Abstract
In the largest and most important class of fluid motions, viscosity plays only a restricted role, and a very useful approximation to the real behavior of the fluids is obtained from a study of their motion in the limit of zero viscosity. Such motions are governed by the “inviscid equations”, that is, the Navier-Stokes equations1 truncated by omission of the terms proportional to the coefficients of viscosity and heat conductivity and their derivatives.
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Meyer, R.E. (1960). Theory of Characteristics of Inviscid Gas Dynamics. In: Truesdell, C. (eds) Fluid Dynamics / Strömungsmechanik. Encyclopedia of Physics / Handbuch der Physik, vol 3 / 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45944-3_3
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