An alternative to the concept of continuous medium
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Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Numerical solution of discretized equations for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N22) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Foundations of fluid mechanics (76A02)
Abstract: Discrete mechanics proposes an alternative formulation of the equations of mechanics where the Navier-Stokes and Navier-Lam'e equations become approximations of the equation of discrete motion. It unifies the fields of fluid and solid mechanics by extending the fields of application of these equations to all space and time scales. This article presents the essential differences induced by the abandonment of the notion of continuous medium and global frame of reference. The results of the mechanics of continuous medium validated by fluid and solid observations are not questioned. The concept of continuous medium is not invalidated, the discrete formulation proposed simply widens the spectrum of the applications of the classical equations. The discrete equation of motion introduces several important modifications, in particular the fundamental law of the dynamics on an element of volume becomes a law of conservation of the accelerations on an edge. The acceleration considered as an absolute quantity is written as a sum of two components, one soledoidal the other irrotational according to a local orthogonal Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition. The mass is abandoned and replaced by the compression and rotation energies represented by the scalar and vectorial potentials of the acceleration. The equation of motion and all the physical parameters are expressed only with two fundamental units, those of length and time. The essential differences between the two approaches are listed and some of them are discussed in depth. This is particularly the case with the known paradoxes of the Navier-Stokes equation or the importance of inertia for the Navier-Lam'e equation.
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