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Fluid Flow Systems

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The Nature of Motive Force

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In this chapter, we focus on the physics of the flow systems with reference to fluid elements. The law of motive force for the flow physics is explored in point-to-point and volume-to-volume flow situations. It attempts to enunciate a clear demarcation between the constructal theory, Fermat’s principle, and the law of motive force.

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Pramanick, A.K. (2014). Fluid Flow Systems. In: The Nature of Motive Force. Heat and Mass Transfer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54471-2_4

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