Notation

Notation#

In these notebooks covering applications to fluid dynamics a consistent notation shall be used as far as possible, extending the notation introduced previously.

Symbol(s)

Description

\(\textbf{u}\)

fluid velocity

\(p\)

pressure

\(\psi\)

streamfunction

\(\rho\)

fluid density

\(\mu\)

fluid viscosity

\(\textbf{f}\)

body force

\(g\)

gravity constant

\(\,{\textbf{e}}_g\)

gravity unit vector

\(\tau\)

deviatoric stress

\(\phi\)

porosity

\(\mathsf{K}\)

permeability

\(c\)

solute concentration

\(\theta\)

temperature

\(\mathsf{D}\)

solutal dispersion

\(\mathsf{G}\)

thermal dispersion