Newtonian Fluid -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Newtonian Fluid

Let a fluid be traveling in the direction with velocity u(y). A Newtonian fluid is one for which the strain rate

(1)

is equal to the vertical velocity gradient

(2)

As shown in strain rate, this also implies

(3)

so

(4)

Dynamic Viscosity, Kinematic Viscosity, Newtonian Shear, Viscosity


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