Module 5: Reynolds Transport Theorem
  Lecture 15: Equation of motion
 

 

Similarly, one can write (or develop) y-momentum balance equation

   

In vector form

1st term: Accumulation or transient or unsteady state  
2nd term: inertial (convective momentum flux)
3rd term: pressure force
4th term: viscous forces
5th term: External body-force
We call this equation Navier-Stokes (NS) equation
Assumptions:  (1)  (incompressible fluid)
                         (2) Newtonian fluid
                         (3) Laminar flow