Creeping flow assumption

fluid flow where advective inertial forces are small compared with viscous forces

Description

Volker John: If the viscous transport dominates the convective transport, i.e. if the fluid flows very slowly, the non-linear convective term of the Navier–Stokes equations can be neglected. This gives a linear equation, the so-called Stokes equations.

Formula(s) and Quantities

$R e ≪ 1$
$R e$ represents Reynolds number

Further links

Item	Property
Navier-Stokes equations	assumes
Stokes equation	assumes
Stokes model	assumes
Taylor–Couette model	assumes

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