Fluid mechanicsΒΆ

Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) and the forces on them.

Ideal fluid

An ideal fluid is a model of fluids often used in fluid mechanics to approximate the behavior of real fluids. Ideal fluids are:

  1. non-viscous, i.e. there is no internal resistance to flow;

  2. in steady, or laminar, flow;

  3. incompressible;

  4. irrotational, i.e. its particles undergo no rotation around their center of mass.

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