Stokes equation

describes a fluid flow with small advective inertial forces compared to viscous forces

Also known as Creeping Flow, Creeping Motion, Stokes Flow, Stokes Law

continuous-space formula, continuous-time formula, formula, linear formula, partial differential equation

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Named after

George Gabriel Stokes

Description

Stokes equation describes a fluid flow with small advective inertial forces compared to viscous forces, with a low Reynolds number. It occurs in situations with very slow fluid velocities, high viscosities, or small flow length scales.

Formula(s) and Quantities

$\begin{array}{cc}\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}+\mathrm{\nabla }\cdot (-\nu (\mathrm{\nabla }{v}^{ff}+\mathrm{\nabla }{v}^{\mathrm{f}\mathrm{f},\mathrm{T}})+{\rho }^{-1}{p}^{ff}I)& =0\\ \mathrm{\nabla }\cdot v^{ff}& =0\end{array}$

$I$ represents identity function

$\nu$ represents kinematic viscosity

$\rho$ represents fluid mass density

$p^{ff}$ represents fluid pressure (free flow)

$t$ represents time

$v^{ff}$ represents fluid velocity (free flow)

Assumptions

creeping flow assumption

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes_equation

Discretizations

Stokes equation (Euler backward)

Stokes equation (finite volume)

Related URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes_flow
https://www.wias-berlin.de/people/john/LEHRE/NUM_CFD/num_cfd_1.pdf

Further links

Item	Property
Navier-Stokes equations	specialized by
Stokes model	contains

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