Definition:Fluid Mechanics
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Definition
Fluid mechanics is the branch of mechanics concerned with the behaviour of fluids.
Also defined as
Some sources define fluid mechanics to be specifically the branch of mechanics concerned with the behaviour of fluids in motion.
That is, what on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ is defined as being hydrostatics.
Also see
- Results about fluid mechanics can be found here.
Sources
- 1966: Victor L. Streeter: Fluid Mechanics (4th ed.) ... (next): $\S 1$ Fluid Properties and Definitions
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fluid mechanics
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fluid mechanics