Having dificulty understanding the meaning of continuity equation
I am not getting the meaning of continuity equation, mainly the gradient term that is there when flow leaves the control volume, please explain with the example..
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I can explain it to you but to not to confuse you more, I prefer understanding what exactly confuses you 'in a more clear way' before I give some analogies
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OK,
(Flow rate in=flow rate out+ rate of change of flowrate )#through control volume. So,what that rate of change of flow rate term is doing at the outlet? |
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I suggest starting from the meaning of the Reynolds theorem, then you can use the Eulerian formulation to say that: d /dt Int [v] rho dV + Int [BV] n.(v*rho) dS = 0 For steady flow you have the contranint that the surface integral of the mass flux must be zero. |
Yeah that's true.
But how one can physically signify it by considering real life examples related to this particular term and the whole x-direction equation? |
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along x-direction, quasi 1D flow: (rho*u*A)inflow -(rho*u*A)outflow = 0 the product (rho*u*A) MUST be the same at any location along the x-axis |
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the answer is in what I already wrote...I strongly suggest to study any basic textbook of fluid dynamics
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Yes. I read. Things got pretty much cleared. Thanks FMDerano:)
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