Module 5: Reynolds Transport Theorem
  Lecture 13: Continuity, Momentum theorem
 
 
Differential form of mass-conservation

In the previous lecture, we considered the conservation of total mass over a CV, by applying the general Reynolds Transport theorem. Now, we obtain the differential form of the equation, also known as the continuity equation. Consider CV of           

(Fig. 13a)
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  •  CV is bound by six CSs.
  • fluid- density

Consider CS marked 1:
Rate of mass-in:     
(It is equivalent to to  of the Reynold’s transport theorem)
CS marked 2:
Rate of mass-out: