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There are various physical notions concerned with fluids. One is that a fluid is a substance that can flow. “Flow” itself is a vague term. One meaning of “flow“ is simply deformation under stress, which does not distinguish a fluid from any other nonrigid material. Another is that steady velocity results from constant stress, which seems to be special and to apply only with difficulty and to particular flows.
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Truesdell, C., Rajagopal, K.R. (2009). Simple Fluids. In: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids. Modern Birkhäuser CIassics. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4846-6_4
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