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Durgesh Chandel, Graduate student in CFD. Worked in industry earlier. NS to solve simple fluid problems?
Answered May 16, 2017
Why is the Navier-Stokes equation a millennium
Navier-Stokes (NS) equations are the mass, momentum and energy conservation prize problem?
expressions for Newtonian-fluids, i.e. fluids which follow a linear relationship
What is an intuitive explanation of the Navier-
between viscous stress and strain. These equations are used to solve Stokes equations?
incompressible or compressible, low or high speed, inviscid or viscous flows.
What if we solve Navier Stoke’s equation? How
Analytical solutions exist for simple canonical problems while complicated will it change the way we understand physics and
problems can be solved numerically. If viscous terms are negligible, NS eqns mathematics?

reduce to Euler eqns. NS eqns can also be reduced to Boundary layer eqns with What should I do to understand the Navier-Stokes
equation?
proper scaling.
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Numerical methods differ based on the problem. Most of the time, NS equations navier-stoke equations?
are solved in conservative form which is physically consistent with nature of the
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and gives smooth variation of the flow variables. For the problems related with
stability analysis solving the non-conservative form is more suitable to extract
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NS equations assume a continuum hypothesis and don’t hold good in extremely 15,980 Views
rarefied flows or at the thin regions of strong gradients such as inside a shock- Last Asked Mar 12, 2018
wave. But NS eqns can still be applied for such flows and are able to produce 6 Merged Questions
acceptable solution. For example, one can apply NS eqns around a shock wave Edits

and still get correct post-shock properties which might be sufficient in some
cases from an engineering point of view. However, if one wants to resolve the
shock-structure on a finer level, Boltzmann equation has to be solved using
Molecular Simulations, Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) , Direct
Molecular Simulations (DMS) etc.
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The motion of fluid flow has captured the interest of philosophers and scientists
for a long time. Leonardo da Vinci made several sketches of the motion of fluid
and made a number of observations about how water and air behave. He often
observed that water had a swirling motion, sometimes big and sometimes small,
as shown in the sketch below.

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We would now call such swirling motions vortices. Like this type of real life
problem , Claude-Louis Navier & Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet ,
individually, gave this Partial Differential Equation named Navier–Stokes
equations to get a systematic way of understanding the behavior of fluids

It is the fundamental equation of fluid dynamics. Compact form of Navier–

Stokes equations for newtonian fluid is

This describes how all newtonian fluid - be it water, air and any other newtonian
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itself to the oceans,1seas, wind and fire.

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Navier–Stokes equations is one of the most complicated equation.One of the 7

Clay Mathematics Institute Millennium Prize Problems concerns Navier–
Stokes existence and smoothness

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Anastasia Churazova, MSc. Technology and Innovation Management,

Technical University of Munich
Answered Aug 9, 2017
Originally Answered: What are the Navier-Stokes equations?

Assuming you meant Navier-Stokes equations, as Guilherme suggested, you

might find this article helpful: What are the Navier-Stokes Equations

In short — Navier-Stokes equations are the basic governing equations for a

viscous, heat conducting fluid. The equations are expressed based on the
principles of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy.

They play a key role in computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

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Awanish Pratap Singh, Research Scholar : IIT Kharagpur

Answered Jul 26, 2017
Originally Answered: What is the Navier-Stokes equation?

The Navier-Stokes equation is,

∂(ρui ) ∂(ρui uj ) ∂(σij )

General Expression: + = + ρb i
∂t ∂xj ∂xj

Or

What does it say?

It’s Newton’s second law of motion in disguise. The left-hand side is the
acceleration of a small region of fluid. The right hand side is the forces that act
on it: pressure, stress, and internal body forces.

Why is that important?

It provides a really accurate way to calculate how fluids move. This is a key
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Modern passenger jets, fast and quiet submarines, Formula 1 racing cars that
stay on the track at high speeds, and medical advances on blood flow in veins
and arteries. Computer methods for solving the equations, known as
computational fluid dynamics (CFD), are widely used by engineers to improve
technology in such areas.

Reference: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World, By-
Ian Stewart
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Pratik Nadgouda, B.E Mechanical Engineering, University of Mumbai

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Answered Jun 17, 2015
Originally Answered: What is the meaning of Navier–Stokes equations?

Its Navier stokes equations. They describe motion of viscous fluids, they are
derived  by applying Newtons second law to fluids. Stress in the fluid is taken to
be sum of velocity gradient and pressure term.
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Vishwadeep Pal, Mechanical Er || Photoshop addict || Proud MSD fan

Answered Jun 4, 2017

The Navier-Stokes equations govern the motion of fluids and can be seen as
Newton's second law of motion for fluids. In the case of a compressible
Newtonian fluid, this yields:

where u is the fluid velocity, p is the fluid pressure, ρ is the fluid density, and μ
is the fluid dynamic viscosity. The different terms correspond to the inertial
forces (1), pressure forces (2), viscous forces (3), and the external forces applied
to the fluid (4).

The Navier-Stokes equations were derived by Navier, Poisson, Saint-Venant, and

Stokes between 1827 and 1845.

These equations are always solved together with the continuity equation:

The Navier-Stokes equations represent the conservation of

momentum, while the continuity equation represents the conservation of mass.

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As others have already pointed out, the Navier-Stokes equations arise basically
from the conservation laws of Energy, Mass and Momentum. However, if you
want a more practical grasp, I can show you some simulations.

Take, for example, the problem of flow around a cylinder, shown below:

LES Analysis of Flow Around a Cylinder

Another nice example is the flow around an F1 race car:

Aerodynamics analysis of a Formula One F1 Race car

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Navier-

Stokes Equation are a set of partial differential equations that describe the
conservation of linear momentum and also govern the motion of Newtonian
incompressible fluids.
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Seetha Rama Raju Sanapala, educator

Answered Apr 17, 2016
Originally Answered: What is the meaning of Navier–Stokes equations?

The Navier-Stokes equations govern the motion of fluids and can be seen as
Newton's second law of motion for fluids.

Fluid dynamics deals with the motion of liquids and gases, which when studied
macroscopically, appear to be continuous in structure. All the variables are
considered to be continuous functions of the spatial coordinates and time. The
Navier-Stokes equations are a set of nonlinear partial differential equations that
describe the flow of fluids. They model weather, the movement of air in the
atmosphere, ocean currents, water flow in a pipe, as well as many other fluid
flow phenomena.
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Subhas Nandy, Graduate Engineering Trainee at BALCO (Vedanta

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To put it in simple terms, Navier Stokes Equation is basically the Momentum

Conservation Equation for a fluid flow, applied over a control volume. Till date,
it remains one of the most intriguing and un-solvable equations, pertaining to
the fields of Physics, Mathematics and Engineering, primarily due to the spatial
and temporal variations of multiple parameters, including velocity components
in three independent directions, added with pressure gradients and viscous
force components.
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