transport equation
type: Item
instance of: mathematical expression
instance of: linear equation
specialized by: Ohm's law
specialized by: Darcy's law
specialized by: Fick equation
specialized by: Hooke's law (linear elasticity)
specialized by: Fourier's law of heat conduction
specialized by: Boltzmann equation for moving particles
Wikidata QID: Q105560509
community: MathModDB
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI formula profile
defining formula: F ∝ ∇ ρ
in defining formula: F
in defining formula: ρ
contains: time
description: There are several (constitutive) equations which describe the transport of matter, or properties of it, in an almost identical way. In every case, in words they read: Flux (density) is proportional to a gradient, where the constant of proportionality is a characteristic of the material. In general, the constant must be replaced by a 2nd rank tensor, to account for directional dependencies of the material.
similar to: continuity equation
description: equation that describes the transport of some (extensive) quantity such as mass, energy|heat, momentum, electric charge