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June 9, 2011, 03:01		#21
nimasam Senior Member Nima Samkhaniani Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tehran, Iran Posts: 1,266 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 24	div (phi, U) = (m^3/s)*(m/s)/ m^3 so its (m/s^2) look into definition of divergence

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mikeP Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 14	phi is a scalarfield. how is divergence of a scalar defined in div(phi)?

March 19, 2012, 17:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeP

phi is a scalarfield.
how is divergence of a scalar defined in div(phi)?

What exactly is unclear?

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