_inline1026 DZ,    tex2html_wrap_inline1028 density) is at location A(x,z) at time t=0.

At time tex2html_wrap_inline1030 moves to new location tex2html_wrap_inline1032 .

Acceleration

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so:    tex2html_wrap_inline1034

eqnarray323

But:    tex2html_wrap_inline1036

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In the event u,w are also functions of time (unsteady flow) then:

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eqnarray374

Definition of substantial derivative (or substantive or material derivative)





Soon Woong Chang
Thu Sep 23 16:47:16 CDT 1999