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Continuity

(Book: 5.1. Note that the book uses weird notations for partial derivatives.)

To solve fluid flow problems, we need to write the basic equations of physics for arbitrary regions of fluid. We start with mass conservation (called the continuity equation in fluid mechanics.)

The continuity equation in words: material (ie. Lagrangian) regions conserve mass.

Lagrangian formulation:
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