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Formulation of acceleration in general
I know that in fluid dynamics, we use Lagrangian description of acceleration. That is, a material derivative $$\frac{dv}{dt}=\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}+(v\cdot\nabla )v .$$ My question is can we ...
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Bernoulli's equation and reference frames
So I was thinking about this while driving home the other day.
I've never been quite clear on why when you drive with the windows down air rushes into your car. I thought this might be explained by ...
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