2.2.18 · HinglishFluid Mechanics

Navier-Stokes equations — derivation from Newton's second law for fluid

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2.2.18 · Physics › Fluid Mechanics


HUM ek nayi equation kyun chahte hain?


STEP 0 — Fluid blob ka acceleration KYA hota hai? (Material derivative)

KAISE derive karte hain (chain rule, first principles): Ek particle par hai jiske saath velocity hai. Total derivative: Lekin , etc., toh last teen terms exactly hain. Ho gaya.


STEP 1 — Blob par kaun-kaun si forces act karti hain?

Ek fluid ka cube lo, volume , mass . Teen types ki forces:

(a) Body force — gravity

(b) Pressure force (ek surface force)

KAISE (derivation): Left -face par force ( direction mein). Right face par ( direction mein). Net: 3D mein:

(c) Viscous force (mushkil wala)

KAISE (incompressible Newtonian fluid ke liye derivation): Ek face par stress . Dono -faces se mein net force: faces ke contributions ko sum karte hue (aur extra terms drop karne ke liye incompressibility ke liye use karte hue):

Figure — Navier-Stokes equations — derivation from Newton's second law for fluid

STEP 2 — assemble karo

cancel karo aur expand karo:


Sanity checks (Forecast-then-Verify)


Common mistakes (Steel-man + fix)


Recall Feynman: ek 12-saal ke bachche ko samjhao

Socho paani ka ek chota sa floating cube. Teen cheezein ise push karti hain: uske aas-paas ka paani ek side se doosri side se zyada squeeze kar raha hai (pressure), paas-paas ka paani slide karke ise rub kar raha hai (stickiness/viscosity), aur gravity ise neeche kheench rahi hai. Newton ne kaha push = mass × speed-kitni-tezi-se-badal-rahi-hai. Tricky part yeh hai: cube speed up hota hai dono isliye kyunki river change ho rahi hai aur isliye kyunki cube ek faster jagah float karta hai. Saari pushes add karo, unhe mass times speed-change ke barabar set karo, aur woh poora sentence hi Navier–Stokes equation hai.


Recall checkpoint


Flashcards

Material derivative kya hota hai?
— local (unsteady) plus convective acceleration.
Convective term kyun appear karta hai?
Ek fluid particle velocity change karta hai different velocity ke region mein move karke, steady flow mein bhi.
Fluid element par net pressure force per unit volume?
(sirf pressure differences net force dete hain).
Pressure force gradient kyun hai, sirf kyun nahi?
Uniform pressure saare faces par equally push karta hai → cancel ho jaata hai; sirf element ke across difference net force deta hai.
Viscous force per unit volume (incompressible Newtonian)?
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Viscosity second spatial derivative kyun hai?
Stress hai; net force blob ke across stress mein difference hai → ek aur derivative.
Full incompressible Navier–Stokes equation?
.
Incompressible NS ke saath kaun sa constraint aata hai?
Continuity: .
NS with kya ban jaata hai?
Euler's equation: .
NS with kya ban jaata hai?
Hydrostatics: , yaani .
Plane Poiseuille flow ka velocity profile?
, ek parabola (walls par no-slip).
NS kis physical principle se derive hoti hai?
Newton's second law jo ek infinitesimal fluid element par per unit volume apply ki gayi hai.

Connections

Concept Map

applied to fluid blob

acceleration term

local part

convective part

derived from

forces acting

body force

surface force

net needs difference

layer friction

momentum diffuses

Newton F = m a

Infinitesimal element mass rho dV

Material derivative Du/Dt

Unsteady acceleration

u dot grad u

Chain rule on u of r and t

Three force types

Gravity rho g dV

Pressure force

minus grad P dV

Viscous force

mu laplacian u

Navier-Stokes equation