Abstract: Publisher SummaryThis chapter presents a special model of fluid that has the property that the stress associated with the motion depends linearly on the instantaneous value of the rate of deformation. This model of fluid is known as a Newtonian fluid or linearly viscous fluid that has been found to describe adequately the mechanical behavior of many real fluids under a wide range of situations. However, some fluids, such as polymeric solutions, require a more general model for an adequate description. A fluid is a class of idealized materials that when in rigid body motions cannot sustain any shearing stresses. In other words, when a fluid is in a rigid body motion, the stress vector on any plane at any point is normal to the plane.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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