Navier-Stokes equation

English

Etymology

Named after Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist, and George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist.

Noun

Navier-Stokes equation (plural Navier-Stokes equations)

1. (physics) A partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid.

See also

• Mach number
• Reynolds number