Euler Equations (fluid Dynamics) - Conservation and Vector Form

Conservation and Vector Form

In vector and conservation form, the Euler equations become:

\frac{\partial \bold m}{\partial t}+ \frac{\partial \bold f_x}{\partial x}+ \frac{\partial \bold f_y}{\partial y}+ \frac{\partial \bold f_z}{\partial z}={\bold 0},

where

{\bold m}=\begin{pmatrix}\rho \\ \rho u \\ \rho v \\ \rho w \\E\end{pmatrix};
{\bold f_x}=\begin{pmatrix}\rho u\\p+\rho u^2\\ \rho uv \\ \rho uw\\u(E+p)\end{pmatrix};\qquad {\bold f_y}=\begin{pmatrix}\rho v\\ \rho uv \\p+\rho v^2\\ \rho vw \\v(E+p)\end{pmatrix};\qquad {\bold f_z}=\begin{pmatrix}\rho w\\ \rho uw \\ \rho vw \\p+\rho w^2\\w(E+p)\end{pmatrix}.

This form makes it clear that fx, fy and fz are fluxes.

The equations above thus represent conservation of mass, three components of momentum, and energy. There are thus five equations and six unknowns. Closing the system requires an equation of state; the most commonly used is the ideal gas law (i.e. p = ρ (γ−1) e, where ρ is the density, γ is the adiabatic index, and e the internal energy).

Note the odd form for the energy equation; see Rankine–Hugoniot equation. The extra terms involving p may be interpreted as the mechanical work done on a fluid element by its neighbor fluid elements. These terms sum to zero in an incompressible fluid.

The well-known Bernoulli's equation can be derived by integrating Euler's equation along a streamline, under the assumption of constant density and a sufficiently stiff equation of state.

Read more about this topic:  Euler Equations (fluid Dynamics)

Famous quotes containing the words conservation and/or form:

    “A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
    —Aristide Briand (1862–1932)

    “Since the Greeks, Western man has believed that Being, all Being, is intelligible, that there is a reason for everything ... and that the cosmos is, finally, intelligible. The Oriental, on the other hand, has accepted his existence within a universe that would appear to be meaningless, to the rational Western mind, and has lived with this meaninglessness. Hence the artistic form that seems natural to the Oriental is one that is just as formless or formal, as irrational, as life itself.”
    —William Barrett (b. 1913)