Abstract
We consider the motion of a fluid exterior to a moving rigid obstacle, or interior to a moving rigid shell. The boundary conditions, such as the no-slip condition and the condition of an isothermal wall, applied in the solution of the system of differential equations describing these motions, are currently assumed to be an approximation derived from experimental observation rather than an exact law. It is the purpose of this paper to show that the boundary conditions at a material interface between a fluid and a solid are derivable from the global principles of balance of continuum mechanics and the Clausius-Duhem inequality.
Keywords
Navier-Stokes equations, boundary conditions, entropy condition
Disciplines
Applied Mathematics | Mechanics of Materials
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Publication Date
9-2005
Rights Information
First published in Quarterly of Applied Mathematics in v.53 no.3 (Sept. 2005), published by the American Mathematical Society
Rights Holder
© 2005 Brown University
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Recommended Citation
Kleinstein, Gerald G., "On the derivation of boundary conditions from the global principles of continuum mechanics" (2005). Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 36. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20000806
