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Old   May 18, 2019, 07:03
Default Dimension of force in Navier-Stokes equations
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Greetings,

i have some external forces which values are constant and already measured in N (Newton dimension). Can i put those values using N dimension in Navier-Stokes equation or i have to do some transformations before that?

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Greetings,

i have some external forces which values are constant and already measured in N (Newton dimension). Can i put those values using N dimension in Navier-Stokes equation or i have to do some transformations before that?

thanks in advance!
You need to scale the force in Newton by the volume
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You need to scale the force in Newton by the volume
i considered values of my force by X, Y and Z direction. But it is still N dimension. Im afraid that it will cause incorrect results.
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A force acts on a point. You need to distribute that force over the volume having units like N/m^3 or pressures over an area. CFD is fluid mechanics (with volumes), not physics on point particles.
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