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Extra mass flux in fluid mechanics

Fluid Dynamics 2017-04-11 v4

Abstract

The conditions of existence of extra mass flux in single component dissipative non-relativistic fluids are clarified. By considering Galilean invariance we show that if total mass flux is equal to total momentum density, then mass, momentum, angular momentum and booster (center-of-mass) are conserved. However, these conservation laws may be fulfilled also by other means. We show an example of weakly non-local hydrodynamics where the conservation laws are satisfied as well although the total mass flux is different from momentum density.

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@article{arxiv.1510.03900,
  title  = {Extra mass flux in fluid mechanics},
  author = {Peter Ván and Michal Pavelka and Miroslav Grmela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03900},
  year   = {2017}
}