Mass flow rate

Mass flow rate is the rate of change in the mass of an object. Examples include the outflow of a substance from a certain volume, the flow in a pipe section, the combustion of fuel.

Links:

  1. Wikipedia.

time

time.

Symbol:

t

Latex:

\(t\)

Dimension:

time

mass_flow_rate

mass_flow_rate as a function of time.

Symbol:

mu(t)

Latex:

\(\mu{\left(t \right)}\)

Dimension:

mass/time

mass

mass as a function of time.

Symbol:

m(t)

Latex:

\(m{\left(t \right)}\)

Dimension:

mass

definition

mu(t) = Derivative(m(t), t)

Latex:
\[\mu{\left(t \right)} = \frac{d}{d t} m{\left(t \right)}\]