Stokes equation

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continuous-space expression

continuous-time expression

mathematical expression

partial differential equation

Available identifiers

WikidataQ7618547 ScholiaQ7618547MaRDI QIDQ6674516 FDOQ6674516

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

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.

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

$I$ 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

Further links

Item	Property
Navier-Stokes equations	specialized by
Stokes model	contains

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