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Basics / August 23, 2021

Relationships between the acceleration- and the vorticity fields

Important relationships can be obtained for the fluid flow by examining some of the obvious identities relating to the acceleration, vorticity, dilatation and shape deformation. As is well-known, acceleration can be written as:

Important relationships can be obtained for the fluid flow by examining some of the obvious identities relating to the acceleration, vorticity, dilatation and shape

deformation. As is well-known, acceleration can be written as: